Production Pressures Hit Rolscreenings Output
Raw materials remain difficult to secure though daily production runs include about 450 venetian blinds 100 Rol screens and 150 casement units Demand for Pella products stays strong yet is limited by material deliveries The plant recently received two carloads of lumber and two more await unloading Nearby two former Rosscreen employees Bob Sherwood and Tiny Wilkins attend as visitors with Kuyper named program chair for the Town Manufacturers Association
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Rosscreen
Penn
Bob Sherwood
Stu Kuyper
Tiny” Wilkins
Toh
Fragments From Iowa Community Notes And Local Anecdotes
A collage of small town happenings includes store operations in Tda Grove Iowa and Iowa State College. The piece mentions birthdays, gifts, office quirks, mail from Des Moines, hobbies, and light gossip about Rosscreen personalities, with casual references to local workers and fashion obsessions.
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Iowa State College
Tda Grove
Iowa
Albany
New York
Ott
Erma Wallace
Erma
Koopmans
Patricia Joy
Sgouse
Gosselink
Idaho
Gene Wormboudt
Marie de Bruin
Julia van Arkel
Des Moines
Birthdays and visits at the Home for the Age
February events include birthdays for Mrs. D Geen en age 52 and Miss Christina Van Gorp age 48. Residents and visitors from New Sharon Oskaloosa Des Moines Sully Leighton and Leighton share social visits and a 26th wedding anniversary celebration for Mr. and Mrs. Wm Rempe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. Geenen
Christina van Gorp
Raymond Younkin
New Sharon
Mary Pethoven
Oskaloosa
M. van Gorp
Barnes
Des Moines
Henry Vander Wilt
Jake Langstraat
John Langstraat
P. K. de Jong
Minnie Rillihan
Nancy Heemstra
Leighton
Wm. Rempe
G. Klein
Peter Lubberden
Marion County over quota in 47 bond purchases
Marion County exceeded its 1947 savings bond quota with 103 percent, totaling 2,825,000 dollars. Mahaska and Jasper counties fell short or met, while Iowa as a whole posted a large increase in bond sales versus 1946, led by state volunteers and bank staff for the Treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
Iowa Businessen
Treasury Department
Iowa
United States Savings
Aly
California
Hiinois
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Lowa
Roger F. Warin
Towa
ITT
United States
Tama
Taylor
Calhoun
Greene
Mahaska County
Jasper County
Pay of Teachers Of Rural Schools Is Much Higher
Marion county rural teachers have seen steady pay increases over eight years. In many districts pay reaches 200 dollars, with a 150 dollar minimum noted by County Superintendent Sylvian M Platts. History from 1940 shows average 59.47 monthly, rising through 1942 and 1944 45 to 80 165 monthly. The 1945 outlook places top at 200 and bottom at 150, with about half earning 110 or more. The superintendent cites better training and improved lower grades education as improving overall teaching quality. Knox County Journal.
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Marion County
Sylvian M. Platts
Knoxville Journal
Pella Products Incorporated details and governance notice
Notice provides the incorporation of Pella Products, Incorporated, with principal office in Pella, Iowa. It outlines engaged activities in wearables and related goods, authorized capital stock of 85000.00, 20 year corporate life, five to twelve directors, named initial directors, officers and terms, and liability provisions for stockholders. The document lists initial officers J. G. Klein as President and Arthur Klein as Secretary.
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Pella Products, Incorporated
Pella
Marion County
Towa
Board of Directors
Othe Wise
Board
J. G. Klein
Robert J. Klein
Arthur Klein
C. Kershe
Victual
Blazing Arrows win Court of Honor patrol contest
Scout News reports a February investiture ceremony at the Rev. fanis residence where Robert Van der Lugt Elliot Tanis and others were inducted with Scout neckerchiefs and Tenderfoot badges. Senior Patrol Leader Robert Hackett and Patrol Leader Carl Ver Steeg assisted as the Blazing Arrows claimed the patrol contest ending the Court of Honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fanis
Robert, Vander Lugt
Elliot Tanis
Robert” Hackett
Carl Ver Steeg
Arrows Edge Lions Patrol in Patrol Meet
Arrows scored 169 points to the Lions 152 as both teams compete in the Blazing Arrow Patrol event. A copy of Scout Field Book will be presented at the meet on February 19. Lions Patrol vows to win the next contest.
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Lion Patrol
Blazing Arrow Patrol
Ing
Also Mentioned on This Page
P. J. Kuyper
Town Manufacturers' Association
South Pella
J. H. Shinn Hatchery
Oskaloosa St
Pella, Iowa
Ozinga Tire Service
Clinton
Benton
South Dakota
Grimm
Wittenburg’s Feed Store
Broadway
van der Veer
Jake van der Veer
June de Zwarte
June
Louie
Ruth Burdick
Glenn Small
Bill Kilpatrick
Wilma Schakel
Orval Sage
Marion Toom
Wilma
Home For the Age
Earl
Breuklander
C. Kersbergen
Ed Wesselink
Menninga & Vander Linden
Scout News
Blazing Arrows
Court of Honor
Blazi
Continental Post Hole Diggers
Art Dept
G. & W. Studios
Phillips 66
Grootveld Oil CO
Vogelaar
Ben
Vogelaar’s
Gary
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