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New Hoover School--First Step in modern building program.
[On back of photo: COUNCIL BLUFFS< IOWA -- Herbert Hoover School was the first completed under a program to modernize educational facilities for 11,000 youngsters.

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Selling Emerson School . . . are board secretary Elmo Hites and auctioneer Art Fritcher as Nishna Valley Supt. Lewis Doubleday and board president Frank Durbin confer.

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Harrison School...received this addition in December 0f 1950. It was one of the first buildings under the expansion program.

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Edison School...was built at Twenty-second St. and Third Ave. in September of 1952. It replaced the old Second Avenue School. Edison has more classrooms than any of the other structures built under the School Board's program since 1950/

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Gunn School Addition...was the last project conspired under the building program. It was completed in January of this year. But school officials say this isn't the end of new school building here, because more is needed.

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Hoover School...was the first new educational building in Council Bluffs since 1939. It was constructed in October of 1950. Soon after it was built, many other schools began going up in the city.

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Reading Up . . . on current trends in education is Dr. Leonard Gregory, superintendent of Council Bluffs schools. He notes a trend toward more vocational skills.

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Area residents are protesting the sale of the old Kirn Junior High School field which sits on a bluff overlooking Council Bluffs. The school will put the property on the auction block Feb. 3. Area residents want the property turned into a public…

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Scientific Illustrator...Jerry Livingston and writer-editor Jerome Petsch look over photographs and drawings to piece together a diagram of the Bertrand.

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Scoular-Bishop Grain Elevator 3th St. & 1st Ave.

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Eagle Scout Michael Howard of Avoca leads the retreat ceremony Thursday night by lowering the flag at the dedication ceremonies of the Little Sioux Scout Ranch. More than 2,000 persons attended the ceremonies at the camp which hosted its first…

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Standing At The Platform...at the Little Sioux Scout Ranch following dedication ceremonies of the camp are scout official Stan Michael, Ernest Hundahl, who donated 1, 200 acres for the camp, camp chief Ken Nickerson and Toshiji Inamori and Toshisada…

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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…

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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…

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Winners Of Special Awards...at the Trailblazer District Annual Banquet are Victor Oknewski, Mrs.. Helen Helaney, Max Lieurance, and Bill Bowlds.

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Pulling A Buggy...during activities Saturday are two of the hundreds of Boy Scouts who attended the annual Scoutorama at Westfair.

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Displaying Awards...received at a special recognition dinner Thursday are Southwest Iowans Peter E. Heineman, Robert E. Jungst, Evelyn M. Talbot, George E. Rose and Willis D. Frevert.

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Checking Gear...which will used by Boy Scouts as they recreate the Lewis and Clark trip is Eagle Scout Scott Neal of Council Bluffs. The scouts will travel nearly 3,500 miles by canoe and foot.
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