If you saw these Manning Monitor ads in the past or in the present you might not know the unique details of the story behind them.

These are the kinds of stories we want to include in each Veteran's biography - along with the traditional name, rank, and serial number type information.

Emmett Mullen was a Veteran and served in the National Guard.

1970 Manning Bootery Ad in the Manning Monitor

Emmett Mullen's greetings to Manning boys serving in Viet Nam.
"In September 1969 our daughter, Kimberly, was born while I was stationed in Omaha finishing my bachelor's degree at UNO. Because we were living so close we were able to visit both my folks, Clara and John Kasperbauer, and Kathy's mom, Isabelle Meiers and her brother, Eddie, quite often. We would usually stop into the Manning Bootery to say Hi to Emmett.

I returned to Viet Nam in April 1970, and Kathy and Kimberly moved back to Manning to stay with her mother and brother.

I maintained my subscription to the Monitor when I was in Viet Nam to keep with the news. It was a real surprise to see the greetings from Emmett in his "Manning Bootery Ads." It was through Emmett's note in his ad that I found out that Kathy had bought a pair of shoes for Kimberly, her first pair!

Later in 1969-70 when Allen Rowedder was stationed in Viet Nam, Emmett added a "Hi Allen" to his ads.

I will always remember the greetings from a hometown merchant and friend, to a couple of Manning kids involved in a war."
Pat Kasperbauer.

Kimberly Kasperbauer - two years old and wearing those shoes from the Bootery.