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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1935
Page
2
The Rolscreen Company treats factory workers as skilled craftsmen who take pride in their individual jobs on Rolscreens and Pella Blinds. They foster personal welfare, celebrate marriages with cigars or candy, and continually improve processes, helping Venetain Blinds become a national leader praised by architects and decorators.
The article traces the Rolscreen Company’s growth since 1927 in Pella, noting its invention of a rolling screen device, expansion to a 20 000 square foot factory, and becoming the world’s largest window screen manufacturer. It details the later introduction of Pella Venetian Blinds, developed by Pete Kuyper to solve faulty blinds, and the rapid dealer uptake, with 600 dealers within two months and 500 more expected.
The firm will add over 60,000 square feet of floor space, with the top floor devoted entirely to blind manufacture. Part of the Rolscreen equipment will be moved to the new building. Increased orders for Pella Blinds suggest current space may soon be insufficient. Venetian blinds popularity is expected to persist due to practical innovations.
Ten years after starting operations in 1925 the Rolscreen Co in Pella has grown from a small team to over 60 employees. A new $30,000 building will accompany an expansion plan to meet rapid orders for screens and Venetian blinds. P. I. Kuyper led the venture with faith and innovation, guiding the firm toward continued prosperity in industrial circles.
The Drake Hotel on 15th and Spruce in Philadelphia is described as a 30 story apartment hotel fully equipped with RolScreens. The feature highlights 746 rooms, 295 apartments, 114 transient rooms, 1600 casement windows, Murphy beds, Frigidaires, 212 Rocksteel kitchen cabinets and extensive other equipment.
Representative Rolscreen installations span residences, apartments, hotels, hospitals, public buildings and embassies. Names include Thomas Meighan home, Maytag, Rockefeller, Chrysler, Crosley, Aetna, and Looms in Des Moines, Omaha, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, and Tokyo. Foreign orders reach Kingston Ontario, Montreal, Schoneberg Berlin.
A long list of names across workers, merchants, schools, clubs, and buildings from multiple countries and cities. It includes workmen like J C Botii and M Smith, institutions in Greece Japan and Brazil, colleges in Ames and Blacksburg, clubs in Akron and Philadelphia, and various businesses from Potash Importing Corp to Wm Van Dyke Dick Doedyns.
Fingerprint comparison tied Broadway torch singer Evelyn Hoey to the night she died in the bedroom of Henry Huddleston Rogers III. The analysis, completed Saturday, links the i grip that snuffed out her life to the入住 scene known to investigators.
Tongue twisters listed for party play are described along with rules for a rapid elimination contest. The article notes Commerce officials expanding the White House suite by five rooms and reports the death of Dr Leo Gans, 92, founder of a chemical firm that became a major dye concern.
A concluding address praises machinists and artisans at Rollscreen for building products sold across Argentina, Australia, Japan, France, Holland, Sweden and Canada. The speaker thanks friends, business associates, and encourages Rollscreen to remain vital to the local economy, fostering good wages and youth opportunity.
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