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Museum Restoration Sought
Checking The Collection . . . of items at Griswold's Cass County Museum are historical society members Velma Powers (left) and Helene Forsythe. Museum's collection, mostly of old-time everyday items, is now available for inspection only by…
Museum Restoration Sought
Drumming Up Interest . . . in revitalizing the Cass County Museum, historical society members Velma Powers (left) and Helene Forsythe check a visitors' roster. At top is an old farm forge bellows; on wall a drum once used by Civil War veterans of the…
Griswold Church Centennial
Reviewing The History . . . of the First United Methodist Church in Griswold is the Rev. Richard Hohl, pastor. The church is observing its centennial this Sunday.
Stanton, Griswold Boast Rec Areas
Forty-Acre Conklin Park Outside Griswold On Highway 48 is a miniature evergreen forest in the middle of flat farmland. This bridge, complete with a "Cross At Your Own Risk" sign, leads to a small island in the middle of the lake. Facilities there…
Griswold Museum Bulges With Full Supply Of Historical Items - Expansion Needed Before It Opens
Examining Antique Pistols . . . are Vern Bierbaum, who donated his collection to the Griswold museum, and Rex Powers, president of the Cass County Historical Society.
Cleanup Fire Debris At Griswold School - Classes In Other Sites Monday
Floor Buckled . . in elementary principal's office at Griswold School. The overheated boiled blamed for the fire here is located under the office.
Vacant Griswold Catholic Church Becomes Braden's Modern Apartments - 'Every Old Building Intrigues Me!'
Converted Church . . . sports an apartment sign where Griswold Catholics once entered to worship.
These Kindergartners In Own 'Schoolhouse' - Griswold Youngsters Really Feel At Home
Walking On Lawn . . . of their schoolhouse are Mrs. Jack Ruppert with kindergartners Ronnie Williams, Kathy Tanner, Glen Potter, Mickey Rabe and Jeff Shellberg.
Griswold Class Is Still Intact - Three Graduates First At The School
The Latest Annual . . . from the Griswold High School holds the interest of two members from the first graduating class at that school. They are Mrs. Margaret Sidener and Mrs. R.A. Forsyth.
Griswold Church Marks Milestone - Church Observes 70th Anniversary Sunday
Seventy Years Old . . . Griswold Presbyterian church is observing its 70th anniversary at special services Sunday.
Building Upturn Helps Griffin Pipe
Still Hot . . . out of the casting machine, this pipe is being marked by a Griffin Pipe employee. The Griffin plant manufactures ductile iron pipe used primarily in the housing industry.
A Spaceship?
A 30-ton upper stack, part of the wet scrubber system being installed at Griffin Pipe Co., was raised to the upper cupola of the building Monday afternoon. The upper stack was raised by a crane shipped from Lawrence, Kan., for just that purpose. The…
Downtown Omaha Honors Bluffs firm
Roy Miskelley . . . plant engineer, and Carl McCormick, sales manager of Griffin Pipe Products, admire a plaque given the company Wednesday for their efforts in environmental control.
Smoke Problem Lessens While Noise Increases - At Griffin Pipe
An Outside Consultant . . . tests the emissions from Griffin Pipe Company, which recently installed a new anti-pollution device. Company officials expect the pollutants to be below the 30 pound limits of Iowa law. The white substance coming out of…
Griffin's Pollution Control Equipment To Cost $829,000 - Should Better State Standards
Looking Over Final Plans . . . for Griffin Pipe Company's new wet scrubber cleaning system are B.B. Barefoot, president of the manufacturer hired to install the system, Robert Peting and J.C. Moreland.
Griffin Pipe Plant Plays Big Part In AMSTED Complex
Twenty-Foot Lengths . . . of cast iron pressure pipe are loaded aboard a freight car at the Griffin Pipe Products Co. plant here, an operating unit of AMSTED Industries.
Griffin Pipe Eyes $650,000 Air Pollution Device Here
Officials Walk By The "Bag House" . . . at Griffin Pipe Co. The facility acts as a giant vacuum cleaner bag where the dust remains on the inside while the clean air passes through to the outside.
Small But Mighty
Dick Dekker, acting works manager at Griffin Pipe Products here checks a new 400-horsepower electric motor designed to increase the fan capacity on the plant's cupola from 75,000 to 93,000 cubic feet-per-minute. The addition is part of efforts to…
Griffin Pipe Co. Plans Smoke Filtering System - Kiwanians Hear Tutskey
L.W. Tutskey, Vice President in charge of manufacturing for Griffin Pipe Products Co. in Council Bluffs, Iowa