Getting Acquainted . . . are The Nonpareil's European Holiday tour's oldest member - John Andersen of Council Bluffs - and the youngest - Patty Hartley. They found one thing in common Saturday - both will have birthdays on the trip, Andersen his…
In Front Of Fountain . . . at Lucerne are Miss Bessie Harter of Council Bluffs and Miss Ellen Christensen of Harlan. Note balcony cafe, flags and narrow streets in background.
(top) St. Paul's Cathedral: Members of the Nonpareil's tour group pass through chapel in St. Paul's Cathedral built in memory of Americans killed in London during World War II.
(bottom) Carole Lane . . . of Council Bluffs . . . with guard at…
Beefeaters Of London's Tower . . . promise to strike if weekly rents in casements of this 600-year-old structure are boosted from 70 cents to $3.22 a week.
(top) At Bern, Switzerland . . . Nonpareil travelers, on the right, take pictures of the Town Clock - while mechanical men strike the glockenspiel. Tourists from India, Italy, Germany and Turkey are in the crowd with cameras flashing.
Admiring The Scenery . . . in Switzerland are Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stephens of Council Bluffs. They are on the Butin Bridge over the Arv River. Geneva and the French Alps are in the background.
(top) Watching French Go By . . . from the most famous sidewalk cafe in Paris are members of the Nonpareil Holiday tour. This is the Cafe de la Paix on the Place de l'Opera. Paris is loaded with sidewalk cafes, which do a tremendous business with…
When In Munich . . . do like the Germans, and this is just what a dozen members of The Nonpareil European Holiday travelers did. Here, in Munich's famed Hofbrauhaus, are (left to right): Covert T. Brown, Mrs. Marie Ross, Genevieve Jacobsen, Mrs.…
Harry Mauck Jr. . . . spent 44 years on The Nonpareil, serving in various positions from reporter to managing editor. His last position was associate editor, writing editorials and covering the Iowa legislature.
This Gigantic Mural . . . painted on a wall in the Toddler's classroom at First Christian Church illustrates Noah calling the birds and beasts to join him and his family aboard his ark to preserve them from the great flood. The artist was Mrs. Roy…
At Trouble Spot on North Levee...army engineers are building a tie-back levee from the hill through Big Lake park and joining the main levee between the North western and Illinois Central railroad tracks.
(top) Hamlin Residents . . . go about the monumental task of cleaning up the flood wrecked business district. "Sherm's Place," at right, one of the largest buildings in the community, was moved completely off its foundation by the overflowing East…
Going Up In Hamburg . . . is a combination Legion Hall and bowling lanes. And gathered on this Main Street corner are some of the men responsible for Hamburg's growth - Jack Douglas, Dick Dugan, John Gottsche and Miller Payne.
The Familiar Sight . . . of the cone-shaped scrap burner at the Midwest Walnut Co. plant will make way for three shavers and a drier to convert waste materials.