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Robert Drummond
Photograph of Robert Drummond.
Robert R. Dygert
Photograph of Robert R. Dygert, Council Bluffs Fire Department.
Rolling Clouds
Council Bluffs is treated to a canopy of rolling clouds Saturday morning following a .5 inch rainfall. This picture was taken on Broadway at Fourth Street by Jack Kennedy, Nonpareil photographer.
Room Aplenty In Manning's School -- This Year, Anyway
Only Four Rooms . . . are occupied for the present in Manning's sprawling 32-classroom school.
Roosevelt School Fire: Over $500,000 Loss; Some 600 Students Get Holiday
Thousands of Gallons of Water...used to fight the Roosevelt School fire left steps, the school grounds and streets around the gutted building covered with ice. Firemen fought the blaze in mid-teen temperatures. Other photo on page 2.
Roosevelt School Fire: Over $500,000 Loss; Some 600 Students Get Holiday
School Holiday: A cluster of Roosevelt School students view the building after an early morning fire Monday did between 500,000 and $600,000 damage. About three quarters of the school was destroyed. Story on page 1.
Roosevelt School Fire: Over $500,000 Loss; Some 600 Students Get Holiday
Extreme Heat...from the fire that did between $500,000 and $600,00 damage to Roosevelt School left the interior of the old section twisted. A newer section, completed in 1953, suffered extensive smoke and water damage.
Ross Elected By Industrial Group - Foundation Pledges Mount To $98,800
Checking Pledges . . . to Industrial Foundation are Carl Stephens and L.W. Ross, seated; Howard Bessire and Harold Beckman.
Route Used by Buffalo, Indians Chosen for Union Pacific
This is a picture of one of the Casement Brothers construction trains used in building the Union Pacific railroad. Employes had to be skilled both in the use of tools and guns. Many times they dropped tools and picked up guns to repulse an attack…
Route Used by Buffalo, Indians Chosen for Union Pacific
Here is a copy of the original message sent by Gen. Dodge to Oliver Ames, president, on the completion of the Union Pacific railroad. It came from Promontory, Utah, date May 10, 1869
Royal Denmark Couple Plan Omaha, Dana College Visit
Queen Margrethe II
Royal Family . . .
Queen Karen and King Gerald receive congratulations from the king's daughter, Mrs. Lester Roberts; Mrs. Kirn; and sons Dr. George J. and Harald Kirn.
Rue renovation will bring school up to date
Rue Elementary is slated to undergo $887,000 worth of renovation including construction of an addition on the west side of the building over the next two years. The proposed addition is shaded in this architects' drawing. Bloomer, Walnut Grove and…
Rural Church Addition To Be Dedicated
New Addition Of A Narthex . . . at St. John's Lutheran Church of rural Hastings is to be featured in special services there Sunday. The Rev. R.E. Bloemker, the church's pastor, is standing in the foreground.
Rural Silver Creek Church Dedicates New Parsonage Sunday; 'Far From Dead' - While Many Country Churches Stand Vacant . . .
New Parsonage, Old Church . . . were crowded Sunday as the Silver Creek congregation visited the new home of the Rev. and Mrs. Charles Henry, shown here with trustee Clayton Young, left.
S. Omaha Bridge Gets New Surface
Work continues Friday on the South Omaha Bridge where employees of the Eby Construction Company of Omaha have been contracted by the State of Nebraska to resurface and paint the span. Work began six weeks ago and Supervisor George Brower says it will…
S. Omaha Bridge Gets New Surface
Iron Workers . . . Conia Halterman, Route 4, and Paul Hodges, Omaha, perform welding chores on expansion channels for the South Omaha Bridge resurfacing project.
S. Omaha Bridge Gets New Surface
Checking Placement . . . of steel reinforcement before concrete is poured is George Brower, project supervisor.
S.W. Iowa Nearly Buried By Paralyzing Snowstorm
Happy Youngsters...spend their "emergency' holiday from school by trying to clear broken tree branches off of Keeline Avenue. Tugging at a limb are Robert Parrott, Richard and Marshall Collins and Marcia Martin. All live on the street. City street…
S.W. Iowans getting paramedic training
Practicing paramedic skills . . . are five members of the Council Bluffs Emergency Care Division. The "patient" is Director Wayne McCunn, who is being worked on by Larry Hazelwood, Dick Christensen, Terry Mulvania and Ronnie King (standing).…