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Church Marks 125th Year
Reminiscing As They Look At An Old Picture . . . of First United Presbyterian Church are Harry C. Crowl, longtime member; the Rev. Robert C. Bowman, the Rev. Dr. Howard Dooley, both former pastors, and the Rev. H. David McCalmont, current pastor.
First Presbyterian Church Celebrates 130th Year
Top: Mrs. Duane Bogardus of Council Bluffs and the Rev. David McCalmont prepare to burn the mortgage for the First Presbyterian Church sanctuary. The mortgage will be burned Sunday during festivities marking the church's 130th…
Eddie Butler returns to play at Dodge House
Playing A Square...grand piano in the ballroom of the Dodge House is Eddie Butler, 71, who will be playing General Dodge's favorite songs at the members-only Christmas party Saturday night.
Butz Backs Grain Sales, Standard Packing Bonding
Discussing Farm Issues...during Wednesday's White House Conference in Omaha is Secretary of Agriculture Earl Butz. He said the United States is in the final stages of negotiating a long-term grain agreement with the Soviet Union which he said would…
Build Pile Dike To Bolster Levee - Open Bids This Week On New Pump Houses
Top - Clearing Excess Rock . . . from a Missouri River levee near the Water Works intake station is this barge-based Army Engineers drag line. Rock was dumped on foot of levee during last year's flood fight.
Bottom - New Dike Piling . . . being…
Bottom - New Dike Piling . . . being…
Flood of 1943
Flood of 1943
Flood of 1943
Mr. and Mrs Bill Tyson, flood victims, muse over hat that once was new.
Flood of 1943
Men filling sandbags
Flood of 1943
Flood of 1943
Flood of 1943
Sandbagged road near the Missouri River
Flood of 1943
Flood of 1943
Flood of 1943
Removal of sandbags in order to release flood water in East Omaha
Flood of 1943
Flood of 1943
Flood of 1943
Hamburg, IA
Flood of 1943
Flood of 1943
Flood of 1943
Flood of 1943
Flood of 1943
Loading trucks with sand
Flood of 1943
Flood of 1943
Flood of 1943
Typhoid inoculations at Manawa following the Flood of 1943
Flood of 1943
Flood of 1943
Thomas Jefferson Students Respond
Part of the crew of over 100 Thomas Jefferson high school students who Wednesday responded to the call of the city for volunteer help to aid in filling bags and building up the west-end Missouri river levee. A like number from Abraham Lincoln high…
Where River Cut Through Road
Several hours after the rising of flood water of the Missouri rolled over a county road at the Narrows, north of the city limits, scores of acres between the highway and the Illinois Central railroad (right center) were inundated. The flood water…
Pumping Station Is Secured
Completely sand-bagged against the threat of Missouri river flood water is the Council Bluffs waterworks pumping station, located just a few feet away from the stream. Pumping equipment inside the station is located in deep concrete pits, well below…
A shift in the Missouri and, voilà, Carter Lake
The 118-acre Carter Lake provides fishing and recreational opportunities--and a scenic backdrop--for Carter Lake and area residents. Paved walkways and wooden bridges facilitate pedestrian traffic around the lake which was formed as an ox-bow of the…
A shift in the Missouri and, voilá, Carter Lake
What is now a large pile of dirt on the outskirts of Carter Lake is the first phase of a major commercial development. In September, Edward Owen, chairman of the board of Paxton & Vierling Steel Co. in Carter Lake, announced construction plans fora…