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New 'Get Well' Package For Younger Patients Unveiled - After Year Of Development . . .
Glass Partitioned Cubicles . . . in Mercy's remodeled pediatrics department provide the convenience of private rooms without wasted space. Staff members on duty are Nurses' Aide Gloria Rollins, Miss Dolores Kurtenback, student nurse, Sister Mary…
Old Hospital Facilities To Be Demolished
Demolition Of Old Mercy Hospital Facilities . . . will begin soon. Cost of maintaining the building plus the failure of several interested groups to find practical use for the complex of buildings has led hospital officials to decide to tear down the…
Rehabilitation Workshop
Mrs. Gloria Hansen, R.N., public health nurse for Audubon County, demonstrates the proper way to transfer a bed patient - Mrs. Judy McClellan, public health nurse from Harrison County - to a wheelchair. Miss Marlys Anderson, R.N., watching the…
Open House At DeSoto Refuge
Looking over a marker designation the excavation site of the sunken steamship Bertrand at the DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge is refuge staff member Ed Loth.
The marker is one of the projects created by the Youth Conservation Corps and was on…
The marker is one of the projects created by the Youth Conservation Corps and was on…
Good Year At DeSoto Refuge; More People, Less Geese
Checking Ice Depths...on the lake at DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge for planned ice fishing this winter is Dave Heffernan, assistant refuge manager. The ice fishing season begins Jan. 3 but may have to be postponed less a cold snap hits.
Fall Open House Begins Today At DeSoto Refuge
Thousands Of Geese And Ducks...migrating South for the winter are stopping at DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge to feed before continuing their long journey. Area residents and tourists will get a chance to see the geese first-hand as the refuge open…
Enough For Everyone At DeSoto Refuge; History, Nature, Recreation,
Jim Frates...manager DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge, demonstrates giant bellows removed from the hull of the steamship Bertrand. Frates said the bellows were used to create extra heat in the boilers of the vessel, which sank more than 100 years ago…
DeSoto Refuge To Get New Pump For Draining Water; High Water Problem Continues
Littering The Boat Ramp...are a number of pilings that have been pulled out of the lake by DeSoto Refuge employes. Refuge officials say the lake has quite a lot of drift that could be dangerous to boaters, Jeffy Jauron, an Iowa river official, says…
No Decision Yet To Repel Geese; Controversy At DeSoto
This sign...at the south exit of the DeSoto Bend National Wildlife Refuge west of Missouri Valley may hold more than one meaning. The U.S. Interior Department has stated it may make the refuge unattractive to geese so Texas and Louisian hunters may…
Federal Commission Closes DeSoto Boating
Covered Parking Lot...shows the high water level at the DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge. The parking lot is near the south launching dock area of the refuge.
Another Good Season At DeSoto Bend; Refuge Closes Thursday Night
Favorite Fishing Spot...is abandoned along DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge lake as season draws to a close.
Bathhouse
Bathhouse at the new swimming beach is constructed of bricks and panel siding and provides changing areas and toilets for both men and women. The structure faces north and also houses a well which furnishes drinking water. Just south of the…
You Can View Plymouth Rock In The Bluffs
Madison School Students . . . visit replica of Plymouth Rock in Memorial Park Cemetery. They are JoAnn Jacobsen, Claudia Sprinkel, Joe Lees, Steven Middaugh, Pamela Beck and Suzanne Hearn.
High Court To Hear Oakland Plant Case
The idle American Beef Packers Inc.. plant located in Oakland, pictured here in 1985, will be the subject of a lawsuit to be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday. American Beef Packers Inc. originally opened the plant in 1966.
Conditions Ripe For Beef Plant Reopening
Land O' Lakes Beef Plant
Oakland, Iowa
Oakland, Iowa