Colorful Stage Set To Heighten Tulip Time The Red Mill
Local crowds at Pella Tulip Time will view a grand outdoor stage for The Red Mill in West Market Park. Designer Don Jacobs of Newton, Central College sophomore, crafted a 50 by 30 foot open air set with a 36 by 85 foot proscenium arch and a 20 foot tall Red Mill backdrop. The exhibit features Katwyk aan Zee homes, a Dutch inn, and a moonlit balcony as Gretchen performs. The elaborate scenery aims to transport 1906 Holland to festival night shows during the eleventh Tulip Time.
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Pella
Holland
Red Mill
Gretchen
Katwyk-nan-zee
Katwyk-aan-zee
Victor Herbert
Westmarket Park
Tulip Time Information Center at Overall Company Office
The festival headquarters will be the Overall Company Office on Broadway near Central Park. Mrs. D C Van Zante will supervise lodging for visitors and provide directions to flower displays, the museum, and the Dutch Village. Lost articles should be reported to her.
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Overall Company
Broadway
Central Park
Memorial Or Legion
D.C. van Zante
Tulips From Holland To Be Shown In Des Moines And Pella
Tulips flown from Amsterdam to New York then retransferred to Pella will be presented by James Murphy of Stark Travel at Younkers in Des Moines to Mayor Fultz on Thursday May 13 as part of the tulip festival. A Van Sittert window display will feature a Dutch windmill backdrop and a letter from Amsterdam's mayor.
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Amsterdam
Holland
Pella
American Overseas Airlines
James Murphy
Stark ‘Travel Service
Younkers
Des Moines
Fultz
Atlantic
New _York
Dr. D'Alloy
van Sittert
Constellation
Murphy
Zoological Gardens
Birthday Card Mystery Reaches Carol Bierstedt in Fenton
Carol Jean Bierstedt of Fenton Iowa marked her 13th birthday last week and awoke to a birthday card from Germany bearing a signature unfamiliar to her. The note sparked curiosity about the sender and origins of the card.
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Carol Jean Bierstedt
Fentonia
Germany
Tulip Time Schedule and Pageant Details
Tulip Time begins Wednesday evening with Miss Ruth Van der Geest as Spirit of Tulip Time. Activities include organ music by Vergne Ford, folk dances, street singing, and a parade of the Provinces. The program runs May 13–14 with color-raising ceremonies, concerts, school programs, skaters, Dutch games, and the coronation of the Queen at the central park and The Red Mill venue.
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Ruth van der Geest
Vergne Ford
Provinces
Holland
Robert Blue
J. B. V.M. J. Vande Mortel
Netherlands
Central Park
Central College students aid Tulip Time stage crew
Central College faculty and students join the Tulip Time production for The Red Mill. Professor Maurice Birdsall directs the stage, with John Wesle naming five art majors to assist. Co chairmen Clarence Van Heukelem and Jeanne Gatrelle lead a team including Clarence Cross, Margo De Groff, and Charlotte Poppen, working with Don Jacobs as set designer and stage manager.
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Central College
Pella Historical Society
Chamber of Commerce
Maurice Birdsall
John Wesle
Don Jacobs
Atomic Energy Photo Exhibit Opens at Central College
An Life Magazine edited exhibit on atomic energy opens at Central College for three weeks starting May 8. It, prepared with the U S Atomic Energy Commission, covers social political aspects as well as science, wartime to postwar uses, and control issues with photos from Hiroshima Nagasaki Bikini Oak Ridge and more.
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Life Magazine
Central College
United States Atomic Energy Commission
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Bikini
California
Oak Ridge
Atomic Energy
Goro
Festival Street Scrubbers Sought for Parade
Citizens are invited to join the street scrubbers for the Festival parade. Contact Verle Ver Dught or Anthony Tysseling to participate in the cleaning effort and parade preparation.
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Verle Ver Dught
Anthony Tysseling
Veterans Hold Fifth District Meeting Here
Veterans of Wars hosted the Fifth District encampment at the Theatre building and Pella Memorial Hall on Sunday May 2. Des Moines Auxiliary 3626 provided conductors and helpers while leaders from Fairfield Mt. Pleasant Newton and Des Moines received honors. Speakers included Hazel Miller past national president and Bill Matus Cedar Rapids with Hugh Sheridan Clinton detailing the re activation of the Clinton VA hospital.
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Veterans of Wars
Pella Memorial Hall
T. F. W. Aux
Lillian Dale
Des Moines
Hazel Miller
Hazel Johnson
Fairfield
State Dept
Linne Lyon
Mt. Pleasant
Lyan Woody
Newton
Stella Elliot
Rtment
Jessie Augustine
Jane van Horn
Want
Charles Smith
Bill Matus
Cedar Rapids
Hugh Sheridan
Glinton
Clinton
Veterans Administration
Dex Moines
Earl Atkins New Manager Vogelaar Pontiac Service
Vogelaar Brothers announce Earl Atkins as manager of the Pontiac Sales and Service department. He spent seventeen years in the automobile business before joining Vella in 1939 and has aviation ties, including government flight training in 1929. He moved to Pella in 1943 during Navy aviator training at Pella Airways and has Dutch ancestry from Sioux Center.
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Pontiac Sales and Service Department
Vella
Atkins
Pella
Navy
Ona
Pella Airways
Mr. Atkins
Sioux Cente Amily Lown
Help Wanted to Haul and Set Up West Market Seats
Several men are needed Thursday afternoon to haul and set up seats at West Market. Report at 2:00 at the Park. Moase, Mease