Greeting Their Friends...at a reception at St. John's Lutheran Church next Sunday will be (seated) Debbie, 7, the Rev. W.E. Wicklund, Billie, 11, and Mrs. Wicklund; (back row) David, 16, and Steven, 18.
(top) California Redwood . . . siding of St. Paul Lutheran parsonage will be painted except stained and varnished area along front porch. The Rev. and Mrs. Ronald Flentgen and daughter, Ann Martha stand on front step. Church is seen at rear of home.…
The Wilcox Greenhouses...are like a "sea of glass" on Highway 6, between North Avenue and Oak Street. The greenhouses which have been in use since the early 1900s, will be closed Sept. 1.
Towering Chimney, the last landmark of the J.F. Wilcox greenhouses off Highway 6 near North Avenue, fell to the ground Thursday afternoon with the help of a 2,000-pound wrecking ball at the end of an 85 foot crane boom.
Towering Chimney, the last landmark of the J.F. Wilcox greenhouses off Highway 6 near North Avenue, fell to the ground Thursday afternoon with the help of a 2,000-poung wrecking ball at the end of an 85 foot crane boom.
The ticklish operation…
Towering Chimney, the last landmark of the J.F. Wilcox greenhouses off Highway 6 near North Avenue, fell to the ground Thursday afternoon with the help of a 2,000-pound wrecking ball at the end of an 85 foot crane boom.
The ticklish operation…
With all the destructive force of a bull in a china shop, a bulldozer Wednesday crunches through one of the J.F. Wilcox Greenhouses at North Avenue and Highway t. Contractor Sam Thomas is clearing the 14-acre site for new owners Midlands Financial…
(top) The Main Street Of Oakland . . . will undergo a face-lifting in the near future, through a program started by the Oakland Commercial Club, in cooperation with town merchants and landowners. Facades of some of the downtown buildings have…
New Horsepower . . . pulled an old covered wagon slowly down Oakland's Main Street Monday afternoon during the parade of the Oakland Fall Festival. Theme of the parade was "Through The Years In America."
The New Home . . . of the Citizens State Bank at Oakland is the first new business building in downtown Oakland in several years. Of colonial design, the bank is located on Oakland Avenue, just a block from the bank's old location.
Standing Side By Side . . . are the Oakland Christian Church and the newly completed Education Building. The brick addition is connected directly with the main sanctuary and provides a new entrance into the church. Dedication ceremonies for the…
Mrs. Jim Johnson . . . co-owner of Carley and Johnson, appliance and furniture dealers in Oakland, proudly displays the restoration work done on the 90-year-old structure which houses her business and three others.