New Year Buzz at Rolscreen and Office News
The plant fires off twelve loud steam whistles to ring in the new year while staff return to routine. Nellie Dingeman starts a storage cupboard project herself. Wilma Van Weyngarden plans a January wedding in Prairie City. Billie and best wishes greeting others. Charlie Sparks and Eva visit Louisiana for Christmas and New Year. LeRoy Baughman chases The Outlaw in Des Moines, hoping for front-page fame. Office spring cleaning continues with window and display updates. New staff Dick Van Zante joins Engineering after Town State College. Emma Gilchrist vacations near Creston with sister. Cornell College basketball team visited the factory for a Central College tournament led by Hill Kilpatrick. The mailing department publishes the January Rolscreen Topics and Pella Product News. Venetian Blind Dept handles large orders for Detroit, Quincy, and Clarksdale projects. Atomic Energy Commission Lab orders 269 Rolscreens for Rochester. 146 Pella Casement Windows go to Phi Delta Theta at the University of Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa
Nellie Dingeman
Wilma van Weyngarden
Prairie City
Billie
Charlie Sparks
Eva
Louisiana
LeRoy Baughman
Jane Russell
Des Moines
LeRoy
Margaret de Jong
Dick van Zante
Town State College
Florence
Farmer
Henrietta
Shirley van Hall
Ience
Emma Gilchrist
Creston
Cornell
Central College
Hill Kilpatrick
Edward Barnes
Ellsworth
Illinois
Pella
Rosscreen
Venetian Blind Department
Albright
Detroit
Michigan
Court House
Quincy
Minois
Clarksdale
Mississippi
News From Nearby Towns Highlights Holiday Gatherings
Social notes from Leighton and nearby areas recount Christmas visits and multi-family gatherings. families from Oskaloosa Eddyville Council Bluffs and Pella attended dinners and anniversaries. singing groups and church events plus local school activities are mentioned along with a hospital surgery update for Fred Den Burger in Houston Texas.
Local Visit Noted at Spoelstra Home
In a social item from Oskaloosa a woman confined to bed with weights on both feet is mentioned. A Monroe visit occurred with Mr and Mrs Jake Spoelstra and Mr and Mrs Bert Spoelsten visiting the Charles Spoelstra home on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oskaloosa
Jake Spoelstra
Bert Spoelsten
Monroe
Charles Spoelstra
Galesburg News Social and church notices mix
The Galesburg column records Mrs. K Carpenter and others hosting and visiting. Christian Ladies Aid Society held a December 28 meeting with poems, songs, prayer, officers elected including Anne De Penning as president, and a year end lunch.
Science Ponders Heating Milk House for Winter Work
Cold weather speeds milk house chores but risks high bacteria counts if cleaning and cooling are rushed. Engineers propose spot heating with lamps or radiant heaters, full room heat via fans, or heat pump heaters using hot water radiators or milk cooler compressors.
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Deep South
De Jong Community Notes Ring In New Year 1950
Peoria News highlights holiday greetings and local references. Dale A De Young and Francene Patrick of Oskaloosa visited Chicago with Janice Nell Da Young, then returned for the New Year weekend with her family. Willa Mae Vroegh ill with chicken pox. Miriam Joy Vos and Carolyn Marie Vos baptized. Hilda Vander Hart guest of De Jong family. Les Ryan dies after stroke.
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Herman A. de Jong
Dale Arthur de Young
Francene Patrick
Oskaloosa
Chicago
Illinois
Janice Nell da Young
John D. de Young
Willa Mae Vroegh
Clarence Vos
Grand Rapids
Michigan
John A Mulder
Miriam Joy Vos
Jacob Vos
Carolyn Marie " Vos
Corie Vos
Hilda Vander Hart
Herman “A. de Jong
Sarah Vos
Margaret
Pella
Les Ryan
Funeral Rites Held for 53 Year Old at New Sharon
Funeral services were conducted at the Methodist Church in New Sharon Iowa for a 53 year old. The Rev Underwood led the service where a men's quartet including Thomas Vander Hart Jacob Vander Melen Harold Pethoven and Bert Swank sang Going Down the Valley and Nearer My God to Thee by request. Connie Vander Linden and friend Dick De Jong visited from De Town after trips to Florida and other states on Tuesday. Miss Anna Fynaardt was a guest Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs Tunis Fynaardt. Newly elected elders Thomas Vander Hart and Gerrit P De Jong and deacon John A De Jong were installed during Sunday morning services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Stanrdema
