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Old Monclova School turns 100

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People gather for a centennial celebration at the former Monclova School, which now houses the Monclova Community Center.

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Members of Picks and Sticks, from left, Sherry and Morgan Humecky, Northville, Mich., and Mike and Susan Gleason, Manchester, Mich., entertain the crowd with turn of the century music during a Centennial Celebration Festival at the former Monclova School.

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Lolabel Lathrop, Holland, looks over a yearbook during a Centennial Celebration Festival at the former Monclova School. Lathrop was forced to leave the school at the start of her freshman year in 1949 because she was pregnant with her oldest daughter. " I've always wanted to come back," she said of her first time back to the school.

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Ragtime Rick Grafing entertains a crowd at the old Post Office during a Centennial Celebration Festival at the former Monclova School.

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Pat Weimer of Waterville looks over historic photos during a Centennial Celebration Festival at the former Monclova School.

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Lolabel Lathrop of Holland, finds her picture in a 1948 yearbook during a Centennial Celebration Festival at the former Monclova School.

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Lolabel Lathrop of Holland, left, and her youngest daughter Billie Szczepanski of Archbold look over yearbooks during a Centennial Celebration Festival.

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