Palo Alto County Historical Society meeting notes
The Palo Alto County Historical Society met May 7 in the Waverly Room of the Iowa Trust and Savings Bank. Plans were set to open the museum Sundays from May 27, 2:00 to 4:30 p.m., with 333 visitors on the opening October 1 and 550 across October Sundays. Ted Graves guides school groups. a flag and pole are donated by Emmetsburg seniors, and membership remains $2 with $5 donations for Associate status.
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Cylinder Women’s Club
Richard Kibbie
Cur
The
Historical Society
Waverly
Iowa Trust and Savings Bank
Tulip Festival Parade Thrills Orange City Crowd
In Orange City Iowa May 17 18 and 19 the 33rd Tulip Time festival showcased Dutch costumes bands and floats. Cathie Van Der Maaten Queen Tulip Time rode in a decorated parade float as townspeople scrubbed streets with brooms and water pails in a lively opening celebration.
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Orange City
Iowa
Yankton
South Dakota
Cathie van der Maaten
Prince of Orange
Netherlands
Pella
Windmill Park
Dutch Street Festival Viva Holland Style in Sioux Falls
May 24 1973 Sioux Falls celebrates a Dutch street fair with crowding floats, bands, and 250 girls in Klompen authentic costumes. Vendors offer wooden shoes from the William Jansen family and 10 000 Klompen are imported monthly. Klein Amusements provides rides as a Tulip Festival atmosphere fills Central Avenue with Dutch displays and historic exhibits at the county museum and old schoolhouse.
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William Jansen
Netherlands
Yous
Holland
Klein Amusements
Sioux Falls
S. C
U. S
Pella
Central Avenue
Sioux County Historical Society
Sioux County Historical Museum
Northwestern College
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Moran
Steve Moran
Algona Country Club
Lake Mills
Steve
Rice Lake
Atlantic
Highway 18
Emmetsburg
Gabrielsens
Old Holland
Burgemeester
Robert M. Dunlop
Gerad Kalsbeek
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