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Mondamin's Hotel Full Of Memories - But Not Very Many Paying Guests - Salesmen Don't Stay In "The Sticks" Now
Raking Yard . . . around Mondamin's hotel, a 10-room house, is Mrs. Kate Deith and her dog, Barry
Mondamin Plans New Library - 'Something We Need'
Entering . . . the Mondamin Public Library is Mayor Jerry Shelton. The library has been located in the town's municipal building for over 50 years, but has outgrown its space.
Mondamin Library Patrons . . .
Mondamin Library Patrons . . . are looking forward to the completion of the community's new library building, replacing the present library headquarters in City Hall, which is also shared by the police department, city clerk, city patrol, treasurer…
Mondamin Centennial
Mayor and Mrs. Doyle Knadle of Mondamin pose in their ancestors' traditional apparel in practice for the community's centennial which begins Friday. The celebration ends Sunday with a free barbecue.
Mondale Sees Rural Life As Major Issue
Wading Through . . . the crowd gathered at Hazel Dell Hall Thursday is former vice president Walter Mondale of Minnesota. The Democrat was in Southwest Iowa campaigning for his party's presidential nomination.
Moms, Children Walk To Roosevelt
Welcoming A Group... Of former Avenue B Elementary School students is Principal Norman Bush of Roosevelt Elementary. The students and their parents walked to the school Wednesday to see what the route and buildings are like.
Modern-Traditional Blend In Harlan's Catholic Church
Mural . . . of faceted glass on St. Michael's Catholic Church in Harlan overlooks College Place.
Modern salvage
(Left-Harold Coyle) and Jerry Katz of the Alter Co. The bundled scrap is now ready for sale to firms who melt and use scrap metal. --Nonpareil Photos.
Modern salvage
Modern salvage : The Alter Co., one of Council Bluffs' newer industries, uses the very latest equipment in its scrap salvage operation. Here an old car body is being put into a press. It will come in bales.
Model steamship Iowa man's legacy
Opening A Hatch...on the three-foot scale model of the steamship Bertrand is John Carrier, park service employee at the DeSoto National Wildlife Refuge near Missouri Valley. The steamer model, which the Bertrand museum just purchased for $300, was…
Modale's New School In Use - Holding Classes As Work Continues
Finishing Touches . . . are still to be completed on the new Modale school building. Classes are being held in the new unit while the work is being finished.
Mobile Canteen Gets Warm Welcome
Mrs. Marie Olson, and Mrs. Fae Burkhalter, of the Ottumwa mobile Red Cross canteen, were toasted in coffee Tuesday afternoon by Sgt. J.A. Bramen, and Corp. William Lemfor, of Atlantic, in appreciation of the Red Cross' work in feeding the many hungry…
Mobil guide lists C.B. restaurant
Club 64 is the only Council Bluffs restaurant rated in the 1985 Mobil Travel Guide.
Mo. Valley's Parade Draws 7,000 People
Holding The Reins . . . of her family's 80-year-ol horse-drawn buggy is Mrs. Fletcher Reel of Missouri Valley, who drove the vehicle in the centennial parade.
Mo. Valley's Centennial Set
"All Right . . . who has the beard with the best bristles," say these Missouri Valley Centennial observers as they ready for the July 13-17 celebration. Gathered in front of Centennial Headquarters are from left, the Rev. Robert Henderson, Richard…
Mo. Valley Missile:
This is the first of three Atlas intercontinental ballistic missiles for the base near Missouri Valley. The Atlas, shown here upon arrival at the launching site, was trucked on a special trailer Wednesday from Offutt Air Force Base. The weapon is…
Mo. Valley Firms Damaged By Fire - Tenants Homeless
Missouri Valley Police Chief . . . Everett Gochenour surveys damage to the Round-Up Tavern in Missouri Valley where fire broke out Tuesday afternoon, heavily damaging three structures in the downtown area. Fire departments from Council Bluffs, Logan,…
Missouri Valley, Iowa
Photograph of Missouri Valley, Iowa. Looking west from windmill. July 1, 1882.