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Three dancing women in grass skirts and leis.
The Hawaiian Welcome . . . which awaits those taking The Nonpareil's vacation trip will feature smiling hula dancers such as these pictured here.

Eight people seated on the ground at a luau and a man playing a guitar.
The Traditional Luau . . . is known as the "Feast of the Islands" and includes the many exotic foods and dishes native to the South Seas. This will be one of the features of The Nonpareil's Hawaiian trip.

A large castle-like building.
Once the seat of government of a vast and powerful colony that stretched to the Mississippi, the colonial Capitol building at Williamsburg, Va., has been carefully reconstructed to its appearance of the early 1700s. Here met the House of Burgesses,…

Four women looking at paperwork.
Checking Itinerary . . . of The Nonpareil tour are (left to right) Mrs. Imogene Curl, Mrs. Elsie Ralston and Mrs. Marshall Ketchum, all of Carson, and Mrs. Anne Allen of Avoca.

A group of six adults posing for the camera.
Squinting In The Mist . . . from Niagara Falls are a group of Nonpareil tourists, including Jack Millard, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Stamp, Mrs. Ada Rockwell, Mrs. Lynn Alberti and Mrs. Clara Corbin. The Stamps are from Walnut; the rest from Council Bluffs.

A horse pulling a tram loaded with people.
Part of The Nonpareil's holiday group goes to Mount Royal Park in Montreal aboard a horsedrawn tallyho wagon.

A group of tourists on a busy street.
In front of a novelty shop in New York's Chinatown are members of The Nonpareil's holiday tour. The group took a bus tour of the big city Tuesday and spent Wednesday at the World's Fair.

A laughing woman next to a cartoon character.
Miss Winnie K. Weinman of Avoca adjusts glasses on Gramps, a Walt Disney character at the Pepsi-Cola exhibit on The Nonpareil's tour of the New York World's Fair. The tour group was in Washington, D.C., Saturday for sightseeing.

A group of tourists pose in front of the U.S. Capitol.
Capitol Building . . . in Washington makes background for the Nonpareil tour group which closes out its two-week visit of the east Monday. The group is slated to arrive in Council Bluffs Tuesday night.

A smiling young man in a stock at a tourist attraction.
Trying Out Stocks . . . at Public Gaol, in Williamsburg, Va., is Eddie Henningsen, son of Nonpareil tour director Ron Henningsen of Council Bluffs.

Tourists view a gravesite surrounded by a picket fence.
In Arlington National Cemetery . . . tourists view and photograph the gravesite of President John F. Kennedy. This was one of the last stops by Nonpareil tourists before they returned to Council Bluffs.

Photo of car lot with building and rows of cars; Ford sign
[ad] Whittaker Ford's Fine New Sales & Service Center Was Built To Serve The People Of Council Bluffs And Surrounding Area Better

Sketch of a large apartment building.
This Artist's Conception . . . shows the North Avenue Tower to be constructed on North Avenue and Highway 6 by the Seldin Development Co. The facility will provide 100 units of housing for the city's elderly residents. The Council Bluffs Low Rent…

Brick building with large windows.
(1) Northcrest Manor Exterior . . . is brick and painted aluminum. Windows at left indicate dining room, at right, the lounge. The $230,000 convalescent and nursing center will admit its first patients Monday.

(2) Seventy-two By Thirty-three-foot…

A Veterans Day program at Northcrest Care Center was conducted by members of the Auxiliary of Gen. Grenville M. Dodge Post 737, Veterans of Foreign Wars. Auxiliary member Theresa Dohse presents an Americal flag to Bill Solomon, 93, a World War I…

Lending A Helping Hand . . . to the movers Saturday is Mrs. Jerry Harper who occupied Unit No. 1 at Northgate Apartments. The apartment complex at 122 N. 31st St., was financed through two separate federal funds.

Headshot of man in uniform with sheriff's badge
Headshot of Sheriff Roy Wichael, who is in uniform with a star badge

man in overcoat in hat holds several pages of paper
On The Job...as sales manager for a construction firm is Roy O. Wichael.
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