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Farragut Centennial Shindig - About 1200 Attend
Bonneted And Gowned . . . Farragut ladies prepare for the town's centennial celebration which runs through Sunday. From left are Mrs. Harold Brooks, whose husband is co-chairman of the centennial, Mrs. Arnold Spears and Mrs. Kenneth Livingston.
Anniversary Marked At Farragut Church
The Present Home . . . of the First Congregational Church in Farragut. A special service here Sunday marked the 80th anniversary of the founding of the church.
'American Way' Lessons For African Homemaker - Mother of Five
Her Children Travel . . . at times like the doll-infant that Mrs. Stephen Akangbe, a Nigerian, displays for Mary Hurlbut and the Rev. and Mrs. George Campbell, Farragut. Miss Hurlbut holds an African woman's hoe.
Broadway At Night
Christmas lights and snow deck downtown Broadway in jewels and ermine in this cold scene looking west from Pearl Street. The camera captured the setting with a time exposure shot Tuesday evening. Nonpareil photo by Jack Kennedy.
Busy, Growing Bluffs Has 57,000 Population
A Steady Stream Of Traffic...passes Eighth St. and Broadway
Council Bluffs Dedicates Its Viaduct
Parade of Progress...moves across the $2,000,000 Broadway Viaduct. Pretty girls, jeeps, floats, dignitaries, clown-mobiles, convertibles, National Guardsmen and horses were all included in the parade celebration here on Wednesday afternoon.
Broadway Past and Present
ca. 1950 Broadway (100 block) looking west from 1st Street, through arched window (in Broadway Methodist Church?)
Broadway Past and Present
Night-time photo of Broadway looking west from 4th Street.
Farragut Observes Birthday
An Ancient Torture Machine? . . . Some Farragut women can remember when it was. Mrs. Alvin Hoppock displays an old-fashioned hair curling device at the Vo-Ag building featuring centennial exhibits. She said, "When it got hot, you yelled for the…
Organizers Successful In Making Farm Rally A Major Media Event
An estimated crowd of 18,000 jammed into Hilton Coliseum in Ames for the National Farm Crisis Rally Wednesday. The event, which was called the largest farm rally in history, was staged to call attention to the plight of the nation's farmers. A large…
Rally, Legislation Draw Attention To Farm Crisis
By 8:30 Wednesday morning a long line of people, many carrying protest signs, had formed in front of Hilton Coliseum. Many people, who came from long distances, arrived on chartered or school buses.
Veteran T.J. Teacher Ends 31-Year Career
RH Fanders
C.B. Residents Try To Bridge U.S.-Soviet Gap
R.H. Flanders
Christian Home Cites Local Families
Dr. Don Bartlette (left) who was born with no upper lip and only a partial nose, gestures as he talks about the love and attention he received from a woman who took him under her wing. Bartlette was the main speaker at a program in recognition of the…
Let's Chat . . . with R.H. Fanders
R.H. Fanders, 58, 2212 Avenue K, is an instructor at Thomas Jefferson High School. He has lived and taught in Council Bluffs for 25 years. Fanders has a wife, Phyllis, and two grown children. He has been involved in Thomas Jefferson drama and many…
T.J. Teacher Recounts Mideast Trip - Egyptians Are 'Warm, Honest People'
Holding Two Gallibeyas . . . or Egyptian dresses is Thomas Jefferson High School teacher R.H. Flanders. He spent part of his summer vacation touring the Middle East and will be passing on his newly acquired knowledge on the subject to T.J. students.
TJ's Evening Of Fresh Aire
Thomas Jefferson High School students and graduates are presenting a tribute to R.H. Flanders Thursday at 12:30 p.m. and Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Fanders, seated in the center of the group, is T.J.'s former drama teacher and current…
Fanders, RH
R.H. Fanders, 2212 Avenue K, teacher: "One who leaves the world in a better place because he was in it."