New Jail Will Mean Efficiency May 29, 1977 Locks Delay Jail's Debut - Getting In Is Tough, Too July 25, 1977 New Jail Gets A Clean Rating August 1, 1977 Jail Evaluations Have No Impact On Local Facility March 26, 1978 $10,000 For Jail Injury May 31, 1978 County Jail Toes Mark In Inspection September 3, 1978 County Jail Gets Award For Excellence November 21, 1978 Excellent Mark For Local Jail March 6, 1979 Jail Scores Perfect In Surprise Inspection March 16, 1979 County Prisoner Security Tightened April 22, 1979 Contract Given For Jail Work October 11, 1979 Ford Presses For Decision On Work Release April 18, 1980 County Jail One Of Best - Among Top Three In Iowa April 27, 1980 City Wants Its Share Of Courthouse Law Center May 6, 1980 Supervisors Get Scare On Remodeled Jail Ruling August 29, 1980 No Work-Release For Pott. Female Inmates October 7, 1981 County Jail 'Excellent' June 14, 1982 County Resists Private Jails August 3, 1985 C.B. Grand Jury Asked To Probe Prisoners' Care January 22, 1988 State Won't Probe Jail Complaints February 11, 1988 State Inspectors Will Probe Jail Mistreatment Charges February 23, 1988 Sheriff: Jail Probe Nears End March 3, 1988 State Ends Jail Probe, Urges Rule Changes March 4, 1988 Changes Proposed After Jail Probe March 23, 1988 No Charges Planned In Jail Complaint March 29, 1988 Inspector Gives Jail Good Rating June 22, 1989 Jail Inmate Files Claim For Injuries July 7, 1989 County Prisoners Sweat Out Heat Wave July 10, 1989 Board Eyes Jail Remodeling - Sheriff Says Extra Cells Would Provide Breathing Space May 3, 1993
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3-Story Brick Landmark Is Condemned As Unsafe - At Main Street and Broadway June 6, 1961 End Near For Art Of Bygone Era June 7, 1961 Architectural Firms To Check Condemned Century-Old Building - Brooks To Defer Razing Order June 8, 1961 Bricks Fall; Just Miss C.B. Woman June 8, 1961 City Orders James Block Demolished - Must Be Vacated By July 10 June 23, 1961 Gershun Eyes A New Structure On Part Of Condemned Land - Sternhill Hope To Save Building June 24, 1961 Move To Save Old Landmark - $20,000 Prospect Eyed By Sternhill July 13, 1961 Brooks Scorns Salvage Work - Says Landmark Job Not City Approved July 14, 1961 City May Spare One Landmark July 21, 1961 End Of Landmark: July 24, 1961 Broadway Building Will Not Be Razed July 26, 1961 Condemnation Order Removed - Broadway Building Sound, Brooks Told August 22, 1961
James F. Cottner, Chief (Oct. 1, 1920 to Jan. 1, 1928)
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James Madison school, 769 Madison avenue [sic], is one of Council Bluffs' oldest grade schools.
Auto Transport Company Will Establish Terminal In Bluffs - With 35 Employees February 21, 1964 First Shipment: April 4, 1964 New Industry: June 28, 1964
Council Bluffs Jaycees G. William Smits, Gene Ratliff, Mark Hunter and Howard Reelfs will be calling on various areas of the city offering to paint house numbers on curbs or steps for a small fee. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to the Red Cross to help in their drive for funds for the Rapid City flood victims. They will begin the project June 25.
