Rolscreenings at Pella Office Sees Industry Leaders Visit
Last week five state representatives toured the Pella plant, praising the firm’s products amid tough times. Dr. Allen Stockdale spoke on makers of tomorrow, stressing industrywide teamwork, while orders from New York and Chicago rolled out. Personnel shortages and light-hearted office humor accompanied the week.
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Pella
Rank Mikkelsen
New York City
Ed J. Buschmann
Halelone
New Jersey
Donald Consert
Johnson City
Tenesee
An T. Kimber
Little Rock
Rkansas
Clifford Stuben
Lincoln
Nebraska
Allen Stockdale
Speakers Bureau
the National Assn. of Manufacturers
Dr. Stockdale
Makers of Tomorrow
Ernie Crouter
NAM
Ed. Kimball
Vaughan & Sons
Houston
Texas
Casement
Carl Clark
Albert Olivier
New York
Seven Farmers Complete Mahaska Soils District Plans
Seven farmers from Monroe and Pleasant Grove Townships led by Cecil Brower completed farm conservation plans with Mahaska County Soil Conservation District technician Ray Hunter. The group conducted four planning meetings after a contour layout demonstration in April, toured farms, and prepared long term conservation steps to stop land loss.
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Monroe
Pleasant Grove
Cecil Brower
Ivan Baker
Louis Holub
Paul Synhorst
Boyd McCurdy
Cecil Hasty
Omer Andewes
Ray Hunter
Mahaska County
Brewer
Hunter
Wm. Jager
Harrison Township
Scuss
Frank Jager
Paul Boyd
Adams Two
Lyall Mitch
Marriage and divorce totals climb in 1945
Mahaska county records show higher marriage and divorce counts in 1945 than 1944. Marriages rose to 224 and 55 divorces for the year, with a late surge of 26 licenses issued in December. 1943 had the peak divorce rate with 71 decrees and 124 marriages.
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Mahaska County
Sin Wa
Caroline Connell
Roy KE. Rowland
Seed shortages loom for 1946 crops in Town State
Town agronomists warn 1945 legume seed production fell short and alfalfa clover white clover and Kentucky bluegrass seed may be scarce. Imports from Canada Argentina and the UK are noted as essential, with Canada the main source for alfalfa and sweetclover. Farmers are expected to shift land to hay and pasture as wartime farming declines.
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Corr Town State College Agronomists
United States
Argentina
Canada
Twins Born On Different Days In Chariton Family
Mrs. Marshall Cherryholmes of Chariton welcomes twin sons born on different days. One baby arrived on Sunday December 0 and the other on Monday December 31, forcing the family to bake two birthday cakes yearly.
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Marshall Cherryholmes
Chariton
Mrs. Cherryholme
Home for the Aged News Digest of Visitors
The report lists numerous visits to residents of the Home for the Aged including Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Huiskens Mrs. G Klein and Mr. Klein Andrew De Penning Peter Lubberden Ruth Fepma John De Vries Langstraat Den Hartog Vos Vander Wilt Van Baalen De Bruin De Jong Keuning Ver Dught Jabaai and others. The gathering highlights frequent social calls between residents and extended families across multiple families and towns.
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Cornelius
Van
Peter van
John de Jom
Peter Pol
Leendert Langstaat
Abe den Hartog
Henry den Hartog
John den Hartog
Sam den Hartog
Arie Klein
den Hartog
Neal Jabaai
W. den Hartog
Snake found in Iowa pump house on New Year’s Eve
R A Hanover of Gladbrook discovered a three foot bullsnake in a dark pump house on December 31. He stepped on the reptile by accident but later killed it with a coal shovel when he realized the danger in the darkness.
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Iowa
R.A. Hanover
Gladbrook
Mr. Hanover
Vote to Liquidate Sioux County Fair
The Sioux County Fair Board has voted to liquidate the assets of the fair association. The liquidation includes the fairgrounds and buildings. Directors must seek stockholder consent, and the process will take time as members are widely scattered.
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Sioux County Fair Board
Fair Association
Sioux County
Orange City
75 Mahaska Men Gave Lives in World War I
Seventy five Mahaska county men died in World War I, a rate of 2.8 deaths per thousand population. State and county records list 7,212 total war deaths in the state, with Mahaska among counties at a mid-range rate, while nearby Adams and Montgomery show higher and lower rates. The total killed in Town in World War I was 3,578 according to Osceola Tribune sources.
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Mahaska
Towa
Adams
Montgomery
Town
Oskaloosa
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Albers Metal Products Co
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Chicago
Durbany
South Africa
Harry Braathart
Xocil
Edna de Jong
Betty Vance
John Ver
John Carroll
Wilson
Carroll
Don Vriezelaar
Don
American Legion Hall
Montana
Lincoln Brome
Red
Felco
Evga
Peoria
Jersey
Smooth Mouth
John Deere
Janesville
John Vander Hart Worth & van Zante
Elbert van Maanen
Mahaska Soils District
Insurance
Lautenbach & Ver Dught
U. K
Profi
de Laval Magnetic Speedway
A DE Laval
Ayethire
de Laval
DE Laval Sterling Milker
Tower
Steling
Dolester
Johns Manville
Dick Sjaardema
Ben Hoeksema
West Washington Pella
van Gorp Hatchery
Phone
Chronicle
New Sharon
Crookham Bridge
Farrow
Dirk van Gorp
Jacob Vander Molen
Litchfield
McCormick-Deering
Jamesway
The
Peoria Pray and Work Girls Society
van Zante
Worth & Kutch
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