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  • Collection: Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Archives

Custodian Ernie Reninger...starts to clean up the mess in one of two rooms at Hoover School which were damaged by fire early Tuesday morning. Larry Dagit, school district business manager, looks over the situation.

"Slightly Spooky"...best described Eulalia and Becky Shanks, 7 and 4 respectively, daughters of Mrs. Geraldine Shanks, 2420 W. Broadway, as they peer over the top of their jack-'o-lantern in preparation for Halloween this Thursday night. Nonpareil…

A globe, welded by students at the Career Center, lies in a Council Bluffs warehouse although it was to be erected in the community last year, Carmen Gioiello, executive director of student and community relations for Council Bluffs Schools, is shown…

Hoping To Keep . . . the Iowa Association of Realtors traveling trophy for outstanding overall display in Council Bluffs is Realtor Gail A. Clinkenbeard Jr. and Lucille Dempster, the secretary to the Greater Council Bluffs Board of Realtors. The two…

Towering Walnut Trees . . . shaded the comfortable hideaway of Mr. and Mrs. Berne Hopkins south of Council Bluffs. The three-story log cabin was left over from the Omaha Trans-Mississippi Exposition of 1898 and was moved to the site by Ben Marks,…

Water Tank . . . on the Hopkins ranch was kept white and shiny by some of the crew. Powerhouse was at the base of tower.

The Ranch Manager . . . J.S. Cusak and his family lived in this house on the ranch. Cusak was assistant director of the venture.

The Large Crew . . . required to keep the herds of hogs fed were housed in "the bunkhouse," which later burned down.

The Pride Of Its Day . . . was this barn complex on the Hopkins farm south of Council Bluffs. Hopkins had hoped to make another fortune raising the finest livestock in the country. The Missouri River finally mired his empire and he moved to Colorado…

This Horse-Watering Trough . . . in Burlington, VT, is an exact replica of the one the Council Bluffs Parks Board hopes to install at Main and Pearl Streets.

A group of Neola citizens.
Fire Fighters . . . but not runners, as the well-fed look reveals, are these Neola citizens of the early 1900s. The group and their decorated cart have been incorrectly named in the past as the world champion running outfit.

Expansion Work . . . has begun at Jennie Edmundson Hospital's emergency entrance area. The new construction will extend along this west wall and to the terraced bluffs on the south side of the hospital. A lot attendant and painted signs direct…

Spading The Way . . . for the $2,100,000 addition to Jennie Edmundson Hospital is Mrs. Lenora Steeve, president of the Women's Christian Association. Watching are Floyd Hughes Jr., Robert Owen, and association officers, Miss Dorothy Christensen, Mrs.…

Arriving At Hospital . . . for treatment are G.H. Smith, 1514 S. 6th St., and Ivan Monrad, 214 S. 34th St., in wheelchair. Dick Christensen, the 'Medi-Bus' driver, helps Monrad down the van's ramp while Raymond Uhlhorn, physical therapist, holds the…

This Spacious Lounge . . . is a comfortable area to relax for patients to wait their turn to receive medical attention in one of the outpatient areas.
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