Tulip Time Carry On Festival in Pella 1944
Wartime effort sustains Pella Tulip Time with a May 11 festival later moved to May 18. Queen Martha Van Berkum leads a Royal Court of attendants as residents collect photos, Dutch dances, and Legion Hall exhibits while Service members abroad read about the event in the Chronicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
The
Historical Society
Chronicle
Royal Court
Lois Vanden Berg
Martha van Berkum
Virginia Carpenter
Carol Cook
Madeline Diekema
Virginia Kempkes
Janet Vande Kieft
Jeanette Lankelma
Marcia Ver Steeg
Theresa Wormhoudt
Francene de Prenger
Margaret de Wild
Phyllis van Ee
Georgia van Gorkum
Willa Jayne Veenman
Phyllis Ver Steeg
Orleath Vogelaar
Evelyn Vos
Crief
G. F. Sadler
Pellans
C. C. Buerkens
Tulip Times
Burgemeester
Hickenlooper
Tunis Kempkes
Kempkes
Martha
Legion Hall
Martha van Sarl
Pella Page 10 Chronicle reports art and war pictures at festival
The Pella Chronicle notes two art collections including works by Joep Nicolas Charley Toorop Piet Mondrian and Van Gogh and Dutch war pictures. Bali Nether lands East Indies items are shown. Governor Hickenlooper praises the festival calling it one of Iowa’s finer activities with strong military service figures. An equipment failure interrupts the evening showing One of Our Aircraft is Missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joep Nicholas
Charley Toorop
Piet Mondrian
van Gogh
Hals
Vermeer
Hobbema
Bali
Netherlands East Irndies
Hickenlooper
Pella
Netherlands
Iowa
Tulip Time 1944 Marathon of Dutch Culture in Pella
The May 18 1944 Tulip Time program features tours of Tulip Lanes Sunken Garden Scholte Home and a Dutch Modern Art exhibit. A full day includes concerts by the First WAC Training Center band and Pella City Band, Dutch dances, parades, Queen coronation, school programs, and a screening of One of Our Aircraft is Missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulip Lanes
Tulip Town
Scholte
Bali
Netherlands East Indies
Dutch National Information Bureau
Legion Hall
WAC
Ft. Des Moines
Towa
Robert Brittell
Burgemeester Fultz
Volks
Martha Vap Beykum
Bourke B. Hick
C. C. Buerkens
Town Crier
G. F. Sadler
Pella
H. D. Kuyper
Burgemeester
Anne Tysseling
Delores Culver
Donnie Mathes
Tulip Time Parade Notice 1944 Walking Procession
The notice announces a Tulip Time Parade restricted to a walking format due to lack of material. It invites colorful costumes and specialty groups, lists past groups, welcomes service members on furlough, and urges schoolchildren and residents to participate, forming at Vogelaar's hardware at 1 30 and starting at 2 00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vogelaar
We Carry on in the Old Tradition Tulip Time Theme
The 1944 Pella Tulip Festival centers on the Dutch motto Je Maintiendrai as a pledge to preserve heritage. Citizens recall forefathers' courage and faith, hoping to honor defenders after the war and keep Pella’s traditions intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Orange
Netherlands
Pella
America
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Chamber of Commerce
Fes
Ival
Sylvin
Hawker
the Pella
Lloyd Gnagg
Pella High School
Socies
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