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Authority Praises Work Of ISD Deaf-Blind Department
A Deaf-Blind Child...Joan Peterson, 9, of Chicago, hears the strains of a beautiful old English ballad, "Scarlet Ribbons in Her Hair" while a visiting authority, Edward Waterhouse, takes notes at ISC. Instructor at right is Mrs. Rosalie Haycock of…
Deaf-blind Girl, 8, From New York Is Finding 'Whole New Life' at ISD
Miss Mabel Talbot and Barbara Schultz...practice formation and making of sounds through use of the throat and by manipulation of the mouth and lips.
Unknown Tie Binds Jo Ann Walton, 14, To the 6 Deaf-blind Children at ISD
Playing Together...are Mark Mathias, Virginia Ver Helst, Jo Ann Walton and Bobbie Shaw, with Eddie Howard in the background.
Hundreds open DeSoto center
Guests Examine...the entrance to the new Visitor Center that was opened Saturday at DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge. The center houses artifacts from the steamboat Bertrand that sank in the Missouri River in 1865 and recovered in 1969. Gov. Robert…
Center takes shape
The new visitor's center at the DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge is taking shape, with about 80 percent of the major concrete work now completed. Jack Wilson, construction manager, said work has started on the roof and interior, and there should be…
DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge File 2
Entrance of DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge, from near the parking lot
DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge File 2
Entrance to the DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge
New 'Get Well' Package For Younger Patients Unveiled - After Year Of Development . . .
Glass Partitioned Cubicles . . . in Mercy's remodeled pediatrics department provide the convenience of private rooms without wasted space. Staff members on duty are Nurses' Aide Gloria Rollins, Miss Dolores Kurtenback, student nurse, Sister Mary…
Old Hospital Facilities To Be Demolished
Demolition Of Old Mercy Hospital Facilities . . . will begin soon. Cost of maintaining the building plus the failure of several interested groups to find practical use for the complex of buildings has led hospital officials to decide to tear down the…
Rehabilitation Workshop
Mrs. Gloria Hansen, R.N., public health nurse for Audubon County, demonstrates the proper way to transfer a bed patient - Mrs. Judy McClellan, public health nurse from Harrison County - to a wheelchair. Miss Marlys Anderson, R.N., watching the…
Open House At DeSoto Refuge
Looking over a marker designation the excavation site of the sunken steamship Bertrand at the DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge is refuge staff member Ed Loth.
The marker is one of the projects created by the Youth Conservation Corps and was on…
The marker is one of the projects created by the Youth Conservation Corps and was on…
Good Year At DeSoto Refuge; More People, Less Geese
Checking Ice Depths...on the lake at DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge for planned ice fishing this winter is Dave Heffernan, assistant refuge manager. The ice fishing season begins Jan. 3 but may have to be postponed less a cold snap hits.
Fall Open House Begins Today At DeSoto Refuge
Thousands Of Geese And Ducks...migrating South for the winter are stopping at DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge to feed before continuing their long journey. Area residents and tourists will get a chance to see the geese first-hand as the refuge open…
Enough For Everyone At DeSoto Refuge; History, Nature, Recreation,
Jim Frates...manager DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge, demonstrates giant bellows removed from the hull of the steamship Bertrand. Frates said the bellows were used to create extra heat in the boilers of the vessel, which sank more than 100 years ago…
DeSoto Refuge To Get New Pump For Draining Water; High Water Problem Continues
Littering The Boat Ramp...are a number of pilings that have been pulled out of the lake by DeSoto Refuge employes. Refuge officials say the lake has quite a lot of drift that could be dangerous to boaters, Jeffy Jauron, an Iowa river official, says…
No Decision Yet To Repel Geese; Controversy At DeSoto
This sign...at the south exit of the DeSoto Bend National Wildlife Refuge west of Missouri Valley may hold more than one meaning. The U.S. Interior Department has stated it may make the refuge unattractive to geese so Texas and Louisian hunters may…