Letters to Santa From Monticello Child Request Doll Gifts
A Monticello Iowa child writes to Santa in 1962 expressing wishes for a Chatty Baby or a big sister doll for her baby sister Lorie, asking for dolly clothes and a dolly hair dryer, and noting good behavior most of the year.
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Monticello
Santa
Lorie
Marilee Feldman
Iowa
Santa Claus
Andrea Cubit
West Fifth
Diana
Denise Nosbish
Mommy
Daddy
Joni Lynn
Kathy
Greg
Candy Fashion
Janet Bud Scotch
Jill
Jayne
Tommy
Kenwood School
Cedar Rapids
Mitzy
Hugh John Hoffman
Hans
Monticello, Ia
Janda Hoffman
Santa letter collection notes gifts and childhood duties
A long, informal compilation of Christmas wish lists from children in Monticello and nearby towns. Kids request toys such as dolls, gun sets, trains, building blocks, and bicycles, plus family mentions and travel plans. Local adults share social notices and holiday greetings.
Community Guests and Visits Across Hopkinton Area
Mr and Mrs Joe Catlett and family joined Mr and Mrs Leslie Freese in Hopkinton. Leonard Ament, recently discharged from Germany, stays with Leo and Roy Ament and works as a carpenter. Marlene Sternhagen visited Frank Miller family with Anamosa links. Other locals hosted and visited include Bob Leonard Center Jct and Alfred Melchert for Douglas Melcherts sixth birthday.
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South Fork
Joe Catlett
Leslie Freese
Hopkinton
Leonard Ament
Germany
Paul Ament
Leo Ament
Rhiny Topping
Marlene Sternhagen
Anamosa
Jeff Jasper
Pat
Ian Himbaugh
Ellen Stadtmueller
Phil Himbaugh
Mickie Stadtmueller
Florence Bacon
Monticello
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Kenner
David Lubben
Monticello, In
Gail Ankrum
Tama
Linda Rieken
Monticello, la
David Garner Hopkinton
Cathy Black
Cecil
Love
Mary Cubit
West Fifth St. Monticello
Crazy Horse
Buffalo Bill and
Geronimo
Jimmy Cubit
West
Kevin Davis
P.S
David and
Allen Lubben
Linday Jay Smock
Jay Smock
Monticello P.S
New South School
Neil Enabit R
Joni Lynn Bader R
Theresa Kay Smith
Onslow, In
Cathy
Julie
Gary
Beverly Stevens
Jeri Bud
Scotch Grove
Tommy Morton
Cedar Rapids, In
Kevin Freese
Vicki Freese
Ricky Eileen
Love Janda
Buck Creek
North Circle
Norman Miles
South Circle
Gene Thompson
Gene Moulton
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa Weselyan
Omaha Comets
Comets
Iowa Weslyan
Leon Beitz
Tom Wilson
Floyd Wilson
Don Wilson
Freddie Zimmerman
Don Britt and Sons
Glen Thompson, Jr
Carl DeWoody
Elmer Gifford
Manchester
Chas, DeWoody
Coggan
Eugene Flannagan
Joseph Haigh
Fort Beonard Wood
Merritt Haigh
Haigh
Kenny Breckenfelder
Rodney Wilson
Bonnie Crowley
Donna Beitz
Maquoketa Valley
Sound of Music
Des Moines
John Saunders
Jerry
Elmer Luethje
Perry
Genevieve Norton
Dean Davis
Tom Dunlap
Slater
Bill Mardorf
Harold Crowley
Debbie Huber
Crowley
Raymond Porter
Roger
Phil King
Teri
Jack Ross
Gordon Smith
John King
Justin Supple
Connie
Mary Supple
Leonard Kremer
Edward Kremer
Rosemary Stark
Independence
Nellie
Julia
Joe Mahoney
Alfred Lahey
Lawrence Flynn
Genevieve Anglin
Dubuque
Marcus Kehoe
W. D. Mclaughlin
John Prull
Janet
Henry Prull
Helen
Elert Prull
John Prull Jr
Donald Gearhart
Ernest Gearhart
Onslow
Mary
Shirley
Mercy Hospital
Clyde
Bud) Hunt
Robert Hunt
Ray White
Worthington
Edd Besler
Joe Sperfslage
Coggon
Gilbert Becker
Marietta Bramley
Joe Trenkamp
Ed Lamfer
Tom Behn
Frances Benn
Dyersville
Ray Trenkamp
Marc
Maynard
Jane Heid
Herb Bell
John Bell
Frank Jasper
Om Wilgenbush
Mrs. Mable Guthrie
Mrs. Guthrie
Nick Wilgenbush
Farley
Dubuque Hospital
Dick Turnis
Joe Kroagmann
Elizabeth Kroagmann
Sunnycrest
Arnold Turnis
Harry Prult
Oldsmobile
Lppoco
K & P Chevrolet-Olds CO
Men's Dacron
Monty Surplus
RTS
Jerry Neill
South Elm
Highway 151
Allis-Chalmers Viking Hammer Mill
Viking Hammer Mill
Allis-Chalmers
Allis Chalmers
Ford Tractor
Allis-Chalmers Tractor
Minneapolis-Moline
John Deere
New Idea
Woods Bros
Ford
Massey-Harris
PTO
John Deere Corn
Alls Chalmers
Dearborn
Kewanee
Dale Tubbs
Tony Neppl
Eli Shada
Citizens Savings Bank
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!