Advance Ross Electronics Leads Washington TV Industry
Advance Ross Electronics, employing about 475 workers, is a major Washington industry with an annual payroll over two million dollars. The firm mainly hires women to manufacture yokes for black and white and color TVs and assembles horizontal output transformers. The yoke is an electrical magnet deflecting rays from a cathode gun in the picture tube of television sets.
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Mary Evans
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Washington
Advance Ross Electronics Sees 90 Percent Capacity
The Ross plant in Washington produces television picture tubes and components powered by a 20,000 volt transformer. Started in 1957 with formal company formation in 1961, the firm operates branches in Burlington and Portugal with executive offices in Chicago. Washington facility runs at about 90 percent capacity during the peak fall season, using locally sourced parts and semiskilled labor under Robert Riley who notes the plant is half self supplying.
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Advance Ross Electronics
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Portugal
Chicago
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Ewartt Scharff
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Local display highlights Iowa industry week in Washington
Riley notes strong demand but tight supply as Advance Ross Electronics and a dozen firms showcase their products in downtown Washington. The event, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce, marks Saltte to Industry week in Iowa, emphasizing the role of industry in the state.
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Chamber of Commerce
Keota Wom ens Society hosts luncheon with Korea program
The Keota Bethel church W S C S entertained eighty five ladies for a 12 30 p m salad luncheon in the church basement. Dorothy Davis introduced Rev Gene Matthews a Korea missionary who spoke on life there. A brief meeting followed and a Taste A Rama is planned for October 11 with recipes and candies for sale.
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Keota Weekend Socials and Local Movements
Keota residents share weekend visits with Carroll and Wisconsin guests as families host relatives and attend meetings. Phylis Olds visits Conklin household while Jean Marie Carmichael is welcomed as newborn at Washington Hospital. Vincent family relocation from Palatine to Keota announced with tenant housing arranged.
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Hauckeye
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Roger Tobin
Emmetsburg
Dale Zaugg
Algona
Dear Abby Advice Column From 17-Year-Old to Flower Etiquette
Abigail Van Buren offers parental guidance to a 17-year-old girl troubled by her father’s strict rules, plus a reader’s tip about a domineering sister and a fan’s plea for flowers to be given while alive. The column also includes reader questions on funerals and flowers and ends with Flower Lover signature.
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