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Centennial Begins Friday -- Modale Ready For Visitors
(top) A Giant Banner . . . proclaiming Modale's 100th anniversary celebration is stretched across a street in preparation for hanging by Mrs. Corinne Harker, Mrs. Kath Gilgren, Richard Marshall, Mrs. Shirley Cleaver and Mrs. Beverly Dietering.…
Old Modale Bank To Be Dissolved
The Modale Savings Bank . . . built in the early 1900s, may soon become a bank office of the State Bank and Trust of Council Bluffs. Papers have been filed with the state of Iowa and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation to dissolve the Modale…
R.S. Sassaman Closes 54 Years With Modale Bank - Interests Sold To Montana Men . . .
This Sedate . . . little country bank was once the scene of a wild shooting holdup. Principal interest in the bank has now been so9ld by its long-time cashier, R.S. Sassaman.
Modale's New School In Use - Holding Classes As Work Continues
Finishing Touches . . . are still to be completed on the new Modale school building. Classes are being held in the new unit while the work is being finished.
And Then The Modale Roof Came Tumbling Down - No One Will Ever Know If Slim Made His Shot
(top) Cave-In Damage . . . is examined by Clarence Vittitoe, owner and operator of the tavern-poolhall that collapsed under the weight of snow Wednesday.
(bottom) Demolished Tavern . . . at Modale appears to have suffered an explosion rather…
(bottom) Demolished Tavern . . . at Modale appears to have suffered an explosion rather…
. . . How It Was Named
Early day settlers drew on surrounding physical features to name this community. The tag, Modale, was coined from the Missouri River (Mo) nearby to the west and from a small valley or glen (dale) that at this point ran down to the river's brink. …