Taking A Break...on Texas after painting the United States on the Bloomer School playground are Jesse Fitch, Bloomer curriculum consultant, and his sone, Mark. The 26 by 47 foot map will be used next fall to help teach children about the nation.
Maintenance At Bloomer School...includes changing of worn out lamps in the lighting system. George Knudson, 204 West Orchard Ave., handles this job. Buildings and grounds Supervisor Bill Ross explained that many of maintenance jobs done in the…
Looking Over "Norman Knight"...the mascot of Bloomer School, are new administrators Jim Howard, principal; Jesse Fitch, curriculum director, and Melvin Johnson, assistant principal.
Checking The Clock...on top of the school are John Kilkenney, Bloomer custodian, and Earl Parchert, director of buildings and grounds for the Council Bluffs schools. The works of the clock are housed in a little house behind the clock. Parchert…
The old clock located atop Bloomer School has been silent for at least the last 10 years, registering a constant 8:20 time for those who spot it. About 10 years ago, Bill Sterbens of ABC Electric, said his firm attempted to get the old clock going. …
Richard Peterson . . . examines the bore of a cannon at the Kinsman Monument (at left) in Fairview Cemetery. As a youngster playing at the monument site, the Council Bluffs attorney became interested in the weapons which fired 32-pound cannon balls…
This Civil War Cannon . . . is now a silent guardian for soldiers buried at Fairview Cemetery. The gun is part of the Kinsman Monument erected following the Civil War in honor of Col. W.H. Kinsman, a Council Bluffs schoolteacher, killed in the war.…
The Kinsman monument, in Fairview cemetery, erected as a tribute to Col. W.H. Kinsman, who was fatally wounded in action while leading the 23rd Iowa Infantry against the confederates at Black River bridge, near Vicksburg, Miss., May 17, 1863.