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Work continues on gym despite letter from fire marshal
Franklin Youngsters...still use the playground outside their old school built in 1892. The School Board has ordered the district to reopen the old gymnasium on the right, as the new Franklin School has no gym.
Council Bluffs Schools--Franklin Elementary School
Crossing the street to their new school are Franklin Elementary School kindergarteners. The new facility, which was supposed to be ready for classes last August, was finally opened this Tuesday. It was ready for classes Monday but snow canceled…
Basics Are Key At Franklin
Explaining How...the new Franklin Elementary School will look when completed is Principal Ramona Cramer. Gerald Madsen, instrumental music instructor, surveys the area to pick out where he will teach students.
Brick Work
Brick Work...on the new Franklin School is complete as the building nears occupancy sometime this month. The old Franklin School, in the background, will be torn down once students have moved.
Site Work Is Continuing
Site Work Is Continuing...at the location of the new Franklin Elementary School which will house 425 students. The structure, which is being built, at Thirty second Street and Avenue C, south of the present building, is expected to be ready for…
Franklin Feels Age; Would Be Razed
Meeting With Students...at Franklin School in the basement classroom, McConnell notes that many of the major cracks and holes have been temporarily patched and painted.
Franklin Feels Age; Would Be Razed
Crumbling Brick...in a basement classroom at Franklin School is held by Principal David McConnell. Overcrowded conditions at the school force use of the basement both as a storage area and classroom.
Council Bluffs Schools--Franklin Elementary School
Photo of a diagram of the site for the new Franklin School, showing the existing school, Avenue C, 32nd Street, and the site for the new school.
Mrs. Lainson Dies At Home Of Daughter
Mrs. Bess Lainson
Lainson's Retirement May Come This Fall
Shopping For Rugs . . . during a one-day visit here Friday are Mr. and Mrs. Percy Lainson.
Let's Chat With Percy Lainson
Percy A. Lainson
Bess Lainson Installed As Legion Auxiliary President
Mrs. P.A. Lainson . . . to return 'home.'
Candidate For President's Post - Iowa Legion Auxiliary Nominates Mrs. Lainson . . .
Mrs. P.A. Lainson . . . now formally a candidate for president of national American Legion Auxiliary.
Council Bluffs Labor Temple Association Closing Its Doors - Gambling Was Once A Profit Item
The Charter . . . of the Labor Temple Association is inspected Wednesday by Arene Hansen, Harlan Hughes and Jack O'Hara. The temple is closing its doors after 25 years.
Blast Rips Hole In Labor Temple
Labor Temple Roof . . . where explosion occurred Monday night is examined by Fire Chief Norman Elgan and Assistant Police Chief George Jorgensen.
Blast Rips Hole In Labor Temple
Meeting Room . . . where ceiling was ripped and shattered by the explosion which occurred within minutes after carpenters had cleared the room.