Local Monticello News Highlights Holiday Visitors and Ads
Local Monticello notes frequent holiday visits from relatives including Mr. and Mrs. Hoag in Chicago and Mrs. Flora Johnson in Donley Indiana. Ads trumpet specials at Denkhoff's Suter's Market and Ray's, plus Christmas gift ideas and offers at area shops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Hoag
Chicago
Flora Johnson
Donley, In
Anna Behrends
Christmas Programs At The Monticello Churches
Monticello churches present a Christmas program featuring an international chorus and mixed readings. Performers include Ann Thoeni Lavonne Finckiger Patty Podhaski Sylvia Gutensohn Robert Guyan George Stuhler and Marilee Matthiessen with selections from Italy Spain Norway Bohemia Germany and England. The program includes organ preludes processional carols nativity narratives and a concluding joy to the world.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hayden
Ann Thoeni
Lavonne Finckiger
Patty Podhaski
Sylvia Gutensohn
Robert Guyan
George Stuhler
Jesu Bambino
Yon
Glory To God
Betty Thomas
Josephine Ricklefs
Aylo Babb
Jo McNeill
Spain
Audrey
Ann Podhaski
Marilee Matthiessen
Bethlehem
St. Yee
Norway
Jane Us
Eahemias Eve
St. Clee
Germany
Marilee
Christmas program and offerings at local church
A December 24 evening program features hymns, scripture, prayers, and multiple recitations and performances by local children and families led by Rev Tendick. The event includes a piano duet and offertory for the Orphan's Home, concluding with benediction and gift distribution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rev
Tendick
Colleen Maire
Marlene Etten
Wilma Behrends
Deloris Etten
Sally
Barbara Hoffman
Janaan Meier
Mary E. Messerli
Dorothy Kula
Barbara Lang
Margaret Steiner
Arlene Arduser
Bobby Arduser
Fern Decker
Jimmy Steiner
Gordon
Helen
Hazel Behrends
Evelyn Etten
Rose Kernen
Henrietta Paulsen
Helen Mardorf
Lucille Scho‘field
Madge Schneiter
Helen Dietiker
Paul Messerli
Marie Yossi
Mary Lou Allamand
Lucille Etten
Manger
Lloyd Messerli
Olga Schneiter
Irma Tendick
Three Wise Men
Raymond Allamand
Milton
Lewis Bader
Clifford Decker
William Baumann
Marvin Etten
Robert Like
Madelene Paulsen
Dorothy Dietiker
Pauline Yossi
Edna Steuri
Robert Steiner
Delores Yossi
Wanda Meyer
John Yossi
Ruth Decker
Loretta Behrends
Paul Schneiter
John Schilt
Son of God
Eugene Etten
Roland Paulsen
Ephratah
Melvin Husman
Louise Bauman
Elfreda Yossi
Mrs. Tendick
the Orphan's Home
Betty Lou Allamand
Christmas Eve Service Program Highlights
A Christmas Eve program lists opening song Silent Night and various readings and recitations across Primary and Junior departments. Performances include solos by Robbie Reade and Stuart Sutherland with piano accompaniment, several choir songs, and multiple exercises led by listed participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herald Angels
Grossheim
John Tschantz
Richard Sutherland
Jesus
Plano
Paul Grossheim
Shirley Bartels
Helen Marsh
Audrey Eggers
Mabel Harper
Marjory Suett
June Lambert
Dorothy Behrends
Phyllis Cox
the Prophet's Song,” Dottie Schneider, Lois Clark
Beverly Helms
Lee Warner
Robert Marugg
Eugene Hanken
DeWain Clough
Eugene Smith
Star of Christmas and Kinship Recitals Highlight Local Choir
A sequence of performances features Katherine Bender Louise York and Joan Schneider with exercises The Star of Christmas and The Gift plus solos and a kinship recitation by Joan Schneider The program includes The Shepherds Dolls Christmas Fairies A Present for the King The Mother's Song and Christmas Lullaby with participants from the primary junior and multiple named performers and groups accompanied by multiple student soloists and ensembles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherine Bender
Louise York
Joan Schneider
Lois Guyan
Dorothy Maire
Dorothy Marsh
Jean Rathbun
Donald Skelley
Joan Hein
Harold Eby
John Buol
