Dredged areas of Lake Manawa (1) are easily seen in this air photo, taken from a height of 10,000 feet. Areas designated as No. 2 are those which will be dredged if Council Bluffs raises the balance of its $25,000 pledged for the project. The…
Malvern Is Proud . . . of this log cabin in the city's Paddock Park. The cabin, over 100 years old, was the home of Gov. Robert Ray's great-grandfather. The one-room cabin was restored last year and dedicated by Gov. Ray.
An Antique Hearse . . . which will appear in the Malvern Heritage Days parade is checked by Karl Hertz of the Mansfield-Hertz Funeral Home in Malvern. Hertz said the solid mahogany vehicle hasn't been out of the warehouse since the Malvern Centennial…
Nishna Cottage Nursing Home . . . in Malvern will be replaced this year by a new 50-bed facility at the town's east end. The old home, currently housing 39 people, will be used for residential care patients.
Parade Autos . . . include a 1924 Model T Ford owned and displayed by a Malvern Ford man, R.W. Salyers of Salyers Auto Co., in business since 1910. Salyers has another Model T which was made in 1922.
Carl Whitney, grocer at Malvern, is one of many in Southwest Iowa with faces groomed for 1969 centennials. Malvern will celebrate its centennial Sept. 7 through 12. Emerson will hold celebrations May 1 through Sept. 1; Avoca's centennial will be June…
The Ticket Window . . . is no longer a busy spot in many railroad stations. Don Gleason, agent for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, hands a Burlington folder through the window in the station at Malvern to portray a scene once familiar in the days…
Relegated To A Dark Corner . . . is the old grand piano, all that's left of the Malvern Opera House. Roy Mansfield, whose furniture store now occupies the building, inspect the old instrument.
Mark Ward, left, of 3601 Ronald Rd., and LeVerne Hansen, 3510 John St., traipse through the mud at Malmore Acres Saturday as they follow other volunteers down William Street. Residents tried to direct standing water toward a drainage ditch on the…