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Bikes bring bucks to Bluffs
Sgt. Ed Gross... policeman-turned-salesman, doesn't want auction-goes to have any doubts about the size and quality of this bicycle being auctioned at the annual property sale.
Sometimes good things ... come to those who wait for the right…
Sometimes good things ... come to those who wait for the right…
Off the track
Two railroad cars running on the Iowa Railroad tracks near South Avenue derailed Thursday. One of the cars was carrying lumber, and it was not immediately known what the other car was loaded with. Investigations into the derailment was underway…
Mercy Unveils $15 million plan
Looking over construction site ... at northeast corner of Mercy Hospital proper are John Tenolone, chief operating officer, and Bruce E. Hopkins, Mercy administrator. The proposed project will involve a two-story addition, plus basement, adjoining…
Nonpareil Tour - European Holiday I - 1959
Hans Franksen Of Council Bluffs . . . views insignia on gates to Buckingham Palace.,
London Greeter:
Edwin Malindine, London oilman and candidate for Commons who visited Council Bluffs recently, has a spot of tea with Miss Twyla Holmes at Hotel Russell in London. Malindine was on hand to greet the touring Southwest Iowans when their planes landed.
Touring The Towers:
The Tower of London is among the foggy city's best-known landmarks, and The Nonpareil's European Holidayers were there. They're walking above the north bank of the River Thames and through the middle tower of London's 12-acre fortress.
Old England's Oldest:
A bit of bad weather didn't bother The Nonpareil European tour members who like their ruins really ancient. They gathered around a wall built by the Romans when their legions conquered the British Isles - 55 years before the birth of Christ. This is…
Malindine Greets Nonpareil Tourists On London Arrival - Group Undaunted By Rain
Seth Hills Of Council Bluffs . . . tries to talk to Beefeater at Tower of London.
In Piccadilly Square:
Members of The Nonpareil's European holiday tour group spent two and one-half days in London this week. Here Mrs. Carl Huber of Council Bluffs feeds pigeons in Piccadilly Square.
Nonpareil Tour - European Holiday I - 1959
(top) St. Paul's Cathedral: Members of the Nonpareil's tour group pass through chapel in St. Paul's Cathedral built in memory of Americans killed in London during World War II.
(bottom) Carole Lane . . . of Council Bluffs . . . with guard at…
(bottom) Carole Lane . . . of Council Bluffs . . . with guard at…
Holiday Tourists Feel Like Veteran World Travelers - Some 4,200 Miles From Home
(top) John Anderson and Mrs. Bertha Ballenger of Council Bluffs . . . stand against a cannon at Edinburgh Castle.
(middle) Plane Capt. Wahlgaard . . . at the controls.
(bottom) Sterling Castle . . . near Edinburgh, was built about 600 years…
(middle) Plane Capt. Wahlgaard . . . at the controls.
(bottom) Sterling Castle . . . near Edinburgh, was built about 600 years…
Edinburgh Hotel:
This is the Hotel Learmonth in Edinburgh, where most of the touring Southwest Iowans stayed during European Holiday stop.
Shop For Souvenirs:
Tourists on The Nonpareil Holiday trip enjoy souvenir shopping in Europe. A saleswoman in Edinburgh, Mrs. C. Nisbet, shows Mrs. Paul Weaver a kiltie doll which she wanted as a gift for a grandchild.
Plane Conversation:
Mrs. Gertrude Bostedt, left, of Council Bluffs discusses European holiday plans with Miss Mildred Cassidy of Omaha and Miss Catherine Joyce, tour director, aboard plane Saturday enroute to New York.
Congeniality Marks First Stage Of European Holiday
Coffee For Plan Passengers . . . is prepared by E.H. Spetman Jr. and Stewardess Ada Squires of Salen, Ore.
Helping Hand:
Mr. and Mrs. Chris Hansen of Avoca talk with Bjarne Kristiansen, Scandinavian Airlines System interflight representative, at the Omaha airport. He traveled with the tour to New York to expedite handling of passports and health reports for members of…
Plenty To Tell Pupils:
Mrs. Glen Drennan, left, Miss Anna Lyman, Drennan and Miss Perle Lyman exchange last minute words before Anna left on The Nonpareil European Holiday Tour Saturday. They came from Corning, where Miss Anna teaches school. She expects to better hold her…
Nonpareil Tour Group In Scotland Sunday Morning - Starting Three Week Holiday
Getting Acquainted . . . are The Nonpareil's European Holiday tour's oldest member - John Andersen of Council Bluffs - and the youngest - Patty Hartley. They found one thing in common Saturday - both will have birthdays on the trip, Andersen his…
County Fair Will Have New Home This Year; First Buildings To Go Up In May
An Artist's Conception...shows what the new West Pottawattamie County Fair will look in the future. The wheel-shaped facility actually includes seven buildings plus a covered arena. Two of the buildings--the wheel's 'Spokes"--will be constructed in…