Charles Kreeb
Exercise
Dolls
Jane Hein
Elaine Buol
Genevieve Wright
Jean Hein
Elizabeth Wilson
My Child
Christmas Program Recitals Celebrate Christ Birth
A church program lists multiple sections with hymns and readings honoring the birth of Jesus. Participants include Herbert Plueger Dorothy Jacobs Marvin Jacobs and many others performing songs recitations and readings through four numbered sections ending with a congregational hymn and offertory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Plueger
Dorothy Jacobs
Marvin Jacobs
Christ
Lucile Bartels
Roy Reuter
Elinor Bartels
Our Savior
Laverne Plueger
Raymond Null
Donald Schrader
Delphia Bal
William Minney
Bethlehem
Mildred Jacobs
Henry
Harvey
Gertrude
Cecil Townsend
Carl Leesekamp
Dean Claus
Wayne Claus
Bobby M Himebaugh
Lorraine Schmidt
Mae Null
Ruth Reuter
Marvin Himebaugh
Kenneth Schmidt
Dorothy Himebaugh
Richard Schmidt
Arthur Husman
Eloise Plueger
Georgia Lee Plueger
Paul’ Zimmerman
Robert Reuter
Harvey Townsend
Elmer Jacobs
Robert Balster
Armin Jacobs
Alberta Schmidt
Maxine Poppe
Corinne Poppe
Lorraine Jacobs
Delores Poppe
Eileen Woellert
Mer
Agnes Bohlken
Gertrude Townsend
Henry Townsend
Savior
Paul Zimmerman
List
Angel
Angels
Jesus
Tone Bender
Dwayne Plueger
Opening service pages and contributors of a Christmas program
A list of participants and sections from a multi page Christmas service program including greetings readings songs and prayers. Names such as Margaret Oltmanns Eugene Poppe Mary Freese and others are noted with page references and readings about Bethlehem the Saviour and Christmas meaning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Oltmanns
Eugene Poppe
Mary Freese
Lenhart Stutt
Bethlehem
Lavern Rickels
Henry Onken
Verna Onken
Clifford Helgens
Doris Zimmerman
Harvey Fechtman
Marie Zimmerman
Clara Zimmerman
Donald Hagen
Charles Hagen
Bessie Topping
Raymond Freese
Dorothy Tholen
Dwight Gerdes
Lewis Freese
Raymond Harms
Rudolph Tiaden
Efreda Hebrens
Betty Hoult
Audrey
Marvin
Raymond Oitmanns
Christmas program song list and readings
A long list of named participants and roles from a Christmas program includes Greta, Kermit, Galen and Pipher, the Doden and Hinrichs families, multiple responses and songs, and a sequence of pages with readings about the nativity and Jesus the light of the world. Notable names include Galen Helgens, Robert Dirks, Dorothy Hinrichs, Norman Hinrichs, and Arlene Hagen among many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Eugene Oumanna
Greta
Kermit
Galen
Pipher
Ardena Prull
Vernon
Leonard Doden
Wilbur
Marvin
Deloris Doden
Shepherd and the Angels
Maxine
Ralph Harms
Galen Helgens
Gerald Dirks
Edna Hinrichs
Raymond Hinrichs
Arnold Willis
Florence Willis
Rodney Rieken
Willis Harms
Robert Dirks
Willis Dirks
John Henry Dirks
Elda Doden
Robert Doden
Max Schrader
Anna Harms
Galen Hagen
Norman Hinrichs
Harvey Hinrichs
Lois Tobiason
Dorothy Rieken
June Henrichs
Bethlehem
Ruth Dirks
Helene Dirks
Christ
Anna Dirks
Clifford Jansen
LeAnna Mae Wehling
Marvin Engelbarts
Galen Engelbarts
Pauline Tobiason
George Tobiason
Velda Osterkamp
Louis Osterkamp
Rome
Louis Eggers
Glenn Soper
LaVern Soper
Luella Soper
Bernice Theilen
John Theilen
Arlene Poppe
John Schafer
Roger Oltmanns
Christmas Program Authors and Songs Recited
A church program lists many participants including Husmann Ot ten Siebels Gerdes and Antons with responsive readings songs and offerings. It notes a Christmas Eve sequence featuring Joy to the World From Greenland's Icy Mountains and praise elements such as prayer benediction and doxology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Marie Husmann
Alvy Bunting
Willis Schafer
Richard Antons
Raymond Antons
George Folkerts
Allen Poppe
Margaret Ann Zimmerman
Iowan and Cornell Student Land Rhodes Scholarships
