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Pellas Tulip Time 1937 Highlights and Queen Contest
Pellas 1937 Tulip Time advances with the Tulip Queen contest announcing 15 top candidates, new rules, and the crowning of Miss Freda Van Den Burger. The festival adds a windmill, Blue Tulip operetta, Major Edward Bowes honorary Burgemeester, and a Tulip Time edition of the Chronicle with sights and features on Pellas Dutch heritage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Burgemeester
The
Chronicle
Joan Kuyper
Bette Lankelma
Petty Mae Ries
Virginia van Gorp
Freda den Burger
Martha Intveld
Ruth
Freda van den Burger
Freda
Frank D. Denburger
LettaAnn Vander Pol
Miss den Burger
Central College
Jan Denburger
Schulte
Women’s Federated Club
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Tulip Town
Sunken Garden Pond
T. G. Fultz
Morris van Willigen
John van Dyke
Ralph Ver Meer
Messrs. Cook, Hartley and Sixsmith
Walter Stone
Jack Peoples
Edward Bowes
May “Chronicle
Leonoro Gaass
Lon B. Wormhoudt
Bologna
New York City
Scholte
Grandma Wormhoudt
George Heeren
Koffie Tijd
Historical Society
Juliana of
Holland
Arie Schilder
Old Holland
Murray Nesbit
L. W. Hartley
Ed Cook
M. Meul