Office Payroll Grows as New Staff Join Departments
The number of office personnel is rising. four new workers started Monday in sales with William Kirkpatrick assisting Jack Boatsma and Ted Beard aiding Paul Farrer in accounting. Louise Verhulst and Rachel Risvold joined the order department. Total payroll reaches 373 with 48 in office and 328 in production. June De Zwarte plans a Sacramento Summer Service Project for six weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Boatsma
William Kirkpatrick
Oskaloosa
Cornell
Paul Farrer
Ted Beard
Des Moines
Drake
Louise Verhulst
Rachel Risvold
June de Zwarte
Sacramento
California
June
Jacob Franje
Local Port land staff observe flowers and radio feature
Miss E Etheridge assists Rossereen in Portland Maine and visits the plant. Betty Jo Van de Geest Wilma Van Zee Estellene Visser take vacations while Mary Lou Kamerick guest speaks on Betty Wells program and reads poems My Love At Dawn My Boy Sixteen The Worm for a 1947 poetry book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Etheridge
Rossereen
Portland
Maine
Ray Hagen
Betty Jo van de Geest
Wilma van Zee
Estellene Visser
Mary Lou Kamerick
Betty Wells
Mary Lou
Have Teachers For All Marion Co Rural Schools
Marion county confirms sufficient teachers for 1947 48 with 74 schools and 85 teachers in the rural group including multi teacher schools. Salaries for next year largely hold steady with some increases noted. many teachers attend summer sessions to raise professional standing and pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion County
Sylvia Plots
Knoxville Journal
Great Wildlife Loss Due To High Waters
Floods in central and southern Iowa devastate ground nesting birds in river lowlands where nests drown or abandon. Pheasants and quail may renest. fur bearing species suffer, with muskrat beaver and young mink heavily hit. Conservation officers assess population impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Streets of Pella Should Keep Old Names, Says Town
A reader urges re naming streets to preserve Pella s heritage and Tulip Time fame. The piece argues for restoring original street names tied to the town s Christian life era, noting tourism and cultural identity would benefit. It cites local history and a call to archivist Martha for further dating of teaching records at Central College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
United States
Central College
Henry Cox
Martha
Henry
Wildlife losses during floods and delayed litters
Adult animals find safety on floating debris or high ground while many helpless young drown in burrows and nests. Other wildlife hit hard by the floods include cottontail rabbits, ground hogs, and skunks. As with game birds, some losses will be offset by late litters.
Rainfall for 1947 setting new mark in Knoxville
The Knoxville Journal reports that through the first five and a half months of 1947 Knoxville received 26.41 inches of rain, surpassing the full half year totals of recent years. By yesterday noon the current month had produced 6.57 inches, with June still two weeks ahead. Overseer J. L. Stittsworth notes 1947’s rainfall tops the previous high of 21.22 inches in the first half of 1946.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knoxville
Knoxville Journal
J. L. Stittsworth
Guests visit residents at Home for the Aged
A parade of visitors rang through the Home for the Aged with calls to Mrs. Anie De Bruin and Mrs. J. De Vries. Family friends from Sheldon Towa Eddyville Monroe Des Moines Otley Brookland and Buster joined the rounds along with Den Hartog and Klein households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Jonker
James
P. de Jong
Jake den Hartog
Sheldon
Towa
Dirk Rietveld
Des Moines
Joe van Baalen
Monroe
Anie de Bruin
Peter Langstraat
Tainter
Peter Pol
Otley
Ralph Kuiper
Peter Ham
van Zee Brookland
Henry Hugen
Dick Hugen
Alice Brand
Buster
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Margaret van Ekeren
Lautenbach & Ver Dught
South Side Park
Vogelaar
ALUMI
Wnsu
van den Berg
Electric and Paint Co
Smouia
Scharing Garage
Front
Marion Co
Bert Baron
Bert
Met
Baptist Parsonage
Ainsworth
Eliot Gregory
Dick Leydens
Scooter Fase
Sos
Fon
Denis
Eagle Rainbow
Naaz
Univihac
Signer
Torr
Revere Ware
Svit2z
Farmers Union
Pella, Iowa
Phillips 66
Phillips
Grootveld Oil CO
PHONE
South Dakota
Marion
Dale
Leeds
Cornelia Gililand
San Diego
C. N. Weeda
G. W. den Hartog
Neal Jabani
Joe Vanden Berg
Marjorie Vanden Berg
William den Hartog
Peter de Heus
Nellie Quartel
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