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Army Model Of Missouri Helped Save Local Levees
This Is Council Bluffs . . . as viewed by employees of the U.S. army engineers at the Waterways Experiment Station near Clinton Miss. No. 1 is the Ak-Sar-Ben bridge river gauge; 2 - Union Pacific tracks; 3 - Twenty-ninth avenue, old Indian Creek…
Scale Model Of Missouri River
Water Flows Through . . . miniature navigation channel of engineer project at Mead, Neb.
Mississippi Is 'The Life' - Southwest Iowans Seem At Home With River . . . July 29, 1962
Ol' Swimming Hole . . . in Wild Cat Den State Park between Davenport and Muscatine is formed by a dam built in 1832. The building, Pine Creek Mill, went to work in 1850.
Bedford's Jan Beemer 'Miss Southwest Iowa' June 14, 1964
Miss Southwest Iowa Finalists . . . left to right, Gayle Tarpenning of Shenandoah, Pat Horning of Clarinda, Jan Beemer of Bedford, Nancy Timberlake of Bedford and Kay Dowell of Coin.
Pageant Entrants:
These 10 girls will vie Friday evening at Clarinda for the title of Miss Southwest Iowa with the winner of the Lions Club sponsored event competing in the Miss Iowa pageant at Clear Lake. Pictured here at left, back to front are Judy Brewer of…
Curve Competition:
Poised during the swimsuit competition at the Miss Council Bluffs pageant are eventual winner Noreen Sorensen, runner-up Mary Kay Trafton, Sandra Pierce, Brenda Bertelsen and Phyllis Anderson.
Luxurious New Quarters For Mineola State Bank - After 61 Years
New Mineola Bank . . . graces a prominent corner in the town's business district.
Mineola Congregation To Observe 75th Anniversary - Organized In 1883
St. John's Lutheran Church . . . at Mineola will be the scene of a 75th anniversary observance Sunday. the new edifice was recently dedicated.
Mineola Church
This is the interior of the Mineola St. John's Lutheran Church which was dedicated at special services Sunday. The Rev. Alton Schwandt is pastor of the church.
Mineola Parishioners To Cherish Church Services
The Last Christmas . . . services to be observed in this building of the St. John's Lutheran congregation at Mineola will be held this year. The new church, rising in the background, will be occupied by next holiday time.
Oldtimers Reveal Story Of Mineola's Street Car
No Trace Of Tracks . . . or street car can be seen in this picture of present-day Mineola. Although taken from a slightly different angle, the photograph does show some of the same buildings that appeared in the older view on page 1.