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Volunteers Are Like Full-Time Firemen - As Glenwood Department Grows
Forrest Mayberry . . . lieutenant of the rescue squad, stands near the Glenwood Fire Department's rescue unit, one of the department's newest vehicles in the one-year-old fire station. The rescue unit will be freed for more specialty work when the…
Two Killed In Glenwood
The body of David E. Rickabaugh, 35, of Sidney, Iowa, one of two men shot and killed in Glenwood Friday afternoon, lies on the street outside the residence of Sheila C. Horsman, as a photographer from the state Department of Criminal Investigation…
Theater Still Alive - For Glenwood Movie Fans . . .
Glenwood's Rex Theater . . . will continue to provide Mills County residents with feature movies as a result of owner Dan Hilley's plans for the future. Here Hilley, 28, and former owner Byron Hopkins, 72, chat under the marquee. Hopkins also owns…
Teaching Music To Retarded Gratifying - State School Instructor Happy
Marching Band . . . poses with instructor Warren Darrah, right, in gym at Glenwood State School-Hospital. The group will give a concert in Des Moines later this month.
School Building Bricks Are Becoming Book Ends - Structure Being Razed
Razing Operations . . . on old administration building call for the right portion to be cleared away within two weeks.
P.O. Plan Surprises Glenwood - Is New Facility Needed?
This Building . . . houses the Glenwood Post Office but would be replaced under a Post Office Department plan.
Old Farm Machinery In Glenwood Museum
Raymond Lintell . . . president of the Mills County Historical Society, leans against a 1929 Ford pickup once used by the Glenwood Transit Lines Inc., as he surveys the collection of agricultural equipment and machinery in the latest addition to the…
No Time To Complain About Mud From House To Barn; Southwest Iowa Scene
Volunteer Helper . . . E.N. Schrimplen of Glenwood lends a hand in moving appliances from the Herb Lincoln home.
No Funds For Old Glenwood School
Standing Vacant . . . is the old East Elementary School near the downtown Glenwood business district. The Glenwood Low Rent Housing Agency wanted the site for a housing complex for area elderly.
New Glenwood Complex Is Ready For Tenants
The Woodglen Apartments at Glenwood, new housing units for the elderly, are all ready for tenants. The six buildings in the complex just west of Glenwood High School each contain four electrically-heated one-bedroom apartments with a combination…
New Armory In Use:
Company A, 1st Battle Group, 168th Infantry of the Iowa National Guard, has moved into its new armory at Glenwood. Although some work remains to be completed, the unit has been using the armory for drills. The building, 124 feet wide by 148 feet…
Mystery Of Primitive Indians Still Unsolved At Glenwood
Standing In A Former Earth Lodge . . . are young men from the Glenwood area who are helping John Hotapp, left, rear, excavate the remains of an Indian family home which stood here more than 700 years ago. Hotapp said workers on the nearby…
Museum Is Park Feature - At Glenwood Lake
(top) Room For The Family . . . in this little 1900 bedroom. At night the trundle bed was pulled out for the children while mom and pop had the big feather bed to themselves. Baby was placed in the 190-year-old cradle which can ingeniously be rocked…
Mills Landmarks Being Razed - Old County Home, State School Building
Oldest Structure . . . on the Glenwood State School grounds is being torn down to make room for a new two-story employee's dormitory. view is from window of new administration building.
Memorial Honoring Dead Dedicated In Glenwood
In Memoriam . . . The Mills County Vietnam Memorial was dedicated in Glenwood Friday as a gift from the people of the county to honor those who served in the Vietnam conflict. An open house at the Glenwood American Legion followed the dedication…
Major Road Work Finished In SWI - Interstate Projects Accomplished
Bridge Work . . . continues through the winter months on the relocation of Highway 34 south of Glenwood. The highway is being rerouted around Glenwood to Interstate Highway 29 through the bluffs south of town. Most of the grading for the project has…
Human Chain To Move Books - To Glenwood Library Addition
Preserving Appearance . . . of original Carnegie library building was one goal of library addition design. In matching brick, new wing fits behind existing one, maintaining look of old building from the street.
Historic Church Near Glenwood Saved From Ruin
(top) The Waubonsie Community Church . . . south of Glenwood has been renovated through the work of area residents and about $1200 in donations. Standing in front are Mr. and Mrs. Everett Hockabout, Mrs. Don Skinner and her daughter Robin.
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