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Crescent, Iowa File #2
photo of the K&K Little Corner Store and Breadeaux Pizza in Crescent Iowa
Lost records baffle clerk; Seemed to have vanished
People Still Care...about Reels Cemetery in Boomer Township. The cemetery is well kept although no one has been buried there in years. However, the township clerk, Billy Walters is baffled as to what happened to the records for the cemetery.
Crescent draws fun-loving crowd
Taking It Easy...during Saturday's Crescent Fun Days Parade is an unidentified big-wheel cycler. His ride in the back of a pickup wa part of what is called the biggest small town parade.
Bluffs' own slopes open for the season
Local ski lovers...needn't travel far from home--Council Bluffs' own slopes, Crescent Hills, are open again, complete with man-made snow.
Crescent turns tap on future
Lodge serves as a focal point at Mount Crescent.
Crescent turns tap on future
Highway signs welcome motorists to Crescent.
Crescent turns tap on future
Postal employee Erma Hanson of Honey Creek sorts through daily mail at the Crescent Post Office.
Beefland's Holding Pens
Beefland International is gearing up to slaughter and process up to 2,000 head of cattle per day. Storing the cattle prior to processing will be done in these holding pens situated on a sloped, concrete area that can be cleaned regularly. Cattle will…
Mammoth Cooling Facility
A giant sales cooler that will keep meat items at a minus 40 degree temperature is near the finishing stages at Beefland. With thousands of overhead rails to move the meat in and out of the cooler, the facility has a capacity for nearly a million…
Agree To Beefland Purchase
Beefland International Plant . . . which has been closed since January will be sold to a New York firm, pending approval of federal court and the boards of directors of American Beef Packers and Kane-Miller, Inc. of Tarrytown, N.Y.
Refrigeration Compressor
Plant Engineer Gene Baker inspects the 800-horsepower compressor that will meet the Beefland plant's refrigeration needs. The plant is scheduled to be in full operation early in 1970.
650 Beefland Workers Strike; Cite 'Unfair' Firm Practicses
On Picket Duty . . . Friday at Beefland International are James Brown of Omaha, R.J. Hunt of 2 Wright Road and Jim Cook of Neola. The 650 workers at the plant went out on strike at midnight.
Payday, Of Sorts, Comes To Beefland Plant Workers
Examining His Check . . . from Beefland International is Kenny Rostermundt of Manilla. Other workers crowd the gate at the closed plant to get the remainder of their pay.. There were a lot of disappointed faces.
First Load
The first load of meat transported by motor carrier left the Beefland International plant, 2700 Twenty-third Ave. Thursday afternoon. The 37,000-pound load of carcass beef, shipped by the Premier Trucking Service Co. of Carter Lake, is enroute to the…
Beefland Plans Dedication Of New Plant On Dec. 6-7
President Harry Nelson . . . raises an Iowa flag Friday afternoon at Beefland's plant site while Robert Knauss, operations vice president, and Ray Burke, vice president of marketing and transportation, stand by.
$4 Million Beefland Plant Gets Off The Cold Ground
Off The Ground . . . are the first of a scheduled 186 concrete columns that will be the walls of Beefland International, Inc.'s $4 million plant here. Standing in front of the project is David Slechta, carpenter with Anderson Construction Co., of…
Big Beef Slaughtering Plant To Locate In Council Bluffs - To Start With 200 Employees
Plans For Beef Packing Plant . . . are discussed by Ronald Kiger, Douglas Peters, Archie Gubbrud and Harry Nelson.
Beefland Will Build Hide Plant, Paunch Feed Facility Here
New Industries . . . will be built on land in the foreground located just northeast of the $4-million beef-slaughtering plant being constructed by Beefland International, Inc. The slaughtering plant, hide and cattle feed facilities are scheduled to…
Hide And Leather Plant Takes Care Of Cow's Leftovers
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Following The Style . . . of the main plant, Beefland's hide processing plant is being constructed at a cost of nearly $500,000.
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Ralph L. Bates
Following The Style . . . of the main plant, Beefland's hide processing plant is being constructed at a cost of nearly $500,000.
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Ralph L. Bates
Beefland Receives Funds
R.G. Dickenson, president of R.G. Dickenson and Co., Des Moines, Thursday presented a check for $5,596,500 to Harry J. Nelson, Council Bluffs, president of Beefland International Inc. The check represented proceeds from the 600,000-share public…