Food Preparation Center...on second level of Bethany Home is shown by Chuck Berry, food service manager. The all-electric facility has convection ovens.
Bethany Lutheran Home...will open it's [sic] doors for inspection Sunday. Fifteen Lutheran Churches in the area have spent $2 million getting the nursing home ready. First patients are expected in mid-June.
Chatting With Electricians...inside a nursing station on the first floor of he new Bethany Home is administrator, Mel Fickenscher. A painter is adding the last coat of paint to the entryway.
The Exterior Of Bethany Lutheran Home...takes shape at Elliott Street and North Broadway. Construction workers have now moved inside of the building and are eyeing an early spring completion of the facility. The light-colored concrete structure is…
Work Is Underway...to enclose the Bethany Lutheran Nursing Home at Elliott Street and North Broadway, before winter weather halts outdoor construction work.
Injunction Papers...are issued Monday morning to Cement Finisher Paul R. Grosch Jr., 802 South Omaha Bridge Road, by Deputy Sheriff George Smith. The papers forbid Grosch and other cement finishers from picketing the construction work at Bethany…
Turning In Collections...from some of their pledges to Mel Fickenscher, superintendent of Bethany Lutheran Home, and Dennis Rutledge, their youth representative, are Tom Kuck, Craig Newberg and Cheryl Lieurance.
Concrete is being poured to form the foundation of the new Bethany Lutheran Home at Elliott Street and North Broadway.
Architect Don Mullins of Wilscom and Mullins, said the building supplies will arrive at the site within a few weeks. With…
Checking The Site...of the Bethany Lutheran Nursing Home are John Anderson, Donald M. Mullins, Elsie Gross and Stan Nelson. The building is expected to be ready for occupancy in about 18 months.
Putting their best feet forward, special guests at the ground breaking ceremony for Bethany Lutheran Home turned the first soil Sunday. Digging in are Mayor Joseph Katelman, 93-year-old Mrs. Helena Anderson, Iowa Gov. Robert Ray and Mrs. Ray,…
Inspecting The Site...of the New Bethany Lutheran Home are Harvey Saar, vice president of the Bethany board; Robert Hegland, fund drive coordinator; Ed Lynn, Jennie Edmundson Hospital Administrator; Don Steege, attorney; Ed Spetman, president of the…
The heat is nothing to lose your head over but this old gent in Bayliss Park appears to have done just that. Actually he was dropping his head on his chest while sitting in the shade. Recent highs of 107 and 110 are even too hot for a hat.