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SWI Courthouses Added To List
Showing The Signs . . . of its sandblasting in the late 1970s, Harrison County Courthouse looks like new. The concrete and steel building is faced with Bedford limestone and topped with a 78-foot dome.
SWI Girl New Miss America
Iowa Native . . . Rebecca Ann King, Miss Colorado, walks down the runway after being named Miss America at Atlantic City, N.J. She is formerly from Hancock. - AP Wirephoto
SWI Towns Anticipate I-29 Opening - More Housing, Business Expected
This Is The End Of The Paving . . . of Interstate 29 a mile north of Bartlett. The 10-mile stretch south of Council Bluffs to Highway 34, just south of Pacific Junction, is due to open sometime this week, say Iowa Highway Commission officials. The…
Swim Crush Tells Need For 2 Pools
The Council Bluffs Municipal Pool...is always busy and sometimes the pressure is so great that swimmer have to be turned away. Keeping track of hundreds of bobbing, splashing children is no easy task for life guards and the task becomes harder when…
SWIRLS Service increases in SWI
Showing one painting . . . among 80 to 90 works to be purchased from Southwest Iowans and loaned to libraries is Mrs. Lucile Walensky, director of the Southwest Iowa Regional Library System (SWIRLS). Looking on is Theresa Healy, assistant SWIRLS…
Swiss-Type Doll House Latest Dodge House Child's Addition
A Delight . . . for little girls is a doll house, and this doll house has delighted many little girls since its construction near the turn of the century. The doll house, a gift to
Dodge House, is admired by Kimberly Ranch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.…
Dodge House, is admired by Kimberly Ranch, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.…
Sylvia Ball earning her own niche (in Dale Ball...A community salute, Supplement to the Nonpareil)
Sylvia Ball
T.J. Cheerleaders Win Honors At National Clinic
The Spirit Stick...and first place blue ribbon won by Tee Jay cheerleaders are displayed by the team. In front is Jann Fernley; middle row, Lou Ann Hurd and Jan Nemecek; back row, Ruby Arnold, Pam Davis, and Capt. Georgia Culek.
T.J. Teacher Recounts Mideast Trip - Egyptians Are 'Warm, Honest People'
Holding Two Gallibeyas . . . or Egyptian dresses is Thomas Jefferson High School teacher R.H. Flanders. He spent part of his summer vacation touring the Middle East and will be passing on his newly acquired knowledge on the subject to T.J. students.
T.J.'s Victory Merits Iowa-Nebraska Crown; Ryan Toppled, 6-2 Friday
You'd Make A Face Too...if you got as much dirt on you as Royal McCollum did when he slid into third base on a sacrifice bunt.
Take 140-Mile Drive Through Four Counties - How To Spend A Wonderful Day . . .
Old Pioneer Cemetery . . . near Oakland has a dozen marked graves in its quarter-acre plot. Unmarked graves are thought to be under surrounding corn fields. The cemetery is on the farm of Frank Foreman.
Take Drive Through Scenic Hill Country - How To Spend A Wonderful Day . . .
Lewis and Clark State Park . . . on Blue Lake near Onawa features lake shore picnic tables and a fine sandy beach. The park extends over 187 acres. The lake covers an additional 991 acres. There's good fishing here.
Take Drive Through Scenic Hill Country - How To Spend A Wonderful Day . . .
Murray Hill . . . prominent bluff on scenic hill drive between Little Sioux and Pisgah is pictured from card window. The road is the Highway 183 detour and is in excellent condition.
Take Enjoyable Drive Across 2 New Bridges - How To Spend A Wonderful Day . . .
Mormon Pioneer Memorial Bridge . . . spans the Missouri River between Crescent and Florence. It is just north of the old Mormon ferry landing. The bridge was first talked of by the early Crescent settlers about 95 years ago. This photograph was taken…
Take Enjoyable Drive Across 2 New Bridges - How To Spend A Wonderful Day . . .
Fine River View . . . is seen from Mt. Vernon Garden enroute to historic Bellevue, Neb. Monument commemorates river exploration work of Maximilian, the Prince of Wied, in 1833-34.
Take it from teen-age critic. Italian exchange student make bit hit with A.L. boys.
Sharing love for music . . . are Darlynn Meyerson, left, Mega Prever, Mr. and Mrs. Guisepper Prever, Mrs. Leo Meyerson and Mr. Meyerson. -- Nonpareil Photo.
Take No Chances
Weather beaten sign northwest of County Road G crossing tells motorists a railroad is 300 feet ahead and advises to "take no chances." This and and the usual x-shape railroad crosses are the only warning signs at the intersection. In background are…
Taking A Break On A Hot Day
The bull elk at Botna Bend Park at Hancock takes a break under a small shade tree in his pen to get away from Southwest Iowa's warm summer sun. The tree is in its own pen to keep the elk from devouring the leaves.
Talking Business
William Lepley
Target Date: Dec. 15
Work on the ski run and lodge at the Crescent Ski Hills northeast of Crescent is moving along rapidly but contractors and owners alike are hoping for continued good weather for the balance of November to assure completion by early winder [sic]. Above…