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Council Bluffs Is Center Of Huge Floral Industry
One mile east of Council Bluffs on highway No. 7 are to be found the greenhouses of George Wilcox and sons. Principal products of the plant are vegetables. There are five greenhouses.
Council Bluffs Is Center Of Huge Floral Industry
Frank L. Lainson, wholesale and retail florist, operates two separate plants. The above is a section of the one on Canning street, which has 150,000 square feet of glass.
Council Bluffs Is Center Of Huge Floral Industry
Eighty-five thousand square feet of glass make up the greenhouses operated by John T. Walton, 500 North Twenty-sixth street. Shown above, the Walton greenhouses were formerly the Reams plant. The transfer of the property by sale was by the Harry C.…
Council Bluffs Is Center Of Huge Floral Industry
Specializing in sweet peas and snapdragons, C. E. Hinman operates four greenhouses (above) on McPherson Avenue. The plant has been in operation for four years.
Council Bluffs Is Center Of Huge Floral Industry
One of the two greenhouse plants operated by Fred L. Lainson is at Ninth Avenue and Twenty-ninth Street. It has 100,000 square feet of glass. A partial view is shown above.
Dr. Gregory Ends Negotiations Study
Dr. Leonard Gregory
Making C.B. Schools Better Is 1973 Goal
Dr. Leonard Gregory
Schools For What Purpose - Guest Editorial by Leonard L. Gregory, Ed. D. (Superintendent of Council Bluffs School System)
Leonard L. Gregory
School Head Bishop Of LDS Church
Dr. Leonard Gregory
Bellevue Stake Takes C.B. Ward
Dr. Gregory
Illinois Man Heads Schools
Dr. Leonard Gregory
New Superintendent Here To Discuss New Budget
Making Plans . . . for the 1972-73 city school budget are Dr. Leonard Gregory, incoming superintendent, and Dr. Robert Benton, outgoing superintendent of schools.
Dr. Gregory Sees Need For Voc-Ed
Discussing Plans . . . for elementary education are Ray Newburg, elementary education director, and Dr. Leonard Gregory, new superintendent of the Council Bluffs Schools.
Schools Must Gear For New Workers
Reading Up . . . on current trends in education is Dr. Leonard Gregory, superintendent of Council Bluffs schools. He notes a trend toward more vocational skills.
School Aid Plan Unfair - Gregory Wants Changes
Leonard Gregory
Gregory Offered Post At University Of Indiana
Leonard Gregory
Gregory Resigns
Leonard Gregory
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--This is the Glendale water reservoir and caretaker's house as they appeared before 1900. The original residence had two stories. Water for the house was drawn by bucket from the reservoir, according to Harry Pfeiffer,…
Today
Today...the Glendale reservoir is a covered concrete storage tank, left. The old caretaker's house was rebuilt and enlarged. When the residence was no longer needed by the Water Works, it was sold. It is now the home of Mr. and Mrs. William Holmes…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--This was the oldest house west of Fourteenth Street as it appeared in the early 1900s. At 131 S. 15th St., the house was built in 1869 by John Morris, a Union Pacific employe [sic]. Miss Nellie Morris, daughter of the…