Preface

             From an area that was once a slough filled with cattails, to an area used as a dump, to a one field ball diamond, to an outstanding area containing three nice ball diamonds, is a brief history of the land on which the Council Bluffs Church Softball Association, Inc. now plays all its games.
             The Council Bluffs Church Softball league was informally organized in 1930. Only four teams were in that first league, and games were of the twilight variety, played on any vacant lot on which a diamond could be made.
             This history of the church league begins with the formal organization in 1933 when it was sponsored by the Council Bluffs Ministerial Association. The information was compiled by JoAnn Tews from articles found in the Council Bluffs Nonpareil which is on microfilm at the Council Bluffs Public Library.
             A sincere thank you goes to the reference librarians who were supportive and helpful in the research being done. Thanks also to some of the “old timers”, Bill Ballenger, Charlie O’Hara, and Homer Beezley for their bits and pieces of information they added to the history of the league.

                        Council Bluffs Church Softball Association, Inc.

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