Jaycees Will Fight To Save City-Manager Plan - To Circulate Pledge Petitions . . . May 29, 1956 Decorate Hall For Halloween October 23, 1964 Jaycees May Back Ward Election System In Bluffs October 2, 1968 C.B. Jaycees Plan Christmas Contest November 24, 1968 Join Bahnsen Day, Jaycee Light Awards December 11, 1968 Jaycee Prexy Eyes Aviation Day In Bluffs January 3, 1969 Jaycees Planning Contest To Name Recreation Site February 2, 1969 Bluffs Jaycees Receive Awards At State Meet April 28, 1969 Council Bluffs Gets Gals' National Cage Tourney December 3, 1969 Jaycees Announce Finalists - For Top Young Men January 18, 1970 New Officers For JayceeEttes May 13, 1971 Jaycees Aid Flood Victims June 22, 1972 Jaycees Honor Nine Members June 7, 1973 Green, Foreman Top Jaycees' Honor List April 21, 1977 Forum Planned Saturday April 1, 1979 Outstanding Young Men Name Jaycees July 24, 1979 CB Jaycees Get Honors July 31, 1979 Jaycees Host Recruit Party October 3, 1979 'Look To The Good' JayceeEtte Advice October 12, 1979 Jaycees Get Awards October 22, 1979 Outstanding Iowan, Farmer November 21, 1979 Jaycees Cite Lee Peterson April 16, 1980 Ed Sanders Named Jaycee Of The Year April 22, 1981 Council Bluffs Jaycees Mark 50th Anniversary March 27, 1983 Council Bluffs Jaycees 50th Anniversary - Supplement to the Sunday Nonpareil June 12, 1983: - A History of the Council Bluffs Jaycees - Heithoff Records History - The Beginning . . . - Council Bluffs Jaycees in the 1940s - Jaycees in the '50s - Jaycees in the '60s - Bluffs Jaycees Featured - The Jaycees in the '70s - The Jaycees Today - The Council Bluffs Chamber of Commerce Resolution C.B. Jaycee Happy With National Vote August 17, 1984 First Woman Member On C.B. Jaycees' Roll August 25, 1984 Business As Usual . . . Almost September 19, 1984 Jaycees Start Christmas Tree Sales Project November 23, 1984 Jaycees Nominate 'Outstanding' Duo December 8, 1984 Longstanding Jaycees' Tradition To Continue December 18, 1984 Tree Sales Boost Jaycees December 22, 1984 Merger Of Jaycees, Women Set In April March 25, 1985 Bluffs Woman Is Jaycee Director May 16, 1985 Jaycees Earn 'Blue Chip' Honor May 24, 1985 Jaycees Honored At Meetings August 31, 1985 'Express' Ride Ticket Sales Pick Up Steam September 6, 1985 Michl 1st Woman To Hold Jaycees Post March 24, 1986 Davis Chosen Jaycee Director May 2, 1986 Jaycees Plan MD Bowl-A-Thon July 23, 1987 C.B. Jaycees Tops In Iowa February 12, 1989 Jaycees' Fireworks Show Goes High-Tech June 30, 1991
New officers of the reactivated Audubon Jaycees include Dean Axland, president; Joe Brannan Jr., first vice-president; Richard Alenius, treasurer; and Don Robertson, state director (pictured above). Elected to the board were Paul Hansen, William Mozingo, Ray Oelkers and Mike Nelsen.
The Current President . . . of the Council Bluffs Jaycees, Dave Long, left, visits with John Heithoff at the group's annual banquet. Heithoff was president in 1979-80.
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New Vice President Of U.P. Appointed - Jeffers To Succeed E.E. Calvin, Veteran In Charge Of Operation September 20, 1928 "Your Persistence" October 2, 1938 Operating Head Of U.P. April 26, 1939 Dedication April 29, 1939 U.P.'s William M. Jeffers January 7, 1940 Morning World-Herald Sunrise Edition W.M. Jeffers 50th Anniversary Section June 1, 1940 2,500 Honor Jeffers At Rail Fete - Union Pacific Head Praised For Fifty Years Of Service June 3, 1940 Scenes At Banquet For Jeffers June 3, 1940
U.P.'s William M. Jeffers . . . "greatest railroader alive."
JEH Uncovers Cornerstone Box Placed In Addition 56 Years Ago - Memories Are Revived As . . .
Historic Documents . . . found in box behind cornerstone are read by Mrs. Clara Hart Corbin and Mrs. W.K. Steeve.
JEH Workers Set Sights On $500,000 Bull's-Eye - At Half-Way Mark
"Here's Your Target: . . . Floyd Hughes Jr. tells his team of workers on the Jennie Edmundson Hospital fund drive. He is emphasizing the need for reaching the $500,000 campaign goal.
Jehovah's Witnesses Divide Into Third Council Bluffs Unit - Names First Overseer March 2, 1963 Jehovah's Witnesses Assemble In Omaha September 28, 1985
Postcard depicting Jennie Edmondson Hospital.
