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  • Collection: Council Bluffs Daily Nonpareil Archives

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Customer Service . . . sends Monte Christensen up a (power) pole - literally. He's an installer-repairman for Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. and usually gets a birds-eye view of the neighborhoods in which he works. He says one of the biggest hazards…

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Work Is Underway...to enclose the Bethany Lutheran Nursing Home at Elliott Street and North Broadway, before winter weather halts outdoor construction work.

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One Of The Finest Works . . . of the late Daniel Chester French was scheduled for a paint job. It stands at Lafayette Ave. and North Second St.

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News Spacious Walnut Grove Baptist Church...is locate at Twenty-ninth Street and Avenue J has been completed and is ready for use. The sanctuary is designed to seat approximately 230 persons.

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Discussing Markers...visible in painting of Fields of the Wood, a historical setting created by their church denomination, are Past Robert Brown of the local Church of God of Prophecy, and Earl Clemens, a member of its congregation.

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With the WPA working a twelve-hour shift to complete driving of piles on the city hall project within the next fifteen to twenty days, workmen are preparing forms for the foundation concrete. This picture, taken from the fifth floor of the Park…

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The Manning Hospital has been in existence since 1926, when Dr. Orren William Wyatt began its construction. Known then as the Wyatt Memorial Hospital, it was opened for use in November, 1927, and formally dedicated May 12, 1929, in memory of Dr.…

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Chatting At Beefland Banquet . . . are Chad Wymer, Peter J. Peters and Harry J. Nelson, president of Beefland International, Inc.

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Bahnsen ...gets chance

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High Jumping...to avoid bumping into runner Don Dew, St. Joseph's third baseman Bob Blankenship sees ball go past the bag on steal attempt by Dew.

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Gov. And Mrs. Robert D. Ray...sit at the head table at the Thomas Jefferson High School Jubilee Thursday night with Schools Supt. and Mrs. Robert Benton. About 1,500 Tee Jay supporters and alumni attended the celebration in the fieldhouse. Guests…

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"Our city hall's not so hot," says John Q. Citizen. "It was a classy livery stable fifty years ago, but that doesn't make it a classy city hall today. We could have had a new one practically completed by the WPA by this time if certain local…

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Madison School Students . . . visit replica of Plymouth Rock in Memorial Park Cemetery. They are JoAnn Jacobsen, Claudia Sprinkel, Joe Lees, Steven Middaugh, Pamela Beck and Suzanne Hearn.

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Driving Screws...into one of the 300 picnic tables being made at Bergstrom Woodworking Col, are Charles Ottesen of Neola and Otto Tucker of Omaha.

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New Youth Center. Located at Sixteenth Street and Avenue G is Anderson's Youth Center, providing Council Bluffs youth with lounge, pool room swimming pool, sun deck, dance area, miniature gold, refreshment stand, drive- in and pony rides. Built by…
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