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The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Monday, June 01, 1953, Section 10

CENTENNIAL PROGRAM

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CENTENNIAL PROGRAM
INDEX of ARTICLES

Daily Programs

 Celebrate 100 Years Since Building First Cabin,  Page 2
SURNAMES: Buehler, Chambers, Hawkins, Houlahan, Hunt, Keister, Klempnauer, Lennan, MacNider, McDermott, McMillin, Vance, Willson
 
 Opening Day, Sunday, June 7  Page 4
SURNAMES: Allen, Billings, Blythe, Bogardus, Bowen, Cummings, Engisn, Keeler, Lyon, Myers, Otzen, Paul, Reade, Rogers, Stewart, Sutton, Vermilya, Willson, Wood, Wornson
 
 Homecoming, Monday, June 8 - Former Residents to Receive Big Welcome  Page 5
SURNAMES: Bagley, Bruce, Carter, Casey, Clark, Fitzpatrick, Glass, Granskou, Gustafson, Hanes, Harris, Jackson, Levinson, MacNider, Malone, McMillin, Nissen, O'Leary, Parker, Pool, Rae, Senior, Senn, Stanbery, Stineart, Sutton, Wilskinson, Willson, Yelland
 
 Band Festival, Tuesday, June 9- 100 Queens and 100 Bands Are Coming  Page 6
SURNAMES: Davis, Johnson, Stengel, Willson
 
  Town Bully Came Back, Got Licked by Boy He Terrified,  Page 6
SURNAMES: Bunce, Gale
 
  Queens of Other Years Coming Back to Festival,  Page 7
SURNAMES: Broessel, Cayou, DeSart, Drahn, Ellsworth, Eyler, Foss, Fowler, Glieden, Hall, Harrison, Johnson, Joslyn, Lashbrook, Lindell, Madson, Morgan, Reibsamen, Smith, Winter,
 
  Festival Starts As Small Music Event in 1936,  Page 7
SURNAMES: King, Prescott, Simon, Willson
 
 100 Queens Await Centennial Band Festival,  Pages 8 & 9
SURNAMES: Anderson, Auliker, Barrett, Belm, Bergan, Bergemann, Bertelsen, Bierle, Blanshaw, Bobst, Brandmill, Branyord, Chambers, Charlson, Chehock, Clapsaddle, Crew, Christenson, Christiansen, Conway, Culver, Deguan, Dralle, Ellifritz, Farrow, Field, Gerdes, Graettinger, Gugisberg, Gunderson, Haglund, Halverson, Hanselman, Hansen, Hanson, Harper, Hauge, Hippen, Holden, Horswell, Huhn, Isakson, Jensen, Jentz, Johnson, Klusemeier, Krueger, Kubicek, Lack, Langrock, Larson, Leland, Lubkeman, Madison, Marion, Mason, Mauson, McCoy, Miller, Monson, Muhlenbruck, Navratil, Nelson, Niebuhr, Niederwimmer, Neuberger, Ogden, Parcher, Parks, Peterson, Pierce, Radamaker, Ringen, Scarville, Schmeling, Shelgren, Simpson, Smith, Stackhouse, Stillman, Stilson, Stover, Streyle, Teigland, Treman, Utabjaa, Vogt, Wellik, Wessels, White, Wigern, Witt
 
 Festival Finale, Tuesday, June 9 - Thousands to Watch Queen Coronation,  Page 10
SURNAMES: Cayou, Hanson, Hilton, Johnson, LaVelle, Lindell, Madon, Stengel, Stewart, Willson
 
 Transportation Day, Wednesday, June 10 - To Depict Century of Transport in Giant Parade,  Page 11
SURNAMES: Barlow, Barrette, Bohn, Carroll, Conrad, Fallows, Gilmore, Hagen, Hathorn, Hugelan, Jay, Jennings, Lyons, MacPeak, McWaters, Mendon, Mettler, Peterson, Selby, Shelton, Smith, Stoecker, Swift, Tenney, Terrill, Yenerich
 
 
 Centennial Day, Thursday, June 11 - Queens and Floats in Historical Parade,  Page 12
SURNAMES: Bianco, Blair, Boyd, Chambers, Davis, Gaffri, Grimm, Holvik, Hovda, Kofoot, Lennan, Lockey, Morrow, Sweesy, Taylor, Willson, Wilson, Wismer
 
 Sports Day, Friday, June 12 - Centennial Sports Program, Field Day Planned,  Page 13
SURNAMES: Blanchard, Church, Coyle, De Rock, Duncan, Edgar, Fosse, Halson, Heston, Hutzell, Maxwell, Paine, Suter
 
 Flowers and Dancing, Saturday, June 13 - Garden Club Sponsors Church Decoration Program,  Page 14
SURNAMES: Cawley, Dean, Diercks, Fitzgerald, Frazee, Hausen, Payne
 
