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Family, Friends Gather To Honor Rose Katelman
Rose Katelman
Cover-Up Job Keeps Lids On
Preparing A Cap . . . to stop the steel flowing from the cupola into the ladle is Willie Riley, Omaha. The steel worker uses a sand mixture similar to what the molds are made of to stop the molten steel flow each time the ladle is ready.
Cover-Up Job Keeps Lids On
A Beehive Cover . . . allows excess water to enter the opening below but strains out such undesirables as weeds and sticks.
Cover-Up Job Keeps Lids On
The Katelman Name . . . is found on most manhole covers around town. Some give pedestrians a friendly "clank" when walked on.
Cover-Up Job Keeps Lids On
After It Is Molded . . . this is how the design above looks. This cover is at Mynster and Seventh Streets.
Cover-Up Job Keeps Lids On
Plans Are Created . . . by company draftsmen for a variety of manhole covers. This sketch is part of a two-inch thick book of cover designs.
Cover-Up Job Keeps Lids On
Pouring Molten Steel . . . into manhole cover forms are M.L. McMiller, Omaha, at the ladle handle and three other Katelman Foundry steelworkers. The liquid reaches 2800 degrees before the men fill their 35 to 40 daily molds. When completed, the rings…
Receives Award
Abe Katelman, owner of Katelman Foundries here, is presented the Herman Krause memorial trophy awarded annually to the most outstanding member of the Irving Cohen Lodge, 688, B'nai B'rith. The award was presented Sunday night by Sam Colick, lodge…
Foundry Casts Almost Anything - It's Made In Council Bluffs . . .
Welding An Iron Railing . . . at Katelman Foundry, is Ray e. Dietzel. Metal fabricating is one of the two major activities of the firm.
Foundry Casts Almost Anything - It's Made In Council Bluffs . . .
A Ladle Of Molten Iron . . . is carefully poured into a mold by James Walker and Lester Goodman. After cooling, the metal will be a man-hole ring.
Trophy Engraved In Kaplan's Name
David J. Kaplan, recipient of the 1976 Ben Gershun Memorial Trophy for his services to the community, and David Gallner, president of the Jewish Welfare Federation, discuss the trophy's new engraving. It reads "Giving Of Themselves to the State of…
Kaplan Named For Award
David J. Kaplan
Kaplan Honored At Banquet By City Of Hope Gathering
Honored Guests . . . viewing National Humanitarian Award are Harriet Katelman, funds vice chairman for the Council Bluffs Women's Guild of the City of Hope; Guild President Mrs. Abner Gries; David Kaplan, recipient of the award, and Mrs. Kaplan. More…
Kaplan's Secret: 'Never Let Up' - To Receive Humanitarian Award
Gov. Robert Ray . . . holds a proclamation naming May 12 as David J. Kaplan Day in Iowa. Kaplan is the first Iowan to be awarded the City of Hope's National Humanitarian Award.
Founder Of Blue Star Co. Gets National Honor
David J. Kaplan
Kaplan Named Head Of Christian Home - 2 New Board Members
David J. Kaplan