Rolscreen Advertising Wins Much Favorable Comment
An article credits Rolscreen Advertising for broad appeal and updated sales tactics. Sixsmith leads the advertising unit, praising quality, direct mail campaigns, and Roscreen Topics magazine mailed to 15,000 industry contacts. The piece highlights local impact in Pella, civic involvement, and a sales contest with top performers. A coroner’s jury clears a driver in a child’s death near Ft. Dodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolscreen
H. B. Sixsmith
Six
Sixsmith
Des Moines
Rosscreen Co
Pella
Jack
Mr. Sixsmith
United States
Newberry Yacht Truant Showcases Rol Screens Innovation
Newberry’s yacht Truant features Rol screens built from Allegheny metal mounted at window tops and hatchway, painted to match woodwork. The 120 foot yacht has a 21 foot beam, 4% draft, and twin Winton Diesel engines at 800 hp each. Interior finishes include walnut and mahogany, while exterior is teak with five master staterooms and five baths.
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Truman Newberry
Allegheny
Comforts of Home in Aerocar Land Yacht
A vintage feature extols the Aerocar as the monarch of the highway. It notes modern travel blends home comforts with mobility, including Rolscreens, suggesting a luxurious ride where journey and residence feel united.
Old Age Board Pays Premiums On Insurance Policies
Des Moines reports Iowa Old Age Assistance Commission pays premiums on life insurance policies for recipients, totaling $27,000 in benefits. The revolving $25,000 fund covers premiums to prevent lapses, with premiums deducted from death benefits and any remainder going to the named beneficiary. Assignment is voluntary, with eligibility dependent on policy assignability and actuarial approval. The piece also notes Iowa stream pollution issues, bacteria in sewage, and disparities in sewage treatment plant adoption between cities and towns.
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Des Moines
Iowa Old Age Assistance Commission
Banatics Ries
Byron G. Allen
Com‘sion
Asaignes
Iowa
Commission
State Department of Health
Polluion
Ros screen Company annual sales contest ends in Oct
For ten weeks ending October the Ros screen Company held a sales contest directed by J. G. Boat. Ninety nine men participated and earned merit certificates redeemable for catalog items from go carts to pianos. Weekly contests offered extra merits and sales milestones shaped a record year.
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Rosscreen Company
J. G. Boat
Ambiguous Statement on Community Effort and Craftsmanship
The text extols a shared aim to improve the community through careful workmanlike ducts and mutually beneficial relationships. It asserts that such efforts will bring complete satisfaction to users and happiness if strong, cooperative relations are achieved.
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Boat
Ft. Dodge
John Weaver
Gail Fitch
Egypt
Veillon ’CIA
Cairo
Veillon 'CIA
George Khuschi
Right
Lloyd George
Britain
TH Rolscreen Co
Rolscreen Co
Newberry
Fred W. Marks
Buffalo, N. Y
G. Pick
Cincinnati, Ohio
C. Y. Cushman
Binghampton, N. Y
J. O. Hearne Wilson
N.C
Cc. B. Hansen
Chicago
Geo, A. Bailey
Wheeling, West Virginia
E. L. March
St. Petersburg, Fla
G. Glenn Miller
Washington, Penna
Lloyd C. Johnson
Minneapolis, Minn
Old Age Board
George P. Coyle
Jacksonville
WM. H. Thomson Peoria
INI
Roy D. Adams
Idaho Falls
Idaho
WM. C. Kane
Baltimore, Md
A.K. Anderson
Toledo, Ohio
L. R. Smith
Hartford, Conn
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