 Celebrated July 4 on Morris Farm Near Rock Falls,  Page 14
SURNAMES: Morris, Senior, Smith
 
 Church and Community Day, Sunday June 14 - Candlelight Hymn Sing, East Park,  Page 15
SURNAMES: Biedermann, Breen, Rothstein, Williams, Winger, Wornson
 
 Queens, Twirlers and Meredith Willson Coming to Band Festival,  Page 17
SURNAMES: Davis, Eichhorst, Fesse, Johnson, Oltman, Rich, Stengel, Stewart, Willson
 
Huge Organization Working on Preparations for City's Centnnial,  Page 18
SURNAMES: Adams, Allison, Allstot, Altman, Amen, Andresen, Arthur, Atkinson, Bailey, Baird, Barclay, Behm, Bergland, Betts, Biedermann, Blanchard, Bohn, Boyce, Boyd, Boyer, Breen, Bruce, Brunsvold, Bryant, Burger, Burhite, Carey, Carroll, Carson, Casey, Carstens, Chinkers, Church, Clark, Clough, Conrad, Coon, Corless, Cornish, Costello, Coyle, Crawford, Curran, Currie, Day, Dean, DeGursch, DeJong, DeRock, DeVries, Diercks, Douglas, Edgar, Egloff, Farrer, Fischbeck, Fitzgerald, Flickinger, Geer, Gilman, Glass, Griebling, Grippen, Guild, Hagen, Hall, Hamilton, Hammitt, Hanes, Harris, Hathorn, Hawkins, Haynes, Heston, Hilton, Hines, Houlahan, Hovda, Hubacher, Huffman, Hugelen, Hutzell, Isensee, James, Jeffrey, Jennings, Jewell, Johannsen, Johnson, Jones, Keister, Kew, Kimball, Klath, Klemas, Klempnauer, Krager, Kraft, Kunz, Laird, Lamson, Larson, Lichtenberger, Lundbert, Lyons, MacNider, McAuley, McWaters, Mendon, Merkel, Mettler, Milligan, Minott, Moore, Moreland, Mott, Nichols, Norem, O'Brien, Osmundson, Paine, Parker, Parks, Patton, Paulson, Payton, Pendergraft, Pool, Pope, Reip, Risacher, Romey, Rothstein, Ruby, Sanborn, Sawyer, Schaffer, Schmidt, Schultz, Selby, Sellon, Senn, Shelton, Shepard, Shepoiser, Simon, Skaggs, Smith, Sprengeler, Stahl, Stanbery, Stewart, Stoyles, Studer, Suter, Sweesey, Swift, Teas, Temple, Tenney, Terrill, Tubbesing, Turner, Vance, Van Essen, Vician, Wagner, Weaver, White, Williams, Winger, Wornson, Yenerich, Zach, Zultner
 
 Mascia Club Organized 25 Years Ago,  Page 18
SURNAMES: Brand, Kaplan, Lee, Poshusta
 
 Former Mason Cityans Are Invited Home as Distinguished Guests,  Page 19
SURNAMES: Anderson, Bainbridge, Baird, Barber, Barlow, Belding, Dakin, Fellows, Foster, Gilmore, Hathorn, Jay, Kelley, Lillard, MacGregor, Potter, Prehn, Prescott, Schneller, Spence, Stoecker, Sutherland, Tiss, Weston, Wilkinson, Willson
 
 Band Started Getting National Recognition in 1929,  Page 20
SURNAMES: Prescott, Stewart
 
 'Our Century" Colorful Drama of Mason City's 100 Years,  Page 21
SURNAMES: Bohn, Cliggitt, DeSart, Garland, Henn, Houlahan, McAuley, Murphy, Romey, Sternhill, Walk
 
 5,000 Band Members in Festival,  Page 21
SURNAMES: Aarsvold, Anderson, Arnold, Bailey, Barker, Barrett, Bartholomew, Baessler, Baskius, Bauman, Behm, Benesh, Berg, Brom, Bulka, Bush, Carpenter, Christiansen, Conklin, Conrad, Davis, DeMaro, Drollinger, Eichhorst, Elmore Fardal, Farmakis, Feese, Fisher, Fitzgerald, Foikedahl, Gartner, Gaster, Griggs, Grindle, Hall, Hansen, Hanson, Harris, Hjelmeland, Houck, Hubbard, Huhns, Jacobs, Johnson, Jones, Kauffman, Kloster, Krafft, Larson, Lightbody, Luedike, Lysing, Marquardt, McCoy, Miller, Mormon, Mussehl, Olson, Paine, Post, Pringle, Rankin, Rich, Schaefer, Schey, Slocum, Spade, Stansbury, Stewart, Stott, Swanson, Swenson, Teague, Thomson, Thornton, Tisdale, Turner, Veach, Voigt, Von Wald, Walsh, Wangerg, Whitcomb, Whitford, Willson, Zabilka
 
