With the steel structure completed and the masonry work under way, workmen continue construction on what is to be the Hilt Truck Line Co. from Lincoln. The building is being built on South 35th Street. The general contractor is Dale Steufer.
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Three Omaha Trucking Firms Move To Bluffs - Meat Is Main Attraction
In Charge Of Establishing . . . new bases in Council Bluffs for their respective transportation firms are Robert Hilt of Freeman Transfer, John Hornung of Watkins Motor Lines and Jay Trannell of Nebraska Coast Express. They will headquarter at Hilt Truck Lines, operated by LeRoy Hilt.
Hinky Dinky Supermarket at Glen Avenue and West Broadway in Council Bluffs, 1939
Hinky-Dinky Stores Plan Fly-In Supermarket Here - Will Be First In America . . .
Fly-In Supermarket . . . planned by Hinky-Dinky at Glen Ave. and Broadway will look like this. The cars will enter the rooftop parking lot from Pierce St. Sketch by G.B. Larson, architect.
The plans for this new supermarket at Twenty-eighth St. and West Broadway were revealed Saturday by Hinky-Dinky Stores of Omaha. Grading for the $300,000 structure has been started. The store will open late in the spring of 1957 and employ 100 Council Bluffs people. A.H. Brodkey of Omaha is the contractor. Subcontract work will by done by Council Bluffs firms.
Huge New Store Ready To Open - Public Preview Is Slated For Sunday
New Supermarket . . . and 300-car parking lot built by Hinky Dinky Food Stores occupy a full square block at Twenty-eighth St. and West Broadway. It is the largest grocery store in Iowa and will employ about 100 persons.
Getting ready for opening of Hinky Dinky's new store at Oak Street and Broadway in the new Bluff Plaza is a big job. A whole troop of employees have been working for several weeks to stock the shelves in preparation for the grand opening.
From The Manager's Office . . . the new Hinky Dinky store looks like this. Workers arrange the last items on the long row of shelves that are nearly completed. To operate the store requires 55 employees under Manager Ed Brown who has been in charge of the Glen Avenue and Broadway store that will close the same day the new store opens.
Frozen Foods In New Style Cases . . . some 75 feet long and well lighted are one of the features of the new store. Another feature is the "on premise" bakery section. The store contains 20,000 square feet, 15,000 feet of display and sales, and was designed by Erling Hansen, Hinky Dinky planning engineer.
Cutting The Ribbon . . . formally opening the new Hinky Dinky Supermarket at Bluff Plaza Wednesday is Mayor John Pogge, center. Present for the opening are C.A. Monasee, president of Hinky Dinky; J.M. Newman, chairman of the board; Ed Brown, store manager; Miss Denise Smith, who is Miss Council Bluffs; E.R. Newman, Mayor Pogge, Murray Newman and C.M. Newman.
Council Bluffs Changing Scene: Back in 1889, the Council Bluffs Union Ticket office--and various express firms--occupied this building at 507 W. Broadway. Note how the men who ran the office are clothed. This old photo came from Bud Bascom of 1911 S. 11th St. [The "Today" photo print is not in the file, but the caption for that photo in the Nonpareil reads: "Today...the Council Bluffs Savings Bank carries the address of 507 W. Broadway. This is one of the newest and most modern blocks in downtown Council Bluffs. The most recent addition was the First Federal Savings and Loan Assn at the left.
Council Bluffs Changing Scene: Back in 1898, the Council Bluffs Coal and Ice Co. at 911 W. Broadway was a going business. It handled more than 1,000 car loads of coal a season, according to the Trans-Mississippi and International exposition booklet published that year. The booklet was loaned to the Nonpareil by Roy Rasmussen, 1335 Fairmount Ave.
Today...a vast change has been made in the 900 block of West Broadway. While some buildings remain, they lay in the shadow of the new Broadway Viaduct. The rail of the viaduct can be seen in the foreground. New buildings have been added and the old buildings renovated.
Council Bluffs Changing Scene: At the turn of the century an ornate bathhouse known as the Kursal [sic], was the center of activities at Lake Manawa. Built in 1896 on the south shore it doubled as a recreation and dining hall. The platform extending over the water collapsed in 1906 and six people were killed. The entire pavilion burned down 20 years later. This postcard photo taken in 1900 was loaned to The Nonpareil by A. W. Huber of 122 W. Broadway.
Council Bluffs Changing Scene: From an old postal card dated 1908 comes this fine picture of the "Lincoln Highway between Council Bluffs and Omaha." The picture is the approach to Ak-Sar-Ben Bridge, paved with granite stones. The card came from Donald Jones, 2422 Avenue F.
Today...a wider Broadway connects the cities of Council Bluffs and Omaha, and even then it is frequently congested with traffic near Playland Park at right, and a fast building south side of the street, at left.
Council Bluffs Changing Scene: Back in 1905 about two dozen painters and decorators lined up in front of the John B. Long paper and paint store at 31 S. Main St., to have this picture taken. The fading old print belongs to Mrs. C.H. Campbell, 1401 Fairmount Ave. The Longs operated the store over 50 years in Council Bluffs.
[paper is torn, and much of caption is missing] Today: The picture has changed...are the new offices of the Council Bluffs Gas Co., at left, ...building, and at right is the re-... Long building which is now the Iowa Liquor Store.
Council Bluffs Changing Scene: Engine 999 plied the rails in Manawa Park to thrill thousands of youngsters in 1915 when the park was running full force. Here C. W. Bain was the engineer and fireman on the line, and the picture is from Bain's album. [In the photo, Bain's torso and head are outlined in ink.]
Today...there is no longer a Manawa Park as it was known 42 years ago. Nearly the entire park area is now residential. Here C.W. Bain looks over the old park site. The little train ran over this area. The high-gabled house, once a concession stand and the rock flower bed are the only remaining landmarks of the old days. Bain now lives on the lake in the park area.