Perched high on a hill was the old Council Bluffs high school building, between Fifth and High School avenues. It was built in 1870 and opened Nov. 14 of that year. It was replaced by the Abraham Lincoln high school in 1900.
Looking Over The Site...of the one-room country schoolhouse are Emma Godfrey and Mildred Howart, both of Peterson school. The building is now in its third location since it was salvaged by the NRT as a Bicentennial Project. It is located a half…
On Speaker's Stage...at Tinley School dedication are, left to right: Mrs. Glen Hammel, Mrs. Edna Hoesly, John LeRoy Peterson, Harold Beckman and C. Francis Putnam, at the microphone.
An Artist's Sketch . . . shows the first of three Kwik Shops to be constructed in Council Bluffs. This shop will be located at Tenth Street and Fifth Avenue.
Michael J. Kucera, district conservationist for the East Pottawattamie County Soil Conservation Service, stands beside a map that shows soil types and geographic slopes in Iowa. Kucera, who started in the job Dec. 5, oversees activities of two…
Million-Dollar Facility . . . on the shore of Lake Manawa is seeking new members. Roger Demory, temporary president of the newly named Lakeshore Country Club, walks past the facility.
November ended with temperatures that could almost make this sailboat ramp at the Lakeshore Country Club usable. The weatherman reported a record high of 62 on Nov. 29, after monthly temperatures averaging 38.2. The average is .7 below normal for…
Walnut Grove Addition...is now complete on the outside. Interior work is expected to be finished in time for students to use class rooms during the second semester.
Dancing in Classroom...is difficult in fourth grade at Eighth Street school. Teacher Charlotte Meritt has to shove her chair and desk into doorway to make room for dancers. Children have to take turns because of lack of space.
Remember when the Second Avenue School, 2209 Second Ave., provided the "Three Rs' to hundreds of Council Bluffs youngsters? The school was built in 1892 and replaced in 1950 by Edison School. Note the unusual cornices in the architecture and the…
Birthday Greetings...are extended to Gerald W. Kirn Junior High School by School Board members Michael O'Bradovich and Michael Winchester, and Gerald W. Kirn, center. The cornerstone building was laid Dec. 13, 1900.
A broken window in the old Dodge School tells the story. The 1884 school doesn't have long to live.
But it really hasn't been alive since it was closed in 1975. it was going to be a museum, and then an art center. But vandals and inflation…