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Hester OK; Collapse Due To Imbalance
Jack Hester
Hester Seeks Re-Election
Sen. Hester
Minnesota Guests
Mrs. Roger D. Herrick with her daughter Lynette, and son, Scott, are visiting at the home of Mrs. Herrick's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mauck Jr. the Herricks will return to their Minneapolis home on Tuesday concluding a two-week vacation.
Miss Mauck Is Married To Roger Dunbar Herrick
Mrs. Roger Dunbar Herrick
Miss Fredrika Gene Mauck . . .
. . . the 40th Queen of Coblia, crowned at the Mardi Gras Ball in February.
Queen 'Ricky' Attuned To The Sound Of Music - Background Is Versatile
Fredrika Gene Mauck . . . music is her life.
Controversy Over Longfellow Girl With Herpes Fades
Grade school students gather outside Longfellow Elementary School, where one year ago controversy erupted as a little girl with herpes was enrolled. The boycott is over and the emotion has subsided - and the girl is doing just fine, her mother's…
Today
Today...this is the church that was built nearly 50 years ago. The brick education unit, at left, was built in 1956. The unit ties into the older portion, nearly doubling the size of the original church.
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Even the women did some digging when this ground breaking ceremony for Epworth Methodist Church was held in 1909. The site is at Twenty-fifth St. and Avenue B. The small church, at right, was used until a new…
Today
Today...the corner has taken on a modern appearance. In 1921, the Peoples Store was rebuilt, with the exception of the corner section. It was replaced in 1929 to conform with the rest of the building. The old opera house is gone and new fronts and…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Back in 1917, during the first World War, the People's Department Store and other buildings at Bryant St. and Broadway looked like this. At the extreme left is the old opera house which was popular in the horse and…
Today
Today...Pearl Street has taken on a modern appearance. Note the new bank building, new store fronts, streamlined automobiles, parking meters and modern street lights.
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--This is Pearl Street, looking north from near the Hotel Chieftain in 1936. Streetcars were still running and the Council Bluffs Savings Bank building towered above other Pearl Street structures. The picture was made…
Today
Today...the ups and downs of the Missouri River, plus a lower water table in the area, have turned Big Lake into a nearly dry hole. The area is mostly covered with weeds and willows, with a slight trickle of spring water running into the lake. The…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
This is how Big Lake appeared around 1930, when there was water in the other lake, boats for fishing, and fish to be caught. Always a popular spot for persons for picnic and get out-of-doors year round. Big Lake is on the north edge of the city…
Today
Today...nearly 50 years later, and with several additions, the hospital has grown to several times its original size. This picture is made from the corner of Pierce and Ridge Streets. It shows the newest addition to the hospital, extreme left, as…
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--From an old postcard of 1909 comes this picture of the original section of the present Jennie Edmundson Hospital at Oak and Pierce Streets. The card is from the collection of Arthur J. Rogers, 130 Park Ave.
Today
Today...the photograph taken from Harmony and Frank Streets shows only part of the hospital. The original front entrance on Harmony is now the emergency entrance. And the many additions now dwarf the original section of the hospital. Another new…
Today
Today...Mosquito Creek, photographed from the same spot, has taken on a new look. Up stream is the Highway 375 overhead bridge. The high levees and widened creek channel were built by the Corps of Engineers in 1948.
Council Bluffs Changing Scene
Council Bluffs Changing Scene--Back in 1945, Mosquito Creek looked like this from the center of the Wabash Railroad bridge just northeast of the Council Bluffs Airport. The creek was just another meandering stream, flanked with drooping banks and…