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Dave Kusel.Below: looking northeast from Main Street.
318 -- 302 Main Street
Below: a 1927 Plat of this block --- Main Street on the
left side.
Commercial Federal Bank
1 Manning Bakery retail outlet
2 ??Plumbing ??
3 Valentine Bakery
4 Harold's Jewelry (Harold Juels)
5 Commercial Federal
Ford Parade (parade of Ford cars 3 blocks long).
Classes in parade:
Beautifully decorated -- Merlin Wyatt
Oldest Model -- 1909
Shimmying Ford -- F.D. Ross --- driven by Emil Jensen
Car coming the farthest -- Louie Jam 375 miles
Car bringing largest family -- Max Steckleberg, Manilla, IA
Car bringing 4 generations -- Jacob Kuhl
Most people in the car -- Charley Ramsey 13
Car with the tallest people -- Jacob Kuhl 5 people
Car with most oldest people -- Harry Ohm 5 average age of 85 (all were Manning settlers)
Homeliest man in parade -- Ed Roggish
Worst looking Ford in parade -- F.D. Ross Co.
The crowd was entertained after the parade by "The Hamiltons" and "Arial Woods" acrobats and tumblers. Dan "Devil" Hart from Florida did daring tricks while flying over Manning at noon.
Booster clubs from Omaha (30), Carroll (137) and Denison (98) arrived about 1:00 p.m.
2:00 p.m. Industrial parade lead by Carroll's band.
Manning Business firms had floats spreading 3 blocks followed by the Denison band.
At the end of parade was the Manning band followed by industrial floats.
Each band later gave a concert.
1st place to Manning
2nd place to Carroll
3rd place to Denison
4:30 p.m. Manning Fire Department answered a call to put out a fire at the north end of Main Street to demonstrate their new truck.
The next event was the presentation of the Ford winners.
Lucky persons were Laura Grau of Manning and Mr. Conroy of Manilla.
There was a pavement dance until the dance at the Opera House started.
This was the first celebration Manning has had since the homecoming celebrations of the
WWI soldiers.
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Valentine Bakery In 1932, F.B. Valentine took over the
Third Street building, which had been vacated by Sinn several years earlier. Valentine
continued the bakery there for two years, and then moved the entire operation to 304 Main
Street (the First Federal Savings and Loan Association Building).
With the move, Valentine installed a new oven and a complete line of equipment. One of his helpers was Amos Misselhorn, who arrived at 5 a.m. each day, working until school began; he returned to the job after school and weekends, receiving $3 a week for his efforts. Misselhorn later entered the military, and when the call was made for a baker, it was decided that this job made him the best qualified for the position. Rolls, bread, doughnuts, and other delicacies from Valentine's Bakery were popular until his retirement in 1970. Today, as in Manning's beginning, baked goods are a part of the restaurant business. |
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The Manning Bakery, home of the famous "Blue Ribbon
Bread" was opened in April, 1917. Alfred Sinn ran the shop at 814 Third Street (now occupied by the McMahon Feed and Seed Store), for nearly 25 years. His retail outlet was at 304 Main Street. |