  Centennial Film Depicts City Progress,  Page 22
SURNAMES: Boyd, Crowder, Decker, DeGrush, Goyer, Hilton, Lord, Minott, Seymour, Welland
 
 
 
University Women Form Club Here,  Page 22
SURNAMES: Barnard, Bullock, Carleton, Clough, Dorchester, Gibbs, Graves, Fuller, Fullerton, Hazlett, Iverson, McGowan, McLaughlin, Minor, Naylor, Oldham, Pagenhart, Ridgeway, Shimmick, Steinberg, Storvick, Swarner, Titus, Van Ingen
 
 Champ Twirler Uses "Flaming Baton",  Page 23
SURNAMES: Berg, Carpenter, Davis, Eichhorst, Freese, Post, Rankin, Stengel
 
  Mrs. Dakin Founder of Monday Club,  Page 23
SURNAMES: Bates, Brown, Bush, Card, Church, Dakin, Emsley, Glass, Hathorn, Herrick, Hillyer, Hudson, Moulton, Myers, Osborne, Randall, Shepard, Washburn, Wheeler, Wilber
 
  Band Played Important Roles in Early Days,  Page 24
SURNAMES: Adams, Allen, Bagley, Bahn, Bowen, Bowman, Clark, Confer, Cronin, Davis, Dent, Duffield, Dyer, Emery, Geyer, Greve, Hathorn, Hitchcock, Johnson, Keeler, Kennedy, Lawton, Long, Loomer, McCleary, McMillan, Prussia, Slocum, Smith, Steinberg, Stewart, Sumner, Terrill, Thomas
 
 Queens Coming Back,  Page 25
SURNAMES: Cayou, Lindell, Madson
 
 How Mason City Got Its Postoffice,  Page 26
SURNAMES: Allen, Hathorn, Jenkinson, McMillin, Rule
 
 1903 Class Reunion Part of Centennial,  Page 27
SURNAMES: Adams, Annundson, Bagley, Barrett, Bate, Beecher, Bouton, Brooks, Brunsvold, Burmaster, Burns, Clack, Dickinson, Dimmick, Dunham, Dunn, Elder, Ellis, Farrell, Faye, Giddings, Hanlon, Hoyt, Hubbard, Huntley, Irons, Johnson, Klemme, Knovalinka, Lane, Lemon, Lockwood, Mahaffey, Marine, McEwen, McKeen, Murray, Parker, Parsons, Pfahler, Randall, Rau, Ray, Schonke, Simmons, Steinberg, Sykes, Thomas, Tinker, Tuttle, Van Worden, Vermilya, Warner, Wheeler, Williams, Woodward, Young, Zuehl
 
  Gasoline, Oil Transported by Pipeline From Oklahoma, Old Maids Convention Page 28
 
 
 "Comprehensive City Plan" Guide to Future,  Page 29
SURNAMES: Bruce, Clough, DeSart, Jewell, Kellogg, Kelly, Leffler, Lock, McGee, Rheingans,
 
  Park System Acquired Over Many Years,  Page 29
SURNAMES: Dunham, Gable, Hanford, Jackson, MacNider, Milligan, Norris, Parker
 
  Family Names Trace Century of Music,  Page 30
SURNAMES: Adams, Allen, Blythe, Bogardus, Bowen, Brauman, Cotton, Dake, Dakin, Denison, Dike, Elder, Ensign, Gaylord, Glass, Hathorn, Higgins, Hudson, Huntley, Keelery, Keeney, Keerl, Kirk, Mann, Marston, McAllister, McKeon, Montague, Moore, Patchen, Poole, Quick, Randall, Reade, Senior, Shipley, Stanbery, Stevens, Thompson, Vermilya, Wheeler, Wilber
 
  Senior Family Prominent in Mason City EarlY Day Music,  Page 30
SURNAMES: Brearley, Elliott, Knovalinka, Lukins, Merrill, Senior, Stinehart
 
  First Class Barns Essential for Hotels,  Page 30
SURNAME: Bunce
 
 The Day's Bouquet ~ Remember?,  Page 31
SURNAME: Adams, Bruce, Killian, Merkel, Morgan, Skellinger, Thraves
 
  Sunday in Mason City ~ Church DirectoryPage 32
SURNAMES: Abernathy, Bascom, Becker, Blanks, Bodensteiner, Breen, Burd, Buttrick, Carl, Carlson, Costarais, Endersen, Erickson, Fraser, Goodberry, Haigh, Harmon, Harrisville, Hawes, Hinz, Holst, Hulse, Johnson, Kendrick, Druger, Malone, Merrell, Millard, Moldstad, Patton, Peterson, Rust, Schaefer, Schmidt, Sentman, Shoemaker, Spraight, Stigleman, Steimel, Stone, Teiszea, Ucko, Westly, Williams, Yuen

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Some of the photographs did not scan well. In such a case the photograph has been substituted with a clearer copy if available.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, December of 2014

 

 

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