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What Will Happen To Murals?
Paintings by artist Grant Wood on the mezzanine floor of Hotel Chieftain have been offered to any organization that will remove and preserve them. Hotel owner Harry A. Wise Jr. is shown here with one mural titled "Entrance To Kanesville" done in 1927…
What Will Happen To Murals?
Now That The Hotel Is To Be Sold . . . further effort on part of Sam Brown, president of Bluffs Homes Inc., purchasers of the hotel, will be made to place the paintings in responsible hands such as a museum. "We have had several requests for the…
What Will Happen To Murals?
In The Corn Room . . . of Hotel Chieftain the Iowa cornfield scene, also done by Grant Wood, covers four walls and is familiar to most residents of Council Bluffs. Corn shocks decorate wall behind Helen Burns, dial chief operator for the Northwestern…
When In Rome:
Helping arrange a chapel veil for Mrs. Clara Weir in Rome are Mrs. Lew Evans and Mrs. Amer McMullen of Crescent, members of The Nonpareil Holiday Tour. Members of the tour had an audience with Pope John this week while in Rome. All the women donned…
When the units...
When the units . . . back into their headquarters at Twenty-seventh Street and Broadway, the first operation is to check and clean up equipment. Danny Jordan wipes up the unit to keep it spotless while Pat Stiles checks the resusitator [resuscitator]…
Where River Cut Through Road
Several hours after the rising of flood water of the Missouri rolled over a county road at the Narrows, north of the city limits, scores of acres between the highway and the Illinois Central railroad (right center) were inundated. The flood water…
Where the Books Are Kept
Seldom seen by key in the operation of a modern bank are the employes of the bookkeeping, transit and proof departments. here are the employes of the Council Bluffs Savings bank, shown in their new quarters just off the main lobby. Employes in this…
Where Water Isolated One Iowa Farm
Flood waters rolling in from the muddy Missouri had completely isolated this farm from the surrounding countryside when this air view was taken. Two horses left on the farm can be seen in the upper right-hand corner, belly deep in the flood.
Whiskers Everywhere
Carl Whitney, grocer at Malvern, is one of many in Southwest Iowa with faces groomed for 1969 centennials. Malvern will celebrate its centennial Sept. 7 through 12. Emerson will hold celebrations May 1 through Sept. 1; Avoca's centennial will be June…
White House, Capitol, Fireworks Highlights Of Washington Visit
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.
Whitson remains cautious in predicting year ahead
Tom Whitson, president of Council Bluffs Savings Bank, remains cautiously optimistic about his bank's chances for growth in the coming year.
Whitson, Jones named to education roundtable
Tom Whitson
Whitson, Myer join foundation board
Kathy Whitson
Whittaker Ford...On The Grow
[ad] Whittaker Ford's Fine New Sales & Service Center Was Built To Serve The People Of Council Bluffs And Surrounding Area Better
Who Days Dandelions Are Dandy
It's inevitable--with warm spring days come dandelions. But Mrs. Andrew Karr, 33-3 Avenue G, looks on the bright side of the situation as she joins her small daughter, Becky Arnold, 2, in a closer look at the blooms. The yellow flowers, Webster…