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  • Collection: Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Archives

Alma Mater To Many...is the old St. Francis Academy, which finally came down in the 1960s when St. Albert High School was built. The school was located at the corner of Seventh Street and Fifth Avenue. The sisters of Charity, who founded the…

Proposed Eighth Street School...will face Avenue G on the school's present site. The new building is expected to cost $350,000. Sketch by G.B. Larson

Moving Day...finds students transferring supplies from old Eighth Street building into new Tinley School.

Mathew A. Tinley School...is nearing completion at Eighth Street and Avenue G. The 4350,000 building was officially named Wednesday. it will replace the old Eighth Street School.

New Tinley School...on southwest corner of Eighth St. and Avenue G is ready for occupancy. Students will move from the Eighth Street School, left, into the new $344,000 building on Friday.

At Dedication Ceremony...Dr. Mathew A. Tinley, center, expresses his appreciation of having the new school named for him. With him are School Supt. Russel J. Mourer and Capt. Edward O. Scharn, head of the ROTC units here.

Madison Mall In Council Bluffs . . . as H. Lee Gendler and Irvin Gendler say the 65-acre shopping center will look when opened in 1975. Construction work on the $10 to $12 million first phase, to provide some 500,000 square feet of space for several…

Hoisting An Heirloom . . . on the Fourth of July are Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Magarrell.

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Residents of Magnolia point with pride at the little log cabin located in their city park. Although the cabin is not old, it is a replica of the typical home of early settlers in the community. The cabin, open to the public, houses relics…

Now In Daily Use . . . is this new addition to Magnolia School. Auditorium space in the older building has been converted into classrooms.

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Fixtures . . . and rug in Magnolia Masonic Temple are well over 100 years old. All furniture was handmade by a former member.

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Oldest Building . . . in Magnolia is Masonic Hall, located on corner near the town pump which was…

It's obvious that time has weighed heavily on this weather-beaten barn south of Magnolia. After many years of service, the structure is showing signs of age, and its backbone begins to succumb oddly to gravity.

Shortly After Start . . . of early-morning blaze, firemen battle flames from entrance to Nonpareil Court. Fire and smoke billow from the Katelman hardware store (tallest building at right center) while the fire ladder is run to the Morphy Drug…

Fireman William D. Cavett . . . receives first aid at the fire scene from the Rev. Arthur Farrell and Acting Postmaster Kenneth A. Madigan.

Hasty Evacuation . . . is made by Earl R. Andersen, 207 West Washington Avenue, as he carries belongings from the apartment of his mother, Mrs. Carl O. Anderson, 98 Fourth Street. Scores of apartment dwellers fled the flames.
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