Standing In Front Of Church . . . is the Rev. Claude Smith, pastor of the Minden Congregational (United Church of Christ). The 20-classroom $90,000 Educational Unit of the church, dedicated in June 1968, is now debt free.
Parts Of The Road Grader...are scattered alongside the 100-car freight train with which it collided, causing the death of Delmar Schuning. The cab and chassis are in the foreground. The blade is at left. The rear wheels and engine are at the right.
Inspecting Fire Equipment . . . housed at the old - and the new - Minden Fire Hall is Chief Elmer Schroder. The new addition at the left was funded by a variety of activities ranging from dances to donations. It is expected to be fully completed next…
Spectators Gather...outside the Minden branch office of the Farmers and Merchants State Bank Saturday morning following a robbery just before noon. A young gunman took an undisclosed amount of money and fled. Authorities were searching for three…
Oldest Structure . . . on the Glenwood State School grounds is being torn down to make room for a new two-story employee's dormitory. view is from window of new administration building.
(top) Forming The Foundation . . . of museum and the historical society itself are collections of Indian artifacts gathered by county's Mintle brothers and by amateur archeologist Paul Rowe. Current Indian collection, numbering more than 15,000…
Smoke pours out of the west side of a dry lumber storage shed at Midwest Walnut. A portion of the building collapsed during the height of the blaze about being weakened by intense heat.