Christmas programs in Monticello churches report
Christmas programs unfold in Monticello area churches this weekend with multiple pageants. St Matthew’s Lutheran hosts The Story That Never Grows Old on Saturday 7:30 p.m. and features detailed episodes from biblical figures, gift distribution, and a concluding prayer. Other congregations including St Peter and Paul Lutheran and Sacred Heart prepare similar Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services with choral readings, recitations, and hymns reflecting the season.
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Monticello
St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church
Kathleen
Mabel
Arline
Caesar Augustus
Robert Husman
The
Manger
Huthe Tots
Brahms
Mrs. Janaig
Marie Elizabeth Schoon
Belle Siebels
Bethlehem
Rex Schrader
Arlene Kuhns
Edna Hinrichs
Nadine Wessels
Willms
Louis Freese
Pauline Tobiason
Ie Katherine Waggoner
Ruth Kofoed
Pauline Siebels
Glen Soper
Lois
Hildegard
Clara Kehren
Joan Kofoed
Tricky Santa
Max Schrader
Raymond Freese
Ali Hail
Galen Waggoner
Katherine Bohlken
George Tobiason
June Hinrichs
Joyce
Mary Ann Otten
Henry Oaken
Louis Siebels
Golden Gifts
Dwight _Gerdes
SS. Peter and Paul Lutheran ‘Sunday School
Castle Grove Township
Christ
Ruth Hasler
Irene Stebels
Lois Barrack
William Steiner
Clifford Decker
Robert Steiner
Marvin Etten
Robert Messerli
Ardis Heiken
Mae Null
Armin Jacobs
Marvin Jacobs
Savior
Wayne Claus
Arthur Husman
Armin "Jacobs
Robert Balster
Herbert Plueger
Phyllis Null
Audrey Schrader
Elinor Bartels
Hark
Martha Wennekamp
Eloise Plueger
Donald Folken
Louis Folken
Dean Claus
Robert Baister
Donald Schrader
All Hall
Emil Scheer
Santa Claus Letters From Bright Gift Requests
Childrens Christmas notices list wishes for dolls doll houses toy pianos wagons tops and dresses. Dorothy Lee Behrends Betty Ann Behrends Charlotte Deischer and others request toys colors candy oranges nuts and general holiday gifts from Santa Claus.
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Santa Claus
Dorothy Lee Behrends
Congregational Christmas Program Details and Cast
An account lists a Methodist Christmas program on Friday at 7:30 p.m. with an order of service including carols and scripture from Luke 2, scenes with Bethlehem and shepherds, solos, a street play, and a long cast from the Junior department and Miss Hoag class.
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Ruth
Frances Collins
Joan Schneider
God
Mrs. Clark
Lorraine Maire
Beverly Helms
Jesus
Bethlehem
Town
Luther
Revecca Grimes
Vernita Vernon
Gaill Huibregtze
Dick Landis
Elizabeth Byerly
Bud Hanken
Dick Avel
Anna Rose Strasburg
Billie Marsh
Joseph—Stanford Strosahl
Mary— Shirley Hobert
Wiseman
Mark Rodman
Wilbur Coxsee
Harold Scott
Presbyterian Sunday School Program Friday Evening
The Presbyterian Sunday School will present a program Friday evening December 23 at 7 30. The event features a processional song Silent Night and a school scripture prayer.
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Presbyterian
Monte Young People Sing in Coe Vespers
Monte Young people from Monticello joined Coe College in Cedar Rapids for their annual Christmas vespers held Sunday afternoon December 18 in Sinclair Memorial chapel. Cast included Mary Esther McLaughlin alto Dean Tedrow tenor and Ray Hodgson bass. Attendee crowd filled the chapel. Cranbrook students Edna Zimmerman and Mabel Peck from Bloomfield Hills Mich. spent Christmas vacation with relatives in the area. Mrs Siebert Harrs joined them in Detroit after four months at her son George Harms and family.
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Coe College
Cedar Rapids
Monticello
Mary Esther Mclaughlin
Dean Tedrow
Ray Hodgson
Sinclair Memorial Chapel
Edna Zimmerman
Mabel Peck
Cranbrook School
Bloomfield Hills
Mich
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Wayne Zion
Alfreda Ann Behrens
Dorothy Hinrichs
Dorothy Ann Gerdes
Leonard Otten
Willis Harms
Erma Jean Bohlken
Charles Hagen
Margaret Ann Zimmerman
Audrey Oltmans
Leanna May Wehling
Wil You
Lois Kehren
Dorothy Rieken
Evalena Harms
Beanda Topping
Donald Hagen
Arlene Poppe
Leeya Tjaden
LaVern Soper
Margaret Atwood
Joyce Otten
Reinhart Topping
Richard Andreesen
Hildegard Kehren
Florence Willis
Bessie Topping
Mary Freese
Clifford Jansen
Doris Zimmerman
Marvin Oltmans
Roger Oltmans
Rudolph Tjaden
Castle Grove Lutheran Church
Iona Harms
Thomas Ahirichs
Marie Kray
Norman Opfer
Loretta Gerdes
Arthur Janssen
Irene Hasler
Gene Opfer
August Monk
Edna Kray
Grace Moenk
Helen Gerdes
Beverly Harms
Geraldine Monk
Lillian Moenk
Ruth Kromminga
Ruth Mary Thalacker
Billy Thalacker
Dale Aldrich
Margaret Ann al
Mary Jeanne Ahlrich
Lawrence Alferts
Paul Barrack
Arlene Monk
Ralph Bromminga
Edward Janssen
Lorna Seehusen
Carol Casper
Little Town of
Nedra Kromminga
Arlene Lubben
Anna Marie Ehits
Lorna Caper
Wendell Heiken
Edwin Alferts
Donald Ray
Gloria Stadtmueller
Albert Iben
James Stadtmueller
Paul Seehusen
Robert Lubben
Lester Kray
Roger Heiken
Gehret Moenk
Garriet Harms
Raymond Eiben
Reformed Church
Mary Elizabeth Messerli
Jimmy Stelner
Bobby la
Sally Ann Hoffman
Dolly
Rose Louise Maire
Christmas
Paul Steuri
Sacred Heart
the Crib
Junior Glee Club
Gruber
Boys Glee Ub
Glee Clu
Gregorian
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Robert Reuter
Bertha Plueger
Chauncey Dirks
Georgia Plueger
Corine Poppe
Betty Hanken
Little Baby Jesus
Treva Heiken
Holy Jesus
Richard Rickels
Leroy Rickels
Maxine Poppe
Lord Jesus
Ruth Ommen
Delta Ehlers
Roy Reuter
Betty Null
Betty Ann Behrends
Charlotte Deischer
Santa
Monte
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