Varsity Cheerleaders...for Thomas Jefferson High School form the numeral "50" signifying the celebration of the school's 50th year in Council Bluffs. Forming the five, from top to bottom, are Cam Rossie, Toni Jackson, Denise Walker, and Gloria…
Gov. And Mrs. Robert D. Ray...sit at the head table at the Thomas Jefferson High School Jubilee Thursday night with Schools Supt. and Mrs. Robert Benton. About 1,500 Tee Jay supporters and alumni attended the celebration in the fieldhouse. Guests…
Janet Wray, Thomas Jefferson Senior...puts finishing touches on the Yellow Jacket, while drama instructor Reuben H. Fanders gives helpful hints. The Yellow Jackets mascot will join the letters TJHS and the school's seal on a curtain to overshadow…
In "T" Formation...are Linda Cleveland, Polla Hurd and Barbary Newberry, from front to back; and Denise Smith, Karen Wipkey and Patty Quant, in rear line.
The Spirit Stick...and first place blue ribbon won by Tee Jay cheerleaders are displayed by the team. In front is Jann Fernley; middle row, Lou Ann Hurd and Jan Nemecek; back row, Ruby Arnold, Pam Davis, and Capt. Georgia Culek.
Mrs. Elsie Springer...guidance secretary in the new Thomas Jefferson High School counseling center, talks with Toni Head, a T.J. junior. The guidance staff moved into the newly remodeled office about two weeks ago.
At Ground-breaking for Tee Jay Gym...are Athletic Director Frank LaMantia, Student Council members Maureen Kratzke, Marti Jo Weber, Pearl Dinovo and Verda Smith, Miss Minnie B. Rupp, and Mrs. Chester Chase, PTA president.
Lake Manawa . . . is all but deserted now. The thousands of swimmers, boaters and picnickers who used its facilities during the summer are gone. Only a few fishermen now dot its shores.
Dredged areas of Lake Manawa (1) are easily seen in this air photo, taken from a height of 10,000 feet. Areas designated as No. 2 are those which will be dredged if Council Bluffs raises the balance of its $25,000 pledged for the project. The…
Malvern Is Proud . . . of this log cabin in the city's Paddock Park. The cabin, over 100 years old, was the home of Gov. Robert Ray's great-grandfather. The one-room cabin was restored last year and dedicated by Gov. Ray.
An Antique Hearse . . . which will appear in the Malvern Heritage Days parade is checked by Karl Hertz of the Mansfield-Hertz Funeral Home in Malvern. Hertz said the solid mahogany vehicle hasn't been out of the warehouse since the Malvern Centennial…
Nishna Cottage Nursing Home . . . in Malvern will be replaced this year by a new 50-bed facility at the town's east end. The old home, currently housing 39 people, will be used for residential care patients.
Parade Autos . . . include a 1924 Model T Ford owned and displayed by a Malvern Ford man, R.W. Salyers of Salyers Auto Co., in business since 1910. Salyers has another Model T which was made in 1922.
Carl Whitney, grocer at Malvern, is one of many in Southwest Iowa with faces groomed for 1969 centennials. Malvern will celebrate its centennial Sept. 7 through 12. Emerson will hold celebrations May 1 through Sept. 1; Avoca's centennial will be June…
The Ticket Window . . . is no longer a busy spot in many railroad stations. Don Gleason, agent for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy, hands a Burlington folder through the window in the station at Malvern to portray a scene once familiar in the days…
Relegated To A Dark Corner . . . is the old grand piano, all that's left of the Malvern Opera House. Roy Mansfield, whose furniture store now occupies the building, inspect the old instrument.