Two Iowa youths won Rhodes scholarships, chosen last Monday. Courtney Smith, 21, of Iowa City, a University of Iowa senior, and Edward Weismiller, 22, a Cornell College senior from Mount Vernon, will receive $2,000 annually for two years at Oxford University in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Rhodes
Courtney Smith
Iowa City
University of Iowa
Edward Weismiller
Cornell College
Mount Vernon
Oxford University
England
Local News Notes From Ligl Town and Nearby
Frank Serbousek returns home after three weeks in the escorters hospital at Ligl town with the cataract operation sight restored. Ed gar Hubbard also had the same eye surgery and is expected home for Christmas. Caution on icy roads remains as drivers should only pass if a half mile view is clear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Serbousek
Ligl Town
Mr. Serboubsl
Edgar Hubbard
Beiettean Couple Plan Weekend Webster City Visit
Mr and Mrs J H Beiettean will visit Webster City this weekend. Mr Helserme will return Monday while Mrs rage will stay a week with her parents Mr and Mrs John Bui. One in four winter car accidents result from skidding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Thompson
Hopkinton
M. J. Hogan
Peggy Thompson
Leona and
Katherine Fothergill
Cedar Rapids
Claude Fothergill
C. L. Jacobs
Edgewood
Lavetta Perrine
Bondurant
Mrs. J. H. Perrine
John Milligan
Los Angeles
Calif
W. W. Stickford
Mary Stickford
D. P. Young
Anamosa
Hubert Metcalf
Storm Lake
Harry Shaller and
Familly
Myrs. J. ‘H. Beiettean
Turday
Webster City
Helserme
Rage Ae
John Bui
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Monticello
Frances Bone
Gretchen Rolls
Elgin
Suter
William Palmer
Maquoketa
Denkhoff’s.— Adv
Sitter's Market
Richard Hoag
Ai Linen Anc
Glayvo Caca
Meyer Hit Shop
George S. Fawcett
Philadelphia
J. W. Coxsee
R. J. Vesey
Adv
Leo Staner
Dubuque
Louise Hoffman
Dorothy Jane Esper
Esther Cass
City Club
Mrs
F. A. Hanken
Elmhurst, Ill
Wm. G
Donald Burrichter
Springfield, Il
E. G. Burrichter
Shomont Dairy
Ady
Stuart Hoag
Military Academy
Marion
Ala
E. J. Kint of
Oelwein
Riess G. Stuhler
Frances Coyle
Boone Public Schools
Michael Coyle
McLaughlin
Henry Ohe
Bernard
Herman Ohe
Dundee
Hamilton
Waltham
Gruen
Bulova
Denkhoff
Shirley Hoag
Gulfport, Miss
Gulf Park School
X. Ray Childress
William Glass
Strawberry Point
Ray's
T. C. Musgrove
McDonald Hospital
Sandra Jean
Kay
Edna Zimmerman
Disghefield
Hills, Mich
Ralph Zimmerman
William Tighe
Mary
Patricia
William
Detroit
Mich
George Wilkens
Tighe
Clara Noyes
Frank Patterson
Pea Ridge
Arkansas
F. E. Patterson
Frank Podhaski
Manchester
Paul Claus
F. J. Ray
Betty Kay
Weir
John Kar
Cheam
Christmas Day
Kar
F. OW. Ox
Dorothy
Carnoriais
Timois
Ror
B. Moors
Donal Sonam
Elmer Folketts
Shenandoah
Oni Donalc
Marcella O'Rourke
Shadeni Nurst
Marcy Hospitel
Snent
Jas O'Rourke
End
Wile
Londen Swent
Amelie Rabe
Caroline Schoenhbut
Karl M. Keyes
Milton Thoeni
Meyer Hat Shop
Roy Snell
Scotch Grove
Mia McDonald Hospital
Andv
Ted Denkhoff
Teddy
Ann
Betty Denkhoff
Davenport
T. F. Denkhoff
Carrie
Mary Clark
C. M. Jones
F. N. Potter
Whitetail
Montana
William Shelley
University Hospital
Agnes Gearhart
Rachel Littlefield
Ruth
Forest Lamont
James Littlefield Jr
Town City
Walter Iligen
Mary Ellen
Chicago Heights
Ill
Maurice Montgomery
Schoenhut
Vinton
Siegfried Guyan
Betty Jo
Robert
Grinnell
Howard Azer
Theodora Pulver
Bea Long Jet
Yale
Richard
Bea
Reformed Church
Presbyterian Church
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Wayne Lutheran Church
A. J.H. McNeill
Geo
Sir Venka Nine Piece Orchestra
Smartwear
Paradise Isle
Novita and
Warren Hall
With
Errol Flynn
Joan Blondell
Dick Foran
Beverly Roberts
Hugh Hurbert
Edw
Ev. Horton
May Robson
Allen Jenkins
Dick Powell
Fred Waring
Ted Healy
the Lane Sisters
Merry Christmas
Jones County Produce Co
E. J. Farley
Rickless’ Dry Goods Store
Merry
Matthiessen Auto & Supply Co
Geo. Stuhler’ S Sons
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