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Westminster Church Dedication on Sunday; New $130,000 Structure
Building Committee Members...Rollo Arthur, 3306 Avenue D, the Rev. O. Dixon Poe, and Miss Dorothy M. Jackson, 3549 Avenue B, check over dedication program as they stand behind the new communion table, one of the many memorials to be included in the…
At Cornerstone Ceremony
Inspecting cornerstone laid Sunday at the Westminster Presbyterian Church and Thirty-second St. and Sixth Ave. are the Rev. Robert F. Howard of Bethany Church, Dr. Henry C. Schneider of Des Moines, and the Rev. William F. Puls of Glendale Church. …
Breaks Ground For New Church; 500 persons attend Westminster Event
First Spade of Dirt...for new Westminster Presbyterian Church is turned by the Rev. Ellis Butler, pastor. Watching are Rollo Arthur, Wendell Wright, Vern Welch, Miss Dorothy Jackson and Mrs. Emma Anthony.
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High-Collared Boys Who Got Start On Nonpareil Attained Prominence
These energetic young men with high collars were members of The Nonpareil's staff many years ago when the photograph was taken. Later several of them attained considerable prominence. Left to right, they are: Tracy Garrett, who is now editor of the…
Big load for a small boy
Joe Durick, 9, Council Bluffs, strains under the weight of a bale of bedding material for his hogs at Westfair.
One more stall to go
The cows and hogs are gone, but the cleanup remains. Kyle Goodman, 7, Council Bluffs, pushes a shovel around the cattle pens at Westfair scooping sawdust and other debris left after the fair.
Fischer family tradition alive and well
The Fischer family of Neola hopes to take home ribbons like these in this year's Westfair
Royalty a family tradition
The new Westfair queen. Tami Jenson, 17, (left) poses with Ruth Wise, 16, Avoca, who was crowned queen of the Pottawattamie County Fair at Avoca last week. Jenson is the daughter of Marlin and Judy Jenson of rural Underwood. Wise is the daughter of…
More small animals expected
The number of large livestock at this year's Westfair is expected to remain constant.
Westfair queen admits title 'shocked' her
Renee Rocheleau, right, the 1985 Westfair queen, is congratulated by 1985 Miss Iowa Sherri Borman, a former Westfair queen herself, after coronation ceremonies at the Westfair Tent Wednesday night. Rocheleau, 17, of Crescent, was also chosen Miss…
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Man speaking into hand-held microphone, gesturing with left hand
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Young man in Neola 4-H t-shirt leads a cow during judging at Westfair
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young woman leading cow during judging at Westfair
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four go-karts racing around the bend of a track at Westfair
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head shot of Owen Darrington, in a straw cowboy hat and wearing a name badge of a Westfair board member
Soggy Car Winched Out
A car is winched out of Indian Creek north of Happy Hollow Boulevard Saturday morning, in the same way in went in, head first. Police said the car, driven Maynard F. Sharka, 22. 201 E. Orchard Ave., was traveling north on Broadway when it knocked…