Report - Jennie Edmundson Memorial Hospital 1947 - 1954. Booklet on history of JEMH Edmundson Hospital Started In Humble Four-Room House June 1949 Waiting Room Is Gay February 1, 1952 JEH Plans Wing With Polio Ward - 5-Story Addition To Cost $400,000; For Chronic Cases August 10, 1952 Jennie Edmundson To Add $500,000 Wing Next Year - Rehabilitation Unit . . . May 17, 1953 $220,000 Grant For Wing At JE - To Let Contract this Fall; $600,000 Project August 18, 1953 $4 Million Hospital Is Slated Here - On Jennie Edmundson Grounds . . .May 30, 1957 JEH Fund Drive Group Is Named - Everett Shockey Chairman Pro Tem June 27, 1957 Hospital Plans In 'Direction' - Committee Holds Its First Meeting August 16, 1957 Hospital Plans New Facilities December 8, 1957 Jennie Edmundson Plans New General Hospital Facility Here - $2,125,000 Project Proposed . . . December 8, 1957 Preview Look At JEH Plans - Offer Last Word In Functional Design January 5, 1958 JEH Fund Campaign Gets Off To Optimistic Start - 100 Persons At Dinner-Meeting January 24, 1958 JEH Workers Set Sights On $500,000 Bull's-Eye March 21, 1958 JEH Orders $5,500 Brain Wave Unit March 25, 1958 Patients Get 'W-E-L-L', Relax - New Broadcasting System At JEH August 10, 1958 JEH To Play Bible Records - Receives Set From Mrs. H.A. Larsen August 24, 1958 JEH Includes Nursing Home In New Plans - Three-Step Building Program Adopted October 12, 1958 House To Be Razed: October 12, 1958 After 7 Years, Jaycees Give 'Wood Lung' To JEH November 13, 1958 It's Time For 'Auld Lang Syne' November 23, 1958 Change In Location Of New JE Hospital Unit - Allow Room For 90-Car Parking Lot March 16, 1959 Fund Drive For JEH Is Planned - Will Cover Bluffs, S.W. Iowa Areas April 1, 1959 'Bricks For Jenny' Sale Gets Under Way May 18 May 10, 1959 JEH Hopes For Government Aid - Seeks Big Grant For New Building June 27, 1959 Phase 2 Of Edmundson Hospital Buidling Program Under Way - Trees Tumble As . . . July 29, 1959 Escort Service Started At JEH - Two Paid Members Fulfill Dual Purpose September 17, 1959 $1,500,000 Bond Issue Eyed By JEH For Building Program - Would Pay 5 To 6 Pct. Interest September 27, 1959 Giant Steps: November 2, 1959 Jennie Edmundson To Get $946,000 November 4, 1959 Federal Grant Sets JEH For Building Program - Providing Bids Are Not Excessively High November 5, 1959 Gift To Hospital: December 16, 1959 JEH School Given Full Accreditation January 4, 1960 Why Does It Cost So Much To Be Sick? - Administrators At Mercy And Jennie Edmundson Hospital Explain . . . March 9, 1960 JEH To Open Building Bids On March 17 - Architects Hope for Early April Start On Four-Story Structure February 15, 1960 $1,758,857 Low JE Hospital Bid - Figures Given for General Contract March 17, 1960 Low Bids On JEH Project $528,357 Over Estimate - May Change Plans March 18, 1960 Architect Proposes Changes To Cut Cost Of New J.E. Hospital - Original Bids Over Estimate April 13, 1960 JEH To Delay Building Plans - Bids 10 Per Cent Above Estimates May 1, 1960 JEH Authorities Baffled By Federal Funds Denial - Building Plans Upset November 18, 1960 JEH To Try Again For Federal Aid December 11, 1960 JE Hospital To Receive $840,000 Federal Grant - To Help Build Addition February 10, 1961 JEH Unit Will Have 3 Floors - Officials Happy About U.S. Grant February 15, 1961 JEH Expansion Starts In July - $2.5 Million Plan To Take 18 Months April 9, 1961 Kansas Firm Low Bidder For JEH General Contract - Total Cost "Within Budget" June 23, 1961 JEH To Recognize Leaders At Groundbreaking Event Tuesday - New Addition Will Cost $2,100,000 July 9, 1961 JEH Will Open Bids On June 22 - Receives One Of Four U.P. Grants May 26, 1961 Miss Perrine Quits Hospital - Wants To Obtain Masters Degree June 29, 1961 JEH Contracts Okayed By Govt. July 3, 1961 Hospital Marks End Of