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Crescent turns tap on future
Highway signs welcome motorists to Crescent.
Crescent turns tap on future
Lodge serves as a focal point at Mount Crescent.
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 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.
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, Iowa File #2
photo of the K&K Little Corner Store and Breadeaux Pizza in Crescent Iowa
Meetings May Get Fire Rig Rolling In Crescent; Need Housing For Truck; Youngsters Run Siren, Jump Aboard For Ride
Ready To Roll...for a ride in the fire engine are Ralph Pratt, Vernon Miller, Harry Watts, Jake Brummer and Mayor Jiggs Pratt behind the wheel. But they'd like to see the rig ready to fight fires.
President Of Beefland Predicts Future Expansion Of Facilities
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A Small Array Of Workmen . . . put the finishing touches on Beefland International Incorporated's plant here. Pre-stressed concrete made in South Omaha was used for the building's exterior. The plant is scheduled to be in full operation early…
A Small Array Of Workmen . . . put the finishing touches on Beefland International Incorporated's plant here. Pre-stressed concrete made in South Omaha was used for the building's exterior. The plant is scheduled to be in full operation early…
26,000 Meals In '83? - 300 Volunteers Make It Possible
Delivering Meals . . . to Mr. and Mrs. David Dennie, 830 E. Pierce, is Meals On Wheels volunteer Mrs. James Somers, 906 Grandview Ave. The program is helpful to people like the Dennies, who have special dietary needs, but whose health problems make…
Meals On Wheels Gets New Van
Through cooperation of the Independent Insurance Agents of Council Bluffs and the New Car Dealers of Council Bluffs, Meals On Wheels Inc. has been presented a van truck to aid in distributing the hot meals. Mrs. Sue Feight, executive director of the…
$50,000 Modernization Project By Meadow Gold
Examining New Ice Builder . . . are Manager Joseph Cardani and Supt. George Skinner.
Houses Are No Longer Built Like Underwood Homestead
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Windows Galore . . . in the Donald McQuin home would pose problems for a housekeeper, especially at house-cleaning and curtain-washing time. More than 30 gallons of paint have been applied to the home, which was constructed nearly 70 years ago…
Windows Galore . . . in the Donald McQuin home would pose problems for a housekeeper, especially at house-cleaning and curtain-washing time. More than 30 gallons of paint have been applied to the home, which was constructed nearly 70 years ago…
25th Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Donald McQuin of Underwood will observe their silver wedding anniversary with an open house at their farm home Sunday from 2 to 5 p.m. The couple was married March 8, 1934, at Nebraska City, Neb. They have three daughters, Patricia at…
McPaul Depot Gets Home On The Farm
Contemplating Changes . . . for the old McPaul Depot is Mrs. Marjorie Askew of Thurman. Mrs. Askew and her husband, Ed, have purchased the depot and are planning to remodel it into a combination guesthouse-family recreation center. The station had to…
Auto Dealers: Business Good; But Farmers Are Not Buying
McMullen Ford
Council Bluffs, Iowa
Council Bluffs, Iowa
Seven 'Kids' Are Building Mom McIntosh A House - On Weekends And Holidays
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Finishing Touches . . . require more care and are slowing down progress. Four of the builders, Lynell J. McIntosh, Bill Jorgensen, Earl Christiansen and George Jorgensen, were at work Saturday.
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The "Boss" . . . active Mrs.…
Finishing Touches . . . require more care and are slowing down progress. Four of the builders, Lynell J. McIntosh, Bill Jorgensen, Earl Christiansen and George Jorgensen, were at work Saturday.
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The "Boss" . . . active Mrs.…
Growing Crescent is 'thinking young'
Symbolizing The Change...in Crescent in the past few years is the Esancy Addition admired here by Crescent Mayor Mark Hunter. The streets in the addition are concrete instead of the oiled gravel that for years served as the only street surface in…
Growing Crescent is 'thinking young'
Checking The Crescent Ski Hills...recreation area northwest of Crescent is Mayor Mark Hunter, standing near the ski lodge. Hunter said the skiing area is a big drawing card both in the winter and the summer, when the hills are used by hang-gliding…
One-lungers still chug at Crescent
Checking Over...one of his many old "one lung" gasoline engines is Glen Osborne of Rural Crescent. Osborne, who has farmed all of his life, began collecting the engines a few years ago, and has put many of them back into operating order.
Fire Department At Crescent Now Housed In New Quarters
Standing On The Running Board...of the 1946 model truck owned by the Crescent Volunteer Fire Department is Fire Chef Jim Evans. A fund drive was underway to replace the truck when it finally "gave up the ghost" during a fire run, The firemen hope to…