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Meyer Funeral Home Is Sold To Jim Meyer
Jim Meyer
Work Finished:
Remodeling and expansion at Meyer Funeral Home has been completed.
Funeral Home Will Remodel
Meyer Funeral Home . . . will take on a classic design when remodeling, scheduled to start this week, is completed. Schlott, Farrington and Associates are the designers.
Dingman confirmation celebrant
More than 165 students were confirmed Friday evening at St. Albert High School gymnasium in the first 'citywide' confirmation involving six area parishes. Students from Our Lady of Carter Lake, St. Columbanus of Weston, and Holy Family, St.…
Work in church is 'good news'.
Bishop J. Dingman
Approval Given For Catholic Parishes
Looking Over The Reply...to the Council Bluffs Pastoral plan are Bishop Maurice J. Dingman, of the Des Moines diocese, and Msgr. A.L. Davidsaver. The bishop formally approved the plan here Saturday night.
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Increase In Lay Teachers Drains Funds From Schools; The Parochial Problem
Comment From Des Moines...on the financial troubles of local and other Catholic schools were made by the Rev. James Holden, Bishop Maurie Dingman and Sister Elizabeth Clare, elementary consultant for the diocese.
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Dillard Storie framework up
Framework for the new Dillard Department Store is erected and workers are now preparing to install exterior walls, rooftop and heating units so interior work can be competed [sic]. Nonpareil photo by Glen Fahrenkrug.
Dillard's Department Store
photo of outdoor entrance to Dillard's Department Store at Mall of the Bluffs in Council Bluffs,
Gov. and Mrs. Robert D. Ray
Gov. and Mrs. Robert D. Ray...pose against the background of Terrace Hill's dominant tower. The former Hubbell mansion could become the home of Iowa Governors, if the Iowa Legislature approves a recommendation of the Terrace Hill Planning…
Des Moines--Capitol
Des Moines
Iowa City Capitol
Includes Terrace Hill
{Note on back of photo: "General Grenville M. Dodge of CB, astride a horse on the Soldier's and Sailors' Monument, state capitol grounds, Des Moines. Dodge is on the LEFT in this photo. He is…
Iowa City Capitol
Includes Terrace Hill
{Note on back of photo: "General Grenville M. Dodge of CB, astride a horse on the Soldier's and Sailors' Monument, state capitol grounds, Des Moines. Dodge is on the LEFT in this photo. He is…
Des Moines--Capitol
Des Moines
Iowa City Capital
Includes Terrace Hill
[Note on back of photo:
"This monument honoring long-time Senator William B. Allison was erected on the state capitol grounds at Des Moines by Gen. Grenville J. Dodge of CB. It is an allegorical…
Iowa City Capital
Includes Terrace Hill
[Note on back of photo:
"This monument honoring long-time Senator William B. Allison was erected on the state capitol grounds at Des Moines by Gen. Grenville J. Dodge of CB. It is an allegorical…
Boulder Marks Site of De Smet Mission
This Iowa boulder, bearing a bronze tablet, marks the spot near Broadway and Union street where Father De Smet established his first mission in the upper Missouri river valley.
Fr. De Smet Spiritual Columbus in Territory During City's Infancy
Father Pierre-Jean De Smet, Jesuit priest, who established the upper Missouri river valley's first church in a blockhouse on the present site of Council Bluffs.
Bus Rider Shelter Plan A Part Of Overall City Decoration
Four Bus Shelters . . . similar to this artist's drawing would be placed in the central business district as part of city's Integrated Street Furniture Program.
Trolly Gear Part Of Museum
Lake Manawa was one of many stops made by trolley cars years ago. Henry Hamann of Omaha, a trolley car buff, arranges a host of items Thursday which he donated to Metro Area Transit. The material becomes the nucleus of the Transportation Museum at…
MAT On Parade
Showing off 30 new buses is no problem. Just line them up and drive them. The long procession they created was enough to make anyone stop and look. Metro Area Transit (MAT) did just that Saturday, along Highway 6, Broadway and then Dodge Street in…
Manse Designed For Callers But For Family Privacy, Too
(top) Methodist District Parsonage . . . at 120 Zenith Drive, occupied by District Supt. Dr. and Mrs. J. Henry Teele is ideally designed for its purpose.
(mid) Built-In Bookcases . . . in Dr. Teele's study wrap around a door leading to a…
(mid) Built-In Bookcases . . . in Dr. Teele's study wrap around a door leading to a…
Dredge Up Historic River
The Meriwether Lewis . . . A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dredge, will be towed from St. Louis, Mo., to Brownville, Neb., where it will become a museum of Missouri River history.
Dredge Lewis To Retire This Month
The Dredge Meriwether Lewis . . . soon to leave the Omaha district, weighs 1,043 tons, is almost 269 feet long and can dredge to a depth of 20 feet. She has accommodations for 64 men although she never carried a crew that large.