Rolscreening Notes From Pella and Beyond
The Pella Rolscreen division reports cold weather woes with cars not starting but workers walking or hitching rides. Paul Farrer attends a Venetian Blind convention in San Diego and plans visits to L A, San Francisco, Seattle, and Salt Lake City. Also mentions office upgrades, a Netherlands visitor, and condolences to Dick Den Adel on his mother's death.
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Pella
Paul Farrer
San Diego
California
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Seattle
Salt Lake City
Knoxville
Marjorie Miller
Satuday
Earl Feaster
Jim van Niewenhun
Henrietta
van der Pol
Bob McVay
Hertha Rozendaal
Marion County
Pella Third Church
Ned Hedi
Bill Kilpatrick
J. van Houwelingen
Bussum
Netherlands
Rolsereen
Rolsereen Company
van Houwelingen
Aimstedam
States
Dick den Adel
News from the Home for the Aged Residents and Visits
Community notes from the Home for the Aged list numerous visits from relatives and friends including Versen, Van Sant, Vos, Vander Wilt, Langstraat, Den Hartog, Vink, Vanden Berg, and Weeda. It notes illnesses and care, a caregiver shortage, and the passing of Mary Mathes on January 9. Nancy Hiemstra went to Mahaska Hospital for treatments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Versendaal
Joan
Adrian
Sally
Clarence van Sant
Grinnell
Dirk Geenen
Jan Vos
M. van Gorp
Barnes
Des Moines
Pete Vos
Otley
H. Vander Wilt
Don Vander Veer
Peter Vander Wal
Rut Leydens
Pete Langstraat
Dick Langstraat
Paul Langstraat
John de Jong
L. Langstraat
Sam den Hartog
Ep den Hartog
John den Hartog
Kien Klein
C. den Hartog
Mart Vink
Sully
Mary Brand
Sarah Mathes
Nancy Hiemstra
Mahaska Hospital
Oskaloosa
Cottington Ayrshire Kiddies Have Nine Grandparents
Grandchildren of F. D. Cottingham of Ayrshire are described as having nine grandparents. The unusual family notes include four grandparents plus three great grandfathers and two great grandmothers, with two step great grandmothers and one step great grandfather also mentioned.
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F. D. Cottington
Ayrshire
Market Litter Show details and sponsors
The Market Litter Show promotes efficient hog production with no entry fee, stressing section, growing, feeding, management, showing, and marketing on a market basis. Schedule outlines pens by 5 pm March 1, judging at 7 pm, and awards at 2:00 pm March 2. Sponsored by Iowa Swine Producers Assn and partners. entries due February 15, 1950.
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Iowa Swine Producers Ass'n
Iowa State College
University of Issouri
Vocational Agricultural Dept
Iowa
Missouri
Ottumwa Chamber of Commerce
John Morrell & Co
John H. Dohagne
Wilbur Plager
Swine Producers Ass'n
Suervise
E. L. Quaife
Swine Special
Vocational Agricultural Instruct
North Missouri
Voice of the Public praises Pella Chronicle support
A reader from Pella Iowa writes to thank The Chronicle staff and local citizens for swiftly supplying props for Central College's You Can’t Take It With You. The letter notes the paper’s wide reach of over 4000 homes and calls Pella cooperative for theater productions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ver Steeg
Pella
Town
The
Chronicle
Towa
Maurice Birdsall
Central College
Deductions from Pay Of Public Employees Raised to Three Pct
Public employees will pay 50 percent more in old age retirement contributions in 1950. Beginning with the first salary weeks in the new year deductions will take three percent of the worker's wages. Amounts withheld are matched by the employing agency. The reserve funds retirement benefits for workers retiring at 65 and for survivors of state, county, township, school district, city and town employees earning up to $50 in a calendar quarter. The reserve is large, and the unemployment security opinion reports more than 65,000.
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Benning
Iowa public employee retirement fund status and 1950 projections
The fund has collected over $11 million in total contributions since 1946 with $943,000 in benefits paid and a reserve of more than $10.9 million. With 1949 wage-based rate increases, 1950 contributions are projected at about $7.48 million. December benefits totaled $72,210 for 2,246 recipients, and 1949 annual payments reached $593,800. Administration costs are state funded. retirements applications are handled at all Iowa employment service offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa State Employment Service
Iowa 1949 Boom Sees Industrial and Farm Gains
Iowa's 1949 summary shows farming strength with beef cattle hogs eggs and poultry leading nationwide output while corn oats and honey outpaced the country. Industry hit a new high with two billion dollars of production and 40 new manufacturers across 30 counties. New plants added 2000 jobs and 2 million dollars to payroll as postwar expansion continued.
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Iowa
Towa
Town’s Industry Surges with 340+ New Manufacturers Added
The industrial growth chart reports 340 plus new manufacturing businesses, 22,000 new jobs, and payroll gains estimated at 52 million dollars. Town factories employ 145,000 workers, slightly below the 1948 peak, with weekly pay around 52.95 dollars and an annual wage near 2400 dollars. Major Iowa industries remain food processing, meat packing, machinery, publishing, chemicals, and minerals. Banking and insurance sectors stay strong amid retail growth. Population in 1949 is estimated at 2,643,000.
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Towa
Iowa
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Old Country
Houwelingen
Grimm
Dakota No. 12
Ranger
Ladak
Arizona
Bakker
Rus
Voice of
William Penn College
Wendell Farr
Tysseling’s Shoe Store
Darling, Green Top
S. and
Reserve District No
Pella National Bank
U. S
United States
Federal Reserve Bank
State of
Marion
As. I
C. Smorenberg
Hattie Gezel
J. R. Drake
C. F. Dykstra
D. S. DE Haan
G. A. Andreas E
Cook
Vermeer
Eeee
WWWI
Pella Supply CO
Connie van Roekel
Jay Taylor
Onslow
Mr. Taylor
Lloyd Hird
Kooyman's
S. Hird and
S. Kooyman
Hubbard’s
Tulip City
Tulip
Bran
Brom Hatchery
Colfax Sale Company
Fiuyers
Sayers
Packe
Timothy
E. S. Meckley Estate
Newton
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