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TJ's Evening Of Fresh Aire
Thomas Jefferson High School students and graduates are presenting a tribute to R.H. Flanders Thursday at 12:30 p.m. and Friday and Saturday at 7:30 p.m. Fanders, seated in the center of the group, is T.J.'s former drama teacher and current…
To Be Granted Distinguished Service Award
Mrs. Houghton
To Dedicate New Clarinda Church
New Edifice...of St. Clarie's Catholic Church will be dedicated at Clarinda Sunday.
To Dedicate New School - $225,000 Elementary Building Now In Use
New Elementary School Building . . . at Elliott will be site of dedication service Sunday. The nine-room structure is already in use.
To Emerson Man, It's Still 'Ye Olde Keystone School' - 70 Years Since His Last Class
At The Door . . . of the school where he received all his formal education is Ernie Cole, 84-year-old Emerson farmer.
To feed machine . . .
To feed machine . . . an all hydraulic gantry crane sits high above wheels and rails to keep the hungry shredder's hopper full. Big jaws on the crane easily grab an auto off the pile of thousands on hand. The bodies are fed into the Alter yard from…
To Finish Work With Dedication - Nazarene Expansion Includes New Tower
Remodeled First Church of the Nazarene . . . shows the newly constructed entry way and educational unit which was begun in 1946.
To Head New Office
Leo A. Hoegh poses here today after President Eisenhower picked him to head the new Office of Defense and Civilian Mobilization which opens for business July 1. Hoegh now directs the Civil Defense Administration, which is being merged with the Office…
To Instruct
Gerald W. Kirn
To live with the Harding Family . . . Diplomacy comes naturally for student from Spain
Looking at paintings of Granada . . . are Janet and Joan Harding, Jose Montoya and Warren Harding. The color sketches were brought by Jose as gifts to the Hardings. --Nonpareil Photo.
To Plan Armory For Expansion
The Dodge Light Guard Armory at Pearl St. and Fifth Ave. will be replaced with a new $200,000 structure. The newer section of the building, at the left, will be retained. The outlined section will be razed.
To Raze Buildings
These buildings at Seventh street and Fifth avenue will be razed for construction of a new St. Francis high school building. The high school occupies the center building, while the sisters are now housed in the left wing. The auditorium is at the…
To spend year with Robnetts, Icelander gets ready for coldest winter of life
Shopping for winter coat . . . at local store is Gunnar Sigurosson. Helping him are Robert and Marcia Robnett, hosts for the foreign exchange student. --Nonpareil Photo.
To Vacate Oldest School On Friday; New Tinley School To Replace Eighth Street
New Tinley School...on southwest corner of Eighth St. and Avenue G is ready for occupancy. Students will move from the Eighth Street School, left, into the new $344,000 building on Friday.
Toastmasters hear Miss Roy
Presenting trophy . . . to Jacqueline Roy for an outstanding speech is Toastmaster C.R. Williams. Lawton Larson is in the center. -- Nonpareil Photo.
Today
Today...the same space is occupied by The Nonpareil publishing plant. The paper's building was created shortly after fire destroyed the Brown building in the middle 20's.
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Today...all the old buildings are gone, except the one at extreme left. Dominating the present scene are the B and G Hosiery Shops, the Clark Drug Store and Joe Smith and Co. Citizens no longer line stiffly for such a common occurrence as a…
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Today...Beno's Department Store stands on a portion of the site where the [New Pacific] hotel was located. The new hotel was shifted into a wing of what is now the Wickham Building after an 1872 fire. The new hotel closed in 1893. Today streetcars…
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Today...a modern fireproof building has replaced the old structure. It was complete four years after the fire. The wagon trail and most of the small elms are gone but the smooth lawn of the School has an abundance of shade trees. The tower on the…
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Today...the 2,000,000 gallon capacity reservoir has been capped. The job was completed in the fall of 1942. Much of the heavy shrubbery has disappeared off the hill behind, although this picture was taken in the winter. A caretaker used to live in…