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Checking The Clock
Checking The Clock...on top of the school are John Kilkenney, Bloomer custodian, and Earl Parchert, director of buildings and grounds for the Council Bluffs schools. The works of the clock are housed in a little house behind the clock. Parchert…
Clock Doesn't Tock
The old clock located atop Bloomer School has been silent for at least the past ten years, registering a constant 8:20 time for those who spot it. About 10 years ago, Bill Sterbens of ABC Electric, said his firm attempted to get the old clock going.…
Council Bluffs Schools--Bloomer School
photo of Bloomer School, looking northeast from the corner of South 7th Street and Willow Avenue
Council Bluffs Schools--Bloomer School
photo of Bloomer School, looking northeast from corner of South 7th Street and Willow Avenue
Kinsman History Traced - From Childhood Interest In Cannons
Richard Peterson . . . examines the bore of a cannon at the Kinsman Monument (at left) in Fairview Cemetery. As a youngster playing at the monument site, the Council Bluffs attorney became interested in the weapons which fired 32-pound cannon balls…
Cleaning Of Tombstones Project Of 'Daughters'
At the site . . . of Kinsman Memorial Monument in the Civil War circle, the women are at the very top of Fairview Cemetery.
C.B. Monuments Leave Out Three Wars - None For World Wars, Vietnam
This Civil War Cannon . . . is now a silent guardian for soldiers buried at Fairview Cemetery. The gun is part of the Kinsman Monument erected following the Civil War in honor of Col. W.H. Kinsman, a Council Bluffs schoolteacher, killed in the war.…
One War Memorial Could Stand Some 'Sprucing Up'
Crumbling Walls . . . around the Civil War veterans' memorial in Fairview Cemetery detract from the appearance of the monument.
Bluffs Hero 'Brought Home' 38 Years After Civil War Death - Col. Kinsman Led Iowans In Assaults That Assured Vicksburg Siege-
Colonel Kinsman is shown posing stiffly in his Civil War regalia.
Kinsman Monument Is Public Tribute To Officer Who Died Leading Troops
Col. W.H. Kinsman
Col. W. H. Kinsman And Monument Erected In His Memory
The Kinsman monument, in Fairview cemetery, erected as a tribute to Col. W.H. Kinsman, who was fatally wounded in action while leading the 23rd Iowa Infantry against the confederates at Black River bridge, near Vicksburg, Miss., May 17, 1863.
Monument To Brave Colonel Kinsman
Kinsman's Monument In Fairview Cemetery
Avenue B grade school
Avenue B grade school is located at Twenty-fifth and Avenue B.
Council Bluffs Schools--Abraham Lincoln High School File 2
aerial photo of Abraham Lincoln High School, looking southeast from Bonham
'Time For Pride' In Council Bluffs Schools
New Abraham Lincoln High School...at Bennett and Bonham avenues. This facility was constructed in three phases and cost more than $2.5 million. It was opened in 1960 as Eastside Junior High School and was taken over by A.L. in the fall of 1967. …
Park Wall Gets Paint And Flowers
Finishing Touches . . . are applied to a wall in the 300 block of West Broadway by Lee Merrill of Lincoln, Neb. Plastic flamingos, flowers and decorative blocks add to the improvement of the area.
New Restaurant:
A ribbon-cutting ceremony officially opens King's Food Host here Monday. At the event are John Kerry, manager; Douglas Peters, Chamber of Commerce president; Henry Kaufman, public relations manager; and Mayor Eldon Evans. The restaurant at 317 W.…
New Restaurant Opening Planned
Ready To Open . . . is King's Food Host, which has done extensive remodeling on it s building, an old theater.
Miss King, Non-Stop Beauty
An Easy Look . . . for evening that keeps its wearer poised and polished is chosen by Rebecca King of Hancock, Miss America for 1974. The slim dress and matching jacket are easily packable and looks at home in any climate.
Miss America Entered Pageant For Scholarship
Talking About Her Ideas . . . on life is Rebecca Ann King of Hancock, this year's Miss Americal. She entered the contest for the scholarship money. Miss King plans to become a lawyer.