Abraham Lincoln High School - Crimson and Blue Yearbook (Council Bluffs, IA)

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CCUNCIL BLUFFS BATTLES THE RI ER When the history of the Missouri's greatest flood is completed, the Council Bluffs chapter will certainly be one of the most heroic. For, when Council Bluffs citizens saw disaster coming on the April floodtide of the mighty river, they battled with every resource at their command to save their homes, their industries, their town. It was hard work, dirty, grueling, tense and desperate work as thousands of Southwest Iowa people, the army, the engineers, the utility companies, WX ,K M' and the railroads all combined in a superhuman effort to meet the rolling 30.2 crest. No other effort in the history of Council Bluffs was more magnificent. Cour- age and spirit of that caliber could not be denied, and it was not. The town won against the river! With people of such fiber, such courage, and such selfless devotion to a community task, Council Bluffs can look to the future with even greater confidence in her strength, unity, and purpose. Man Against the Missouri.-Broadway merchants as far east as Main Street sandbag their business houses against the menace of the river . . . Linemen prepare to string lights along the dikes to keep levee workers on a twenty-four- hour basis . . . Flashboards, shown here in the building stage, save the city when the crest exceeds levee height . . . The eastward movement, as trucks carry belongings of people from the danger areas . . . Men wait their turn at city hall while the manpower pool makes assignments for levee duty. tml

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Council Bluffs in Pictures On Page 6: Council Bluffs is proud of its many memorials, such as the Black Angel by the famous sculptor, Daniel Chester French, in com- memoration of Anne Dodge, wife of General Grenville M. Dodge. Another historical memorial is the old pioneer log cabin which now serves as a museum for the Pottawattamie County Historical Society . . . Recreation areas help a city's well-being. Fairmount Park in the bluffs offers outstanding picnic facilities, playgrounds, and drives . . , Stately old homes, like those pic- tured, combine with newer ones to make Council Bluffs a fine residence city. 1' v-4 On Page 7: Important to Council Bluffs are her young people and their education. Hoover School is one of several new buildings included in the school system's construction program . . . A city must work to live. Among the big breadwinners are the Union Pacific, symbolized here by its familiar bridge over the Missouri River, and the huge Griffin Car Wheel Company, third largest plant producing railway car wheels in the United States , . . In the panoramic view are seen many of the varied elements that contribute to the success of Council Bluffs: homes, industries, rail- road yards, rich farm lands, and grain elevators. .IM

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A. L. High School Helps Fight the Flood.-Hundreds of temporarily homeless are housed in the Abraham Lincoln High School gym . . . Disregarding the age rule for levee workers, A. L. boys fill sandbags and join the sandbag line of the round-the-clock fight . . . A. L. volunteers at work on the dikes symbolize all the men and boys who helped keep the city from going under . . . Lynx-men pause for coffee brought by mdbile canteeng then it's back to the battle again. xl- L 5' a . ', Lili' I Q Q .J l 4. -. X 'J lk Q 1 5, M girl X A Vs, A in i lr . Jw W - Q. Am ll .3 fs! A! F Qrw ' . .' la 3 Y 'egg'-1',4q!-T. 'A