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  • Collection: Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Archives

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Bowman gave the audience a chance to hear the Gershwin medley she'll be performing in the pageant, during Thursday of pageant week. The talent competition provides 50 percent of the points on which the contestants are judged.

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Bowman told her parents they were most responsible for her success. Bob Bowman is employed with Metropolitan Life Insurance; Betty Bowman is a marketing representative with Council Bluffs Savings.

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Gegttng in some runway practice, Bowman models an outfit for he Midlands Mall crowd.

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Preparing for her final appearance in the trunk show, wearing the formal gown she'll wear Sept. 14, Bowman applies the finishing touches of make-up.

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Below, some of the 13 ensembles the mall gathering saw.
[Sherri Bowman wearing a plaid sweater jacket, calf-length flared skirt, heels, and a fedora hat.]

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Below, some of the 13 ensembles the mall gathering saw.
[Sherri Bowman wearing formal gown.]

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Below, some of the 13 ensembles the mall gathering saw.
[Sherri Bowman wearing stirrup pants, belted plaid shirt, and blazer.]

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Below, some of the 23 ensembles the mall gathering saw.
[Sherri Bowman wearing swimsuit.]

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William A. (Bill) Ballenger, smiling and looking down

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William Ballenger...says he does not see himself in the role of a mover and shaker in the city.

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Photograph of William C. Emarine.

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Mark Loizeau with his father, John, set and detonated dynamite charges that dropped the last span of the Ak-Sar-Ben Bridge Saturday. He was pleased with the demolition which went off with a loud boom and few hitches. -- Nonpareil photos

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Examining the fabric of the new Brussels Lace curtains at the Historic Dodge House Wednesday are Trustees R.B. Graeme, 445 Glen Ave., Mrs. William Cutler, 524 Clark Ave., and Mrs. James L. Knott, 12 Westlake Village.
The Swiss-made historical…

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Heavy frost and winter haze couple with light snowfall made even the city's parking lots look like the work of an artist. This picture was taken at Eighth Street and Indian Creek Wednesday morning.

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This rust, New England winter scene is actually neither rustic nor New England. Freshly fallen snow has transformed the drainage ditch which runs through Mount Loretto school grounds in Council Bluffs into a winter brook complete with foot bridge.

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A Wet, Sticky, Snow...Thursday night left trees in Council Bluffs outlined in white resembling a giant cottonfield [sic]. Nonpareil Chief Photographer Jack Kennedy, used a time exposure and three flashbulbs to illuminate this scene on Huntington…

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...by winter's magic artistry, the Dodge memorial statue and fountain ...transformed into a picture of fairyland during the recent heavy snow....of a boat, resembles a fairy from an enchanted realm in the glow.

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Touched by winter's magic artistry, the Dodge Memorial statue and fountain are transformed into a picture of fairyland during the recent heavy snow.

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Officer Carolyn Cates: "I used to get a lot more (stares). I don't know if they thought it was a guy needing a haircut or what."
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