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Nonpareil Computer Speeds Typesetting
Inspecting new computer . . . is Robert Fischer, superintendent of The Nonpareil's mechanical department.
Over The Top:
One of the 4,000-pound type-setting machines is hoisted from the second story Saturday as The Nonpareil moves its mechanical department into new ground-floor quarters. The heavy equipment is being moved by Leroy L. Wade & Sons, Inc. of Omaha.
Erection Of Press Units . . .
Erection Of Press Units . . . in the new Nonpareil building gets underway. Here is the substructure that will hold the five press units with capacity up to 80 pages. Once these frames are leveled, they will be imbedded in concrete. Almost a fifth of…
On The Way Down
Crews were busy Tuesday on demolition of the Nonpareil Court Building to make way for a new addition to The Nonpareil. Baled hay was placed on top of the adjoining building to the south to prevent debris going through the roof.
Nonpareil To Start Expansion Program
(top) Remodeled and Expanded . . . The Nonpareil building will look like this architect's sketch. This is the Pearl Street side, showing a new entrance where a private street now serves the newspaper. The addition, to the right, will house mechanical…
Easy Does It
Heavy equipment movers had 1.5 inches to spare as they hoisted a new engraving unit through a window at The Nonpareil Wednesday afternoon. It provided a good show for spectators on Pearl Street. The Vario-Klischograph, an electronic machine, weighs…
Chapel Silent For 90 Years; In Westphalia Cemetery
Secretly Nestled Among The Trees...of Westpahlia's St. Boniface Catholic Church Cemetery is a small prayer chapel, unused for the past 90 years. Relatives of those buried in the church cemetery once used the chapel for prayer services.
Chapel Silent For 90 Years; In Westphalia Cemetery
This Tiny Chapel...is one of four located at each corner of the St. Boniface Cemetery. The smaller chapels are opened annually for parishioners to celebrate the feast of Corpus Christi, and the chapel altars are decorated with flowers and candles.
Westminster Marks Golden Anniversary
Checking Clock...for "zero hour" at Westminster Presbyterian Church are three generations of the Bryan Grosvenor family: Grosvenor; his daughter, Mrs. Harold Smith, both members since the early 1950s; her son, Wayne, on the ladder who will become a…
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.
Westminster Presbyterian
Nonpareil engraving
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.
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…
Westfair File #2
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