Waiting - Jennie Edmundson Launches Addition July 11, 1961 Grading Under Way At Hospital Site July 17, 1961 First Excavation: July 27, 1961 New JEH To Use Existing Driveway August 29, 1961 Work Resumes On JEH Building Job October 30, 1961 Progress Report: November 19, 1961 Dry Heat Batteries Keep Food Hot At JE Hospital January 7, 1962 JEH Uncovers Cornerstone Box Place In Addition 56 Years Ago August 1, 1962 Removing Stone: October 26, 1962 150 Persons Hear Gov. Erbe At Dedication Of JEH Addition - 'Citizens Have Right To Be Proud' October 29, 1962 'Brain Wave' Department Into New, Larger Quarters At JEH - Now On Second Floor November 12, 1962 End Of Building: November 14, 1962 To Begin Moving Monday At J.E. - Ribbon Cutting Set For Tuesday July 28, 1963 Public Invited To JEH Event - Ribbon Cutting Is Tuesday Noon August 5, 1963 Ribbon Event Opens New J.E. Hospital August 6, 1963 JEH Moving Day 'Smooth As Glass' August 12, 1963 JEH Open House Has Been Postponed October 24, 1963 Missouri Valley Couple's First Son 'On The House' - Born In New O.B. Dept. December 4, 1963 J.E. Hospital Open House Set - Fete Is Sunday At New Facility May 10, 1964 Open House Day At Jennie Edmundson Hospital May 17, 1964 Hospital Tour: May 18, 1964 J.E. Hospital: July 5, 1964 JEH Installs Equipment To Feed New Nursery Guests July 20, 1964 Quiet Room: August 1, 1964 Extended Care Department Opens November 18, 1964 $10,000 Eppley Grant To JEH January 27, 1965 New Positions At J.E. Hospital April 25, 1965 New Occupational Therapy Dept. Proving Popular With Patients - At Jennie Edmundson Hospital May 2, 1965 JEH Nursing School Accredited To 1971 July 18, 1965 Doctors Give $15,000 To Refurnish 8 JEH Rooms - Memorial To Dr. Treynor March 2, 1966 Expansion Is Eyed At J.E. Hospital March 6, 1966 JEH To Hire Architect By July 1 For Expansion April 4, 1966 2 C.B. Hospitals Set For Medicare June 17, 1966 Mrs. Burke To Head Nurses Group At JEH August 27, 1966 Bluffs Hospitals Raise Care Rates - Due To Increased Expenses October 23, 1966 Collective Bargaining Move To Be Studied By JE Hospital November 3, 1966 Midway In Hospital - INA Meet December 15, 1966 INA And Hospital Reach Agreement - Negotiate 10 Hours January 19, 1967 Nurses Vote On Contract With J.E.H. February 3, 1967 Office Staff Promotions At Hospital February 12, 1967 Hospital Receives Top Accreditation - Jennie Edmundson April 16, 1967 Local Hospitals Expand Facilities May 21, 1967 27-Month Academic Term At JE May 28, 1967 Nuclear Medicine Division Is Planned At J.E. Hospital - Addition To Cost $85,000 June 15, 1967 Improvements At Jennie Edmundson August 27, 1967 Playroom Opened By Pediatrics Unit - At Jennie Edmundson February 29, 1968 Jennie Edmundson Work Completed April 14, 1968 Hospital Bids Total $458,000 August 24, 1968 Hospital Addition Construction Begins September 11, 1968 Unusual Operation Conducted At JE - A Patient Gets Married September 25, 1968 New Vaccine, Tried Here, Corrects Mother's Blood November 17, 1968 New Machine Does Blood Count Tests November 24, 1968 Flu Brings New Visiting Rules At Hospitals Here December 14, 1968 '68 Was Year Of Accomplishment For Bluffs Hospitals January 5, 1969 Agree To New Contract For J.E. Nurses January 25, 1969 Nurse Contracts Now In Effect January 29, 1969 It's Spring Cleaning Each Day At Hospital February 2, 1969 Nurse Aide Course Joins Bluffs' Hospital Efforts February 20, 1969 Hospitals' Visiting Hours Are Changed March 30, 1969 Coronary Care-Intensive Care Unit At J.E. Has Open House April 13, 1969 Two Hospitals Here Have Big Impact On C.B. Economy May 11, 1969 Gift Of Breath May 16, 1969 Hospital Opens New Unit May 10, 1970 Hospital Offers 'Medi-Bus' For Out-Patient Transport January 2, 1971 TV, Moving X-Rays Seen For New Lab April 25, 1971 Jennie Edmundson Employees Honored