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Proposed New Washington School...will cost an estimated $475,000. The three-story section of the building will face Scott street; the two story section runs back along the Ross street side of the present school site. Sketch by G.B. Larson, arthitect.

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Peeling Plaster...does not arouse school pride in youngsters. This group of eighth grade students try to make their room attractive despite the ugly corner.

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City's Newest School...is Washington School on Scott St. and Washington Ave. The $458,000 building will be ready for students when school begins on Tuesday.

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The 'Old Jalopy" . . . may not look like much but it does the job, declares Garth Fuller and his daughter Corene. Fuller regulates the vinegar vat as Corene places black mustard seed in the hopper. The ingredients mix before entering the stone burrs.…

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The Manning Hospital has been in existence since 1926, when Dr. Orren William Wyatt began its construction. Known then as the Wyatt Memorial Hospital, it was opened for use in November, 1927, and formally dedicated May 12, 1929, in memory of Dr.…

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Only Four Rooms . . . are occupied for the present in Manning's sprawling 32-classroom school.

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Manning School District Voters . . . will go to the polls Wednesday to vote on a $985,000 bond issue to build a new addition to the elementary-junior high school. In September state engineers declared about half of the present school "structurally…

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A campus stroll . . . is enjoyed by Queen Margrethe II and Dana College President Earl R. Mezoff. The queen had just received an honorary doctor of letters degree after delivering the college commencement address before 4,000 people in…

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Empire Chairs . . . grace the living room of Dr. and Mrs. Maurice Margules, 203 Bluff St. Heavy velvet curtains add to the French decor. The China closet contains several antiques of the First Empire period.

Majestic Built-In…

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This Scale Model...of the junior high school proposed for construction at Twenty-first St. and Avenue G will be shown to the public Wednesday night. Academic classrooms are in the section with the long window wall.

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A Center Court...adds a touch of beauty to Woodrow Wilson Junior High at Twenty-first Street and Avenue H. Seen from the locker corridor, the court also opens on the cafeteria, the library and art rooms.

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The Open Courtyard...at Woodrow Wilson Junior High School would be enclosed with an overhead bubble and used for instructional purposes. That's one alternative School Board members will consider when they hear the report of the Project Improve…

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The Council Bluffs Municipal Pool...is always busy and sometimes the pressure is so great that swimmer have to be turned away. Keeping track of hundreds of bobbing, splashing children is no easy task for life guards and the task becomes harder when…

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Dumping Apples . . . into a bin is Bill Jones, 77, of Council Bluffs.

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Picking Apples . . . is Grant Richardson, 67, of Council Bluffs.

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It isn't just the early morning chill that tells you autumn is coming. It's the smell of fresh, crisp apples, too. Here, workers at the Martin Apple Orchards northeast of Council Bluffs are busy with the annual crop. Georgia Wzorek and Long Gringh,…

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Bill and Vicky Martin . . . take time to check the red Delicious apples on a dwarf tree. The apple trees will remain six to eight feet tall and are a new direction for the Martin Orc hard.

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Masonic Dignitaries . . . lay the cornerstone for the new temple here. They are M.H. Fogarty of Shelby, Joe W. Evans of Williamsburg, Harold Phelps, Charles Glasford and Grand Master Early Delzell of Cedar Rapids.
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