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Bluffs Trio Is Ready For Scout Camp In Denmark - 'Impossible' Now A Reality . . .
Discussing Denmark . . . Carol Hennings and Jane Ridgeway admire Juanita Butler's 'swap," a wild rose with Iowa printed on the leaf.
Bridge Nearly Complete
Girl Scouts won't get their feet wet - unless they want to - when they cross a lake at Camp Neyati near Glenwood. Council Bluffs Business and Professional Women donated $670 for this suspension bridge. Only the handrails are left to be installed. …
Neyati Dreams Growing - 280 Acres Of Fun
The Highest Point . . . at Camp Neyati is Rose Lodge. From the balcony, the 22-acre lake and one of the camp units can be viewed. Katherine Schmitz, executive director of the Nishnabotna Girl Scout Council, smiles as she recalls the eight years of…
Many Changes Are Made At Glendale Presbyterian - Chancel Area Rebuilt . . .
Blond Oak Altar . . . of Glendale Church is enhanced by sprays of flowers on either side of the railing surrounding the chancel area.
Glendale Presbyterian Church Has New Pastor
New Pastor And Family . . . the Rev. and Mrs. Lewis H. Dunlap, Paul, 2, Ruth Anne, 3 and David, six weeks, are comfortably settled in their new home.
Glendale To Mark 70th Year
Standing On Steps . . . of Glendale Church are the Rev. J. M. Strong, its pastor, and Bert Nielsen who is chairman of the church's anniversary activities.
Glenwood Church Marks 100th Birthday Sunday
Third Structure . . . housing Glenwood's Grace Methodist congregation, is marking its 100th birthday Sunday; this church was built in 1900.
New Armory In Use:
Company A, 1st Battle Group, 168th Infantry of the Iowa National Guard, has moved into its new armory at Glenwood. Although some work remains to be completed, the unit has been using the armory for drills. The building, 124 feet wide by 148 feet…
P.O. Plan Surprises Glenwood - Is New Facility Needed?
This Building . . . houses the Glenwood Post Office but would be replaced under a Post Office Department plan.
City Hall Isn't Tumbling Down - Glenwood Citizens Note:
Glenwood's Aged Armory . . . now serving as City Hall, has undergone repair, making it safe for public use.
Volunteers Are Like Full-Time Firemen - As Glenwood Department Grows
Forrest Mayberry . . . lieutenant of the rescue squad, stands near the Glenwood Fire Department's rescue unit, one of the department's newest vehicles in the one-year-old fire station. The rescue unit will be freed for more specialty work when the…
Museum Is Park Feature - At Glenwood Lake
(top) Room For The Family . . . in this little 1900 bedroom. At night the trundle bed was pulled out for the children while mom and pop had the big feather bed to themselves. Baby was placed in the 190-year-old cradle which can ingeniously be rocked…
Eye New Glenwood School - Bond Issue Needed
Portions of East Elementary . . . were built in the late 1800s and completed in the early 1900s. If a bond issue for a new building is proposed it would probably be under $1 million, school officials said.
Mystery Of Primitive Indians Still Unsolved At Glenwood
Standing In A Former Earth Lodge . . . are young men from the Glenwood area who are helping John Hotapp, left, rear, excavate the remains of an Indian family home which stood here more than 700 years ago. Hotapp said workers on the nearby…
$975,000 Bond Issue Goes To Glenwood Voters Monday
This Stately Old School . . . known as East Elementary School in Glenwood, will be closed down and be replaced by a larger, newer structure if voters in the Glenwood Community School District pass a $975,000 bond issue Monday. The new school, to be…
Glenwood Library To Get New Face
The Public Library . . . at Glenwood is scheduled for a major facelift next spring in conjunction with the renovation of the downtown Glenwood business district. Built in the early 1900s, the library is made of two different colored bricks but the…
A New Look For The Library - Renovation At Glenwood
Glenwood Children . . . wait to enter the newly-renovated Glenwood Public Library, part of the downtown beautification project. Vari-colored bricks have been painted red, and windows, ledges and the entryway are painted white.
Old Farm Machinery In Glenwood Museum
Raymond Lintell . . . president of the Mills County Historical Society, leans against a 1929 Ford pickup once used by the Glenwood Transit Lines Inc., as he surveys the collection of agricultural equipment and machinery in the latest addition to the…
Glenwood Housing Progresses Despite Inflation - Higher Interest Rates, Costs At Blame
Home Construction . . . in Glenwood is being slowed by increased interest rates for home buyers. But with completion of the Highway 34 expressway just south of Glenwood, city officials are optimistic the community will continue to grow as…
Historic Church Near Glenwood Saved From Ruin
(top) The Waubonsie Community Church . . . south of Glenwood has been renovated through the work of area residents and about $1200 in donations. Standing in front are Mr. and Mrs. Everett Hockabout, Mrs. Don Skinner and her daughter Robin.
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