Attracting Children . . . to the nursery at the Dodge House is this tree trimmed with dolls, gingerbread men and other toys. It was decorated by Beth Pechacek and her family and is called We Wish You A Merry Christmas.
The Dodge family silver tea service is viewed Monday at Council Bluffs Savings Bank by Penny Chatfield, Dodge House director, Ed Spetman, bank president and chairman of the Dodge House Board of Trustees and Richard Graeme, board treasurer-secretary.…
Pointing out . . . ornate detailing on a clock in the Dodge Library, Mosher notes Victorian penchant for decoration. "They applied decoration to almost anything," she said. "They loved ornament." Library is among the most authentic rooms in house,…
New Rulers of Mardi Gras...the King Wilbert J. (Bill) Boortz and Queen Betty Jane Ellsworth. They are the thirty-third monarchs of the mythical Kingdom of Co-Blia.