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.
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.…
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…
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…
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…
Growing On Schedule . . . is this 90,000-kilowatt addition to the Iowa Power and Light Co. plant near Manawa. It is to be completed next December. At left is the generating plant, and at right the steel framework for new boilers.
Ipalco Executives . . . check the luncheon menu before the preview tour of the new power plant. They are Vern Beats, district manager, and President N. Bernard Gussett, seated; E.T. Meredith, E.H. Mulock, John Shuler, and J.T. Schilling.
Over half completed on Jan. 26, 1979 is the new Kirn Junior High School at North Avenue and Highway 6. The facility, which will house up to 900 students, replaced the old Kirn School which was burned by arsonists. The new facility is scheduled to…
University of Iowa President Willard L. Boyd (left) with Mr. and Mrs. Roy J. Carver, donors of the largest gift to the University in its history. Carver is chairman of Bandag, Inc., Muscatine, Iowa.