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It's Apple Harvest Time In S.W. Iowa
Pleasing To Both Eye And Taste...is this box of apples shown by Edwin Carter. The new cardboard packing cases are becoming popular in the trade.
It's Apple Harvest Time In S.W. Iowa
Channeled Into Their Proper Bin...by the grader, the apples are next carefully packed in labeled boxes for storage. After Mrs. Truman Chambers of Malvern has deftly packed them, the cases are moved into the mommouth[sic] storage cave where…
It's Apple Harvest Time In S.W. Iowa
Both Mechanical And Human Means...are used in sorting and grading the orchard fresh fruit. Edwin Carter watches as apples mover over the grader. Mrs. Carl Yates of Malvern watches for rejects.
It's Apple Harvest Time In S.W. Iowa
The Journey...from orchard to the farm plant is a careful one as Stacey and Suhr head for the sorting and packing shed with a trailer load of apples.
It's Apple Harvest Time In S.W. Iowa
First established in 1912...the Carter Orchard east of Glenwood was replanted in 1941. Now covering some 70 acres of the rolling Mills County land, the orachrd containes nearly 2,000 fruit trees...mostly apple. It is presently owned and operated by…
It's Apple Harvest Time in S.W. Iowa
APPLE HARVEST--Autumn time is apple time in Southwestern Iowa. Carefully relieving the bending limbs of their golden fruit is [sic] Archie Stacey and Jack Suhr, both of Glenwood.
It Was A Horse Of A Different Color
It Was A Horse Of A Different Color...about 12 hours before this picture was taken on East Pierce Street. Dense, wet snow returned to the Bluffs area Friday morning, after the welcome thaw. Cars had to turn on headlights and drivers again reverted…
It Was A Cold Day
It Was A Cold Day...when the Rock Island Railroad's Cornbelt Rocket pulled into the station to take on a load of passengers for Chicago. Steam rising from the waiting cars turned two rail employees into bundled silhouettes backlighted by a bright…
It Was A Big Hill At One Time
Giant earth movers south of Council Bluffs along the Interstate 29 route that will eventually link the Bluffs with Kansas City, MO, have gouged out almost an entire hill in their quest for fill dirt. John Thielan, Neola, job foreman for Dusenberg…
It Takes Plenty Of Coal To Keep Fires Burning
Expansion At Power Plant . . . is viewed from the roof of the existing structure by Superintendent John Thorson. The existing plant has a capacity of 140,000 kilowatts. The new plant will increase the capacity by 720,000 kilowatts and is scheduled to…
It Pays To Advertise
The Christian Home provides excellent service in childless couples in this area. Some persons had trouble finding the Home at 714 Avenue E, so the Home contracted for a bright new sign on the side of a downtown building. A portion of an old sign…
It Looks Like A Hole In One
Players on Westwood Golf Course have a new addition to the landscape to consider before shooting toward the fourth green in the southeast corner of the links. Mr. and Mrs. DeLaine Rutledge, 1928 Avenue B., play near the mouth of the concrete…
It Depends On The Weather
Mr. Groundhog peered out of his cozy burrow Sunday expecting to see, or not to see, his shadow. Instead, there was Mrs. Michael Rolf, 734 Madison Avenue, looking at him. Ground Hog Day is set aside annually on Feb. 2 to give the furry…
It began with drunken knock; Found Lemen had faithful
Rev. J.G. Lemen
It began with drunken knock; Found Lemen had faith
A Bird's Eye View...of the Christian Home was painted on a postcard years ago. Most of the brick homes pictured have been removed although the Home is still on the same site near downtown Council Bluffs.
It began with drunken knock; Found Lemen had faith
The good old days. The sturdy brick dormitories of the old Christian Home dwarf the trio of little residents pictured nearby. Today's home, however, has neither the building nor the little orphans. But the vision of the founder, the Rev. J.G.…
ISD Mentor Retires After 23 Years
Dr. C. Joseph Giangreco will retire July 31 after 23 years as superintendent of the Iowa School for the Deaf in Council Bluffs. The school's main administration building and dormitory area was rededicated on April 30 and named Giangreco Hall in honor…
ISD Hosts Iowa Regents
The Iowa Board of Regents visited the fourth-year classroom at Iowa School for the Deaf Wednesday during a tour of the ISD campus before an executive session. The regents are also meeting at ISD Thursday and Friday. Pictured, left to right, are Wayne…
ISD Graduates Told To Set New Goals
Pausing Before Commencement Ceremonies . . . Saturday at the Iowa School for the Deaf are Charles Grandick, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Grandick of 700 Military Ave., Dr. Joseph Giangreco, ISD superintendent, Audrey O'Dell of Chariton, and Dr. Robert…