May 13, 1971 Auxiliary Volunteers Aid In Saving Lives January 30, 1972 Big Hole In Parking Lot Reveals Old Brick Tunnel April 13, 1972 Two Big Industries April 30, 1972 Restrict Hospital Smoking October 6, 1972 The Platinum Anniversary To Fete The JEH Auxiliary October 29, 1972 Public Address System November 12, 1972 Hospital To Expand Lobby And Offices February 10, 1973 Hospital Addition Getting Started April 1, 1973 Laundry No Problem For C.B. Hospitals October 21, 1973 J.E. Expansion Nearly Done - Started Last January November 25, 1973 Jennie Edmundson Hospital Brightens Up With Expansion April 28, 1974 Wednesday Graduation For Edmundson Nursing School May 20, 1974 Tool Teaches Old Knees New Tricks July 28, 1974 Hospital's Clocks Tell All The Time August 4, 1974 120-Hours Of Class Work Required For J.E. Duties September 22, 1974 Hospitalization Gives Idea For Needed Equipment Gift October 10, 1974 Gift Shop Grand Opening Set - ' Something For Everyone' Offered December 8, 1974 Emergency Rooms Get Good Ratings December 15, 1974 Carts Expedite Treatment - Create Better Organization January 12, 1975 New Heart Testing Lab Measures Patient At Work January 26, 1975 Video Tapes Aid Learning, Efficiency At J.E. Hospital March 2, 1975 Home-Bound Now Have Help Handy March 16, 1975 Elderly Day Care Plan Approved - First Of Kind Here April 10, 1975 POP - A New Way To Introduce Hospitals - 600 Children Set For Tours April 20, 1975 Hospital Payrolls Surpass $9 Million April 27, 1975 Hospital Security Has Excitement - At Jennie Edmundson June 8, 1975 Hospital Admission Now Done In Bed - New Procedure Adopted July 27, 1975 Hospital Will Buy Clinic In Glenwood September 3, 1975 Mercy Officials Feel J.E. Office Plan A Duplication September 26, 1975 Therapy Is Good Medicine At J.E. October 26, 1975 Health Plans To Be Reviewed October 26, 1975 Purchase Of Clinic Approved October 31, 1975 New Compactor At Edmundson June 6, 1976 Earth Moves For Edmundson Expansion June 12, 1976 Hospital Work Is Underway September 24, 1976 Hospital Addition At 12% Completion January 2, 1977 Play Aids Kids In Getting Well January 23, 1977 Space Doubles To Handle Increased Physical Therapy February 13, 1977 Hospital Cited For Excellence March 6, 1977 Jennie Edmundson Hospital Expands April 24, 1977 J.E.'s Addition Is On Schedule April 24, 1977 Jennie Edmundson Hospital Addition May 15, 1977 New Medicine Cart Helps Hospital Staff, Patients June 26, 1977 State Delays X-ray Scanner Okay To Aug. 25 July 29, 1977 Hospital Gets Last Of Concrete August 17, 1977 Hospitals May Appeal - Scanner Denied August 26, 1977 JEH Auxiliary Notes 25 Years September 28, 1977 No Baby Boom Yet But Births On The Increase November 1, 1977 J.E. Nurse Grads Plan Gala Reunion November 7, 1977 Surgery Is Popular Birth Control - 'Bandaid' Method Takes 30 Minutes November 13, 1977 Hospital Room Rates Reflect Higher Costs November 16, 1977 Monitor Does Work Of 3 - Helps Coronary Care December 11, 1977 Hospital Addition Is 80 Percent Done December 28, 1977 Scanner Okayed For J.E., Mercy April 24, 1978 Hospital Bed Occupancy Probed August 21, 1979 J.E. Monitor Keeps A Close 'Eye' On Babies December 6, 1981 Jennie Tries To Balance Affordability, Quality January 21, 1985 Jennie Joins Area Hospital Group June 5, 1985
Edmundson Once A Cottage Hospital June 15, 1925 Tree Is Memorial To J.D. Edmundson - Boy Scouts Plant Oak Near Swan Pool In Fairmount Park May 31, 1933 Jennie Edmundson Memorial Hospital Centennial Edition July 26, 1936 Women Founded Local Hospital July 26, 1936 Council Bluffs Hospitals Are Modern In Facilities August 14, 1938 Jennie Edmundson Hospital . . .Opens New Wing - Open House Is Slated For This Sunday February 1, 1952 Name Plates On 20 Rooms At JEH - Were Furnished By Individuals Or Groups February 1, 1952