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Ninth Tulip Time Celebrated One Day In 1943 At Pella
The 1943 Tulip Time in Pella proceeded on May 13 as a one day festival due to wartime demands. Royal Court selections named Ruth Klein as Queen with attendants Carol Cook Virginia Carpenter Jeanette Lankelma and Madeline Dickema. The event featured a pageant directed by Sgt Maurice Birdsall, a town crier stunt on dandelions, and a Buy a Bomber drive that oversubscribed its $100,000 goal by 25 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvia J. Hawker
Pella
The
Historical Society
Chamber of Commerce
Royal Court
Lois Vanden Berg
Martha van Berkum
Virginia Kempkes
Janet Vande Kieft
Marcia Ver Steeg
Theresa Wormhoudt
Ruth Klein
Virginia Carpenter
Carol
Tunis N. Klein
Ruth
Pella Airways Field
Queen Ruth
Carol Cook
Ed Cook
E. A. Carpenter
Jeanette Lankelma
J. V. Lankelma
Madeline Dickema
Dick Dickema
Carol Ver Steeg
C. F. Dykstra
Bernie Vander Linden
Our Fathers
Hendrik Pieter Scholte
America
Iowa
the Chronicle
Birdsall
Maurice Birdsall
Camp
Carson
Colorado
Tunis Prins
Norman Rockwell
Saturday Evening Post