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Move Still A Possibility - Look Homeward, Angel?
Covered With Paint . . . is one indignity memorial statue has sustained at hands of vandals. Inaccessibility and vandalism are reasons sometimes cited for moving Dodge Memorial from present location near Fairview Cemetery. But city officials hope…
Big Scoop For J Student
The Black Angel . . . may be turning a little green with age but it sure didn't need a coat of paint by vandals.
Fountain's Return To Be Commemorated
The "Black Angel" near Fairview Cemetery. The statue's fountain is now flowing again.
Dodge Memorial, Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial, Black Angel
Angel Lights: Colored lights mounted in surrounding tree limbs illuminate the Black Angel, near Lafayette Avenue and North Second Street. The lights were installed by the City Park Board.
Dodge Memorial, Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial, Black Angel
Waiting For The Touch . . . of repair crews is the Ruth Anne Dodge memorial, better known as the Black Angel. Downing said the city will spend about $3,000 to spruce up the memorial, fixing the lights and possibly reconnecting the fountain that once…
The Black Angel: Fountain, Bluffs Heritage Flow Anew
Participating in Wednesday's dedication of the fountain at the Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial were, from left, Mayor Tom Hanafan, Council Bluffs Arts Council President Phyllis Otto, Hitchcock Foundation President Denman Kountze, Council member Jane Peters…
Dodge Memorial, Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial, Black Angel
The Black Angel . . . located near Lafayette Avenue and North Second Street, was dedicated to the late Mrs. Grenville M. Dodge in 1920. At that time the statue was bronze, but through the years the weather has changed her to black. Now the weather…
Arts Council Begins Sprucing of 'Angel'
Mayda Goodberry . . . , a bronze expert, works at the base of the Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial in Fairview Cemetery Wednesday. A restoration project is being sponsored by the Bluffs Arts Council.
Money Flowing In As 'Black Angel' Work Continues
Above is an artist's rendering of the Ruth Anne Dodge Memorial upon completion of restoration work.
Scout Camps Are Completed; Fourteen At Little Sioux
Ranger Pete Jennings...surveys part of the 1,800 acre boy scout camp near Little Sioux under his care. The newly completed scout headquarters can be seen below the road. Jennings said the camp may eventually double in size and my include snow…
Scout Camp Gets Ready; Near Griswold
Readying The Nature Office...for the influx of 1, 300 Boy Scouts expected at Camp Wakonda this summer are Camp director Dale Smith of Omaha and Program Director Harvey Marshall of Mount Ayr. Nature and ecology study, field reports, and aquatics will…
Miss Iowa calmed by thoughts of students
Sherri Bowman
[Wearing crown]
[Wearing crown]
Will to win is within Bluffs' Miss Iowa
Below, some of the 23 ensembles the mall gathering saw.
[Sherri Bowman wearing swimsuit.]
[Sherri Bowman wearing swimsuit.]
Will to win is within Bluffs' Miss iowa
Below, some of the 13 ensembles the mall gathering saw.
[Sherri Bowman wearing stirrup pants, belted plaid shirt, and blazer.]
[Sherri Bowman wearing stirrup pants, belted plaid shirt, and blazer.]
Will to win is within Bluffs' Miss Iowa
Below, some of the 13 ensembles the mall gathering saw.
[Sherri Bowman wearing formal gown.]
[Sherri Bowman wearing formal gown.]
Will to win is within Bluffs' Miss Iowa
Below, some of the 13 ensembles the mall gathering saw.
[Sherri Bowman wearing a plaid sweater jacket, calf-length flared skirt, heels, and a fedora hat.]
[Sherri Bowman wearing a plaid sweater jacket, calf-length flared skirt, heels, and a fedora hat.]
Will to win is within Bluffs' Miss Iowa
Below, some of the 13 ensembles the mall gathering saw.
[Sherri Bowman wearing full skirt, belted shirt, and boots.]
[Sherri Bowman wearing full skirt, belted shirt, and boots.]
Will to win is within Bluffs' Miss Iowa
Preparing for her final appearance in the trunk show, wearing the formal gown she'll wear Sept. 14, Bowman applies the finishing touches of make-up.