Marion Swank
Christian “Church
Aid Society
Aid Room
Arthur Dearinger
Wilbur Sparks
Anne de Penning
Merlin Schnug
Florence Oswalt
Francis Heembergen
Arthur” Dearinge
Florence _Oswalt
Francis Heemsbergen
John Ver Steeg
Andrew Hoekstra
Loell Carpenter
Darrell de Bruyn
Bill Hendricks
Bryce
Royce
Harold Schnug
Marilyn
Virginia
Sherrill
Clyde Rawlins
Doris
Lois
Beverly
Gerald de Bruyn
Louie Groves
Oskaloosa
Anderson of
Sully
Harry Zickel
Arther Steeg
Andrew Hoelstra
Ann
Alesburg
Gales School
Thursanday
Joyce Baarda
Kenneth Carpenter
N. W. Miller
Newton
Curtis Dearinger
Roy Dearinger
Max Wheeler
Norma Lou
Arlene
Donald
Monroe
Charles
John D. de Young
Peter C. Jonker
Peter Franje
Harriet Swank
Andrew Vander Linden
Larks Club
John ©. Roose and Son
Ray de Groot
Jona
Martena
Ana Vander Molen
Pella
Iwo
John F. Wester
Henry Vander Linden
Anne Vander Linden
Betty
Bernice
Rose Hill
Elmer Veldhuizen
Gladys Veldhuizen
Dorothy Dahm
Bert Bandstra
Central College
Donald van Wyngarden
van Wyngarden
Kanawha
Martin A. de
Johanna Vos
Miriam
A. C. de Jong
Helen Vos
Methodist Church
New Sharon
Iowa
Underwood
Thomas Vander Hart
Jacob Vander Melen
Harold Pethoven
Bert Swank
God
Connie Vander Linden
Dick de Jong
de Town
Florida
Anna Fynaardt
Cancer Society funds new lead-shielded laboratories
The Cancer Society funds a new laboratory complex designed with heavy lead and concrete shielding for the study of cellular metabolism. Initial projects include kidney tumor metabolism, normal and abnormal tissue metabolism, and bone marrow research under Dr. H. B. Elkins and Dr. Willis M. Fowler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cancer Committee
College of Medicine
H. B. Elkins
Willis M. Fowler
Potter admires wrong newborn as nurse corrects him
Jim Potter of Algona took his mother in law to see his newborn grandson but, standing outside the glass enclosure, he praised features of the wrong baby and was told by a nurse he was admiring the misidentified infant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Potter
Algona
Mr. Potter
First Regular Newspaper Began in Germany in 1609
A historic note records that the first newspaper published regularly appeared in Germany in 1609, marking a milestone in periodical journalism and public information dissemination.
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Germany
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Leighton News
Don de Prenger
Gene Sedrel
Washington
W. T. Hobbs
Connie de Jong
al Albertson
Billy
K. Albertson
Lake Park
Harry den Burger
Ray den Hartog
Glenda
Council Bluffs
John den Hartog
Betty den Hartog
R.S. Duffy
Jack
Jim
Floyd Lowman
Eddyville
HL. Huperus
John Bos
Earl Brummel
Mel Brummel
Brummel
Beulah Klein
Dwayne Johnson
Leighton
Johnson
Dwight Douglas
Cliff Paul
Tracy
Howard Rowland
Steve de Cook
Stevie
Joyce
Herman Kling
M. M. de Reus
First Reformed Church of
Ebenezer Reformed Church
Bob Veenstra
Son
Muscatine
Henry Veenstra
John Grandia
Arthur den Adel
Moline
Dave Grandia
Bertha den Adel
Ebenezer Reformed S. S
Farm Bureau
Peter de Boer
Ro B. Vos
Frank van Haaften
R. E. Bannister
Janesville
Frances Seslinga
Leighton Independent School
Grinnell
Fred den Burger
Houston
Texas
Tory
Tim
Jean Beekhuizen
En Hema
Jake Ustermarkt Do
Pell
Cornie de Jong
Elmer de Prenger
Neal de Pren
Holstein
Oskaloosa Sales Pavilion
Waterloo
Merner
Cedar Falls
Knapp
LEO A. Hoyt & Sons
Owners
Harold H. Lisk
Galesburg
K. Carpenter
Awtry
Connie Slycord
Norman
Robert
Dean
Joe Awtry
Vern Whitaman
South Dakota
Rex Woody
Dunnick Place
Harry Awtry
Clifford Dearinger
Brien
Lorraine
Martin Dearinger
Annie Vander Chicago
Miss J Linden
Ella Rice
Garwin and Ndy Center
Owa
de Young
Dale Arthur
Janice Nell
Marily Marcia Jean
Lois Faye
Wilma Joanne
John A. de Jong
Andrew Bandstra
Bert
Gerrit A. de Jong
John C
Martin A. de Jong
Alice
Effie
Nelson Pliema
Melvin E. Dear
Peoria News
Pony Express
Repuve D.sky
the Raven
A. Shakespeare
Henry W.longfellow
A.conan Doyie
D.edgar A. Pos
London
Babylon
Pisa
D- Washington
VOS
Edgar A. Poe
Warner
van Gorp Hatchery
DAIRY
Pella Sale Barn
Jersey
Geurnsey Springer
Geurnsey Bulls
Pella Sale CO
Vander Zyl Bros
Pella National Bank
Cancer Society
The
C. S. van Hemert
Lynnville
Our
Representa
Marion
Mahaska
Jasper Counties
John Liter
Hubble Ave
Des Moines, Iowa
Geo. Pugh
Colfax Sale Company
Colfax
Aps
Bell
Shields Flrst National Bank
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