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Titan 1979
1979 Yearbook (Annual) of Lewis Central High School
The Headless Wrestler
The Headless Wrestler...is Alan Poore of Lewis Central as St. Albert's Jack Stageman forces him to stand into position.
The Splat Of Raindrop.
The Splat Of Raindrops...on the faces of Diane Baldwin and Vickie Corum produced smiles as they waited for a traffic signal near Washington School. They are first graders at the school. Nonpareil photo by Jack Kennedy
Who Days Dandelions Are Dandy
It's inevitable--with warm spring days come dandelions. But Mrs. Andrew Karr, 33-3 Avenue G, looks on the bright side of the situation as she joins her small daughter, Becky Arnold, 2, in a closer look at the blooms. The yellow flowers, Webster…
The Feeling Is Mutual
A mutual admiration society aptly describes Council Bluffs school bus driver Pat Murphy, 2516 Avenue A, and the kindergarten children of Hoover and Washington schools. "I love these children," Murphy says. And as for the children, "they would…
Sparkling Holiday
Sue Young, 2527 Avenue H, spells out the holiday with a sparkler for this Independence Day picture. Photographer Joe Cavallaro made the picture by taking a time exposure while Miss Young did the spelling. Then he added her picture with a flash…
Bell Building Starts Out Clean-Faced
Dangling Three Stories Up...window cleaner Dale Morrell scrubs windows on the new telephone building, which will be occupied beginning Saturday. Nonpareil photo by Dave Mitchell.
Midwest Harvest Going Downstream
Iowa corn flows into barges at Peavey Company River Terminal for the first time in four years, and is checked by Jerry Swanger, Peavey barge loader, Dick Johnson, division manager, and Clyde Thorkildson, superintendent for Peavey. Johnson said the…
Elder Court Apartments Fire
Photograph of firefighter at Elder Court Apartments fire.
Warren Feed and Grain Co. fire
Photograph of fire at 900 S. 8th St.
Fire Department Training Session
Engineer Glen Hasler of the Council Bluffs Fire Department unloads the hoses as Fire Chief Norman Elgan directs during one of the daily training sessions.
Warehouse fire
A city fireman pours water into a building at Thirteenth Street and West Broadway under the Broadway Viaduct. Officials say the fire may have been set.
Pump shed fire
Firemen pour water on wreckage of the pump shed which was the scene of an explosion and fire which claimed one life.
Neola ambulance
Recently purchased by the Neola Fire Department gets final check by Darrell Boyer before being placed in service for use by the department.
Vanice Grain fire
Manning an aerial ladder are Council Bluffs firemen, monitoring the progress of the intense fire at the elevator. Firemen from the Bluffs were joined by unites of the Omaha Fire Department in controlling the blaze, which started about 8:30 p.m.
Fire Fighters - Macedonia Rescue Units
Rescue units from Macedonia also service Carson and Henderson areas. Examining apparatus for broken bones are Herman DeWitt, a fireman called the "first aid chief" by his coworkers, Dale Hobson, acting of the volunteer fire department, and Lawrence…
Fire Fighters
Three unlabeled photographs of fires and firefighters.
Chief Elgan
Surveying the remains of a house at 23rd N. 2nd St. destroyed early Wednesday by fire is Fire Chief Norman Elgan. One man was killed in the blaze.
Elder Court Apartments fire
Unidentified relatives of one of the apartment complex dwellers huddle under the eve of a nearby house with the small bit of clothing they salvaged from the blaze that destroyed the complex.
Firefighters put their weight on hoses at the Elder…
Firefighters put their weight on hoses at the Elder…