Checking Blueprints . . . of new educational unit to be attached to north side of Emanuel Church of the Nazarene is the Rev. Fred Borger.
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Arranging Former Pulpit Furnishings . . . for display to commemorate Emanuel Lutheran's anniversary are Mrs. Harry C. Hansen, co-chairman for its 90th celebration, and Mrs. Herman Larson, program chairman.
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Rescue Squad Car To Be Dedicated - Special Ceremony Planned Tuesday October 26, 1941 Log Tells Emergency Unit Story August 26, 1962 Ak-Sar-Ben, Goodfellows Give $11,000 Toward Unit - City Only Needs $1,000 More October 9, 1962 Omaha Trucker Draws $50 Fine - Failed To Yield To Emergency Unit September 19, 1962 Two Firemen Hurt In Crash - Emergency Unit, C&NW Truck Collide August 20, 1962 Emergency Unit Service Will Be Continued By City - To Replace Wrecked Vehicle September 5, 1962 City Won't Award Contract On New Unit For At Least A Week - Council Might Meet Oct. 22 October 13, 1962 City Buys New Emergency Unit December 16, 1962 Emergency Unit Ready By May 1 April 19, 1963 After 9 Months, Fire Dept. Log Book Will Get New Entry - Emergency Unit Due Monday May 5, 1963 City Receives Emergency Unit May 6, 1963 Smaller Emergency Unit Needed July 17, 1966 Supervisors Seek Grant For A Third Ambulance June 27, 1969 Emergency Care Division Looks Good, Sounds Great! February 19, 1984 Despite Sirens, Flashing Lights, Ambulance Crews Go Unnoticed October 5, 1986 Emergency Division Supervisor Change Brings Controversy July 13, 1987 Emergency Supervisor Job Left In Limbo By Council July 14, 1987 Council Eliminates Supervisor Job July 28, 1987 Ambulance Workers Ask 12% Pay Raise October 30, 1987 State Fund Urged For Emergency Care November 24, 1987 Emergency Care Reorganized December 5, 1987 County And Regional Groups Will Oversee Emergency Services December 11, 1987 Ambulance Workers Get 4% Raises April 7, 1988 New System Puts Answers At Dispatchers' Fingertips May 2, 1989 Pottawattamie Rescue Squads Get Iowa Funds August 11, 1989 Ferryman: 911 Cost Short By $700,000 Of Actual Price September 3, 1989 911 Surcharge Faces Pott. County Voters September 10, 1989 Voters Back Enhanced 911 By 67 Percent September 13, 1989 Thompson's 911 Job Status Uncertain In Court Decision September 30, 1989 Judge Plans Order In 911 Center Firing November 9, 1989 Smith Proposes County Funding For 911 Center January 30, 1990 911 Board Mulls Action On Thompson February 14, 1990 Board Reinstates Fired Dispatcher, Orders Suspension September 28, 1990 Reinstated 911 Dispatcher Will Get $1,695 In Back Pay October 12, 1990 County Asked To Pay Cities' Bills For 911 October 23, 1990 Everyone Gets Address Under New 911 May 7, 1991 911 Unpacking Bags, Boxes October 8, 1991
Placing Hinges . . . on new Council Bluffs Emergency Unit is Robert Wainwright of Omaha, a metal worker.
This Photo Shows The Downtown Business District . . . as it presently appears. The facelift will consist of painting, added trimming, sandblasting in some cases, and a general spruce-up of the area in hopes of attracting new residents.
Emerson Has Overcome The Impact Of '82 Flood
Cleaning Up Flood Waters . . . from the streets of Emerson required help from many area residents. Six feet of water inundated the town on June 15, 1982, when Indian Creek spilled over its banks, causing nearly $3 million damage.
Emerson Planning Summer Centennial - Various Events With Birthday Theme
Proper Grooming . . . always important during centennial time, makes Doyle Debolt's barber shop a busy place in Emerson, for both 19th century beards and haircuts alike. Debolt, with undoubtedly one of the sportiest whisker styles in town, looks in the mirror as he gives a trim to a customer, Harry Straight.
Centennial Days . . . which will be observed with various events from May through August in Emerson, are planned by this Main Street gathering of Bill Douglas, centennial association president, Mrs. Thelma Blank, Ray Mitchell, Mrs. Ivan Durbin and Ed Greenwood, treasurer.
Emerson Plans To Bounce Back - Community Building Bond Issue
Pointing To Need . . . for a new community center, Emerson mayor Jack Evans hopes to convince voters to back a $2 million bond issue in election Tuesday. All other buildings damaged in 1982 flood have been restored or are undergoing replacement, but Evans said destruction of old community building left a void new structure would fill.
Emerson's Opera House Is Headed For The Farm July 18, 1960 . . . How It Was Named November 13, 1960 To Emerson Man, It's Still 'Ye Olde Keystone School' - 70 Years Since His Last Class December 25, 1960 Nishna Valley Newspaper Will Be Strictly Home-Grown - To Print This Weekend March 13, 1961 Faster Service Maybe -- But Not Any Better - The Mechanical Age Comes To Emerson Phone Users April 6, 1961 Big Ones, Small Ones, Troubles Keep Arriving - Rough Years For Von Fecht Family . . . July 26, 1961 Mrs. Mayor, Council In First Real Home - Emerson Cuts Corners, Gets Steel Town Hall January 14, 1962 Bond Issue Would Scrap Old Wooden High School - Nishna Valley District To Vote February 16, 1962 Schoolhouses, Gym Go On The Auction Block December 4, 1963 Emerson Forms C Of C Group March 23, 1964 Opinions Still Vary As Work Begins On Relocated Highway May 8, 1964 Expansion November 7, 1965 Moving Day At Emerson Church - New Edifice Completed April 4, 1966 Centennial Plans Get Underway March 18, 1969 Emerson Planning Summer Centennial - Various Events With Birthday Theme - April 15, 1969 Breakfast Begins Town Centennial April 30, 1969 Emerson Mansion A SWI Showplace December 26, 1971 Emerson Escited About Face-Lift May 28, 1972 Flames Shoot From Line Break March 3, 1979 New Facility For Emerson Bank August 19, 1982 Brezhnev Deleted From Emerson's List November 11, 1982 Emerson Plans To Bounce Back - Community Building Bond Issue March 27, 1983 Emerson Has Overcome The Impact of '82 Flood June 15, 1983 'Plan B' May Save McKee Farm December 22, 1985 Fire Destroys 100-Year-Old House January 3, 1986 Emerson Seeks Federal Hazard Grant April 9, 1992 Emerson Water Rates To Go Up After 12 Years May 6, 1992
Emerson's Opera House Is Headed For The Farm
Coming Down . . . piece by piece is Emerson's old Opera House, condemned and unused for about four years.
Frontier and Pioneer Life -- Iowa -- Council Bluffs -- Drawings. Frontier and Pioneer Life -- Iowa -- Drawings. Frontier and Pioneer Life -- Nebraska -- Drawings. Council Bluffs (Iowa) -- History. Simons, George, 1834-1917.
Consists of drawings made by Simons during railroad survey projects in Iowa and Nebraska beginning in 1853. Emigrant Ferry across Elkhorn River. 23 M NW of Omaha Neb. 1854 & 1855. GM Dodge's cabin in foreground. Looking South.
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Consists of drawings made by Simons during railroad survey projects in Iowa and Nebraska beginning in 1853. Emigrants to Utah and California crossing Elkhorn river 25 miles North West of Omaha, Nebraska. 1854-55. GM Dodge Cabin.
Front Parlor Ceiling . . . is decorated by cherubs supporting scroll with initials A.A. C. The paintings are believed to have been commissioned by Al Clark, who once lived in the apartments.
Ornate Chandelier . . . now tarnished and damaged still hangs in the parlor. Part of the painted friezes decorating the rooms can be seen behind it.
End near for Kennedy school? Handicapped may be integrated
Rose Kennedy School...may be closed due to high costs, declining enrollments and legalities, Council Bluffs School officials say. The building at 1414 W. Broadway is school for 24 severely and profoundly mentally handicapped students.
The old laundry building at Jennie Edmundson Hospital was being torn down Wednesday. The laundry has been moved to the new hospital building and is now in operation. Champney Wrecking Co. of Topeka, Kan., is doing the work. Champney is a sub-contractor for M.W. Watson, contractor on the new hospital addition, shown on the left.
The 107-year-old James Block at the southeast corner of Main Street and Broadway poses for its last portrait as it awaits a wrecking boom. The structure, which consisted of two sections housing the Picky Nicky Cafe and Herman's Clothes Shop, was demolished Sunday after the city ruled it unsafe. Several hundred spectators watched the tricky operation.
Dust Cloud Rises . . . above pile of rubble as the demolition nears completion. The debris holds memories dating back to pre-Civil War days. Stanley Katelman, who owns the lot adjoining Main Street, plans to erect a one-story building there. Ben Gershun, who owns the property next door has not announced a definite plan for a replacement.