Rol screenings honor Wilma Van Zee and more notes
Wilma Van Zee, 1950 Tulip Queen, was hosted at a Women’s Office Employees dinner last week with a gift and well wishers. The item also mentions the return greetings for Pete Kuyper, congratulations to Charlene Gosstlink on her diamond, and Hattie Ver’ Woert starting with a diamond. The building awaits steel, and Rol screen operates on transformers. Various staff updates include John Dillard’s Memphis visit, Andy Beerends’ honeymoon, and Alice Ver Meer helping during Tulip Time. The Marion County Field Day drew about 350 visitors. The plant installed a PA system for music, and multiple shipping, production, and hospital projects are noted across several states.
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Wilma van Zee
Wilma
Rolseree
Pete Kuyper
Brown
Berdine
Charlene Gosstlink
Hattie Ver’ Woert
Bob Triplett
Washington University
St. Louis
Missouri
Bill Kilpatrick
Northwest
United States
George Vanden Berg
Rolscreen Company
Marion County
John Dillard
Memphis
Tennessee
Digest Reveals Business Activity Up But Income Lower
Iowa Business Digest May 1950 shows first quarter 1950 activity higher than late 1949, but real income dips from 1949. Construction contracts up 70 percent year to year, residential building up 117.9 percent, farm earnings up modestly, department store sales down 2.1 percent amid lower prices. New car sales up 51 percent, appliances up 24 percent.
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Towa City
Iowa
Iowa Business Digest
State University of Iowa Bureau of Business and Economic Research
Storm damage leaves car trunk with tree limb intrusion
Following a windstorm Kenneth Cakerice near El Dora had to saw a tree out of his automobile. A six inch limb pierced the hood and damaged the motor dashboard and floorboard.
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Kenneth Cakerice
Eldora
Gardening for health and relaxation tips from health department
The health department advises gardening as a relaxing activity to counter stress. For those over 40, keep gardens small and near the house with water access, and avoid long sessions. Rotate tasks, take breaks, and quit before fatigue to prevent strain.
Fabric finishes boost easy-care spring wardrobes
Lucile Rea of Iowa State College notes permanent finishes on sheets tissue ginghams and linen like fabrics keep them fresh and wrinkle free in hot weather. Look for finishes at the end of the bolt and seek crease resistant and crisp finishes on voiles powder puff muslin tissue gingham and linen like fabrics.
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Lucile Rea
Iowa State College
Miss Rea
Eggs for Your Menus All Day Every Day
Nutritionists at Iowa State College forecast record egg production through spring with an average price around 37 cents per dozen, the lowest in years. They urge using eggs as main dishes and in desserts, noting eggs provide high quality protein and vitamins. Practical cooking tips include baked eggs, omelets in various styles, and custards with beef broth or vegetables. Spanish eggs mix rice cheese and tomato juice with baked eggs.
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Iowa State College
Liver Sandwich Spread A Simple Home Recipe
A straightforward method to make a liver spread by simmering liver until tender, grinding with onion, adding chopped hard cooked eggs, seasoning with salt and pepper, and moistening with catchup. Chill before serving as a cold sandwich spread.
Remarkable 100th Birthday Milestone at Whitten
Mrs Prudence Hathaway celebrated her 100th birthday on May 4 at Whitten. Born in Mississippi in 1850, she was the eldest of 12 children. She began washing dishes at age four and, at 100, remains physically and mentally alert, noting she has never broken a dish in her long life.
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Whitten
Prudence Hathaway
M Hathaway
Miss
Pella Country Club News Faces Busy Year and New Faces
The Pella Country Club plans a busy season with a postponed yearbook, Sunday Friendship Hours from 5 to 6 p.m., and renewed member enthusiasm. Dues rise as new members Bol Triplett and Bob Wilkerson join, Meyer Langerak returns, and Knoxville guests use the course while theirs is groomed. John Klein resigns as caretaker due to health, ending a long service period.
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Bol Triplett
Bob Wilks
Meyer Langerak
Pella Golf Old Country Club
Knoxville
Pella Club
Cinnamon spiral coffee cake for menus and baking tips
A historic home baking note explains preparing Cinnamon spiral coffee cake as a hot menu item. It covers shaping steps, ingredients like yeast, flour, sugar, butter, nuts and cinnamon, and baking in a 350 degree oven for about 30 minutes, yielding two cakes.
Club Faces Missing Friend After Long Nurture
The club notes a surprising absence as a longtime nurtured member is not present. Members express hope for his speedy recovery and return, acknowledging how unfamiliar it feels without his familiar face at the club.
Fresh Rhubarb Adds Popularity To Pop Up Desserts
A garden “pie plant” rhubarb helps craft new desserts including rhubarb sauce and pies. Early harvest yields rhubarb cobblers upside down desserts and fruit cups. Margaret Kay Alice of Iowa State College nutritionist notes rhubarb brown betty is easy to make with simple rhubarb additions.
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Margaret Kay Alice
Iowa State College
Betty
Rhubarb Frappes and Pulp Prep Notes
A recipe note outlines preparing rhubarb pulp by cooking with skin on to keep color. It describes a rhubarb frappe using Foap sugar water and lemon juice, chilled to a mush for sipping or spooning. It also mentions rhubarb enhancing future pies, compotes, and drinks.
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Miss Kagarice
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Andy Beerends
Colorado
Andy
Marcella
Alice Ver Meer
Emma van Exsen
Rochester
Minnesota
Clarence Vander Veer
Albia
Rosscreen Company
Riverdale
Illinois
Rene Braashart
University Hospital
Towa
Gerrit B. Klyn
Jacsonville
Florida
Ewing Memorial Hospital
Valley Stream
I. 1
New York
State Hospital
Norton
Kansa
State Department of Health
The
Central States Electric Company
Tulip Time
Pella
Oth
Ers
Pella, Iowa
Country Club News
Fulta
John Klein
Klein
Club
Hudson
America
E. Oskaloosa St
Customs
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