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Bethany Home now has 'ident' board
Discussing Register...at Bethany Lutheran Home which will soon bear the names and location of each resident are Mrs. JoAnn Gohlinghorst, a resident, Frank Ombruni, and Kenneth Christensen.
Rev. Reinking to serve chaplaincy at Bethany
Plans For Installation...are discussed in the chapel of Bethany Lutheran Home by the Rev. Emil Reinking, chaplain, and Milford Fickenscher, the home's administrator
Bethany Home Is Dedicated Here
Presenting The Administrators...is Dr. Arthur J. Seegers, former director of chaplaincy of the American Lutheran Church, at the dedication of the Bethany Lutheran Nursing Home. They are Stanley Nelson, Chairman of the Board; Milford Fickenscher, the…
Nursing Home Plans For 5,000 Visitors
Food Preparation Center...on second level of Bethany Home is shown by Chuck Berry, food service manager. The all-electric facility has convection ovens.
Nursing Home Plans For 5,000 Visitors
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.
Bethany Home Will Open June 1
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.
Church Construction Projects Continue In Council Bluffs
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…
Workmen Rush To Beat Cold
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
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…
Cyclists Pedaled For $1,373 Pledges
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.
Bethany Lutheran Foundation Grows
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…
Architect Don Mullins of Wilscom and Mullins, said the building supplies will arrive at the site within a few weeks. With…
Checking The Site
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.
Turn Earth For Home
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,…
Bethany Lutheran Home
Artist rendering of aerial view of Bethany Lutheran Home. Noted on back of photo: "(not used)"
Inspecting The Site
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…
Not A Hot Head
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.
Bluffs Extortion Attempt Flops; Mother, Wife Safe
Holding Money Bag...from Shaver's Food Mart in Council Bluffs is Detective Donald Richie and an unidentified Omaha policeman. Nonpareil photo by Glen Fahrenkrug.
Bluffs Extortion Attempt Flops; Mother, Wife Safe
Unidentified Suspect...sits in a police cruiser at Fortieth Street and Interstate 80 in Omaha following his arrest. Nonpareil photo by Glen Fahrenkrug.
Bluffs Extortion Attempt Flops; Mother, Wife Safe
Missing Women...who didn't know they were missing are Mrs. Frank LaMantia and Mrs Richard Bunten, mother of Rick Bunten, store manager. They went out for a sandwich and were believed to have been abducted Nonpareil photo by Dave Decker..
Old Chance Has Had A Full Life
Ol' Chance...may be a senior citizen in the canine world but to his master, Charles Thacjer, he's still top dog. The two met "by chance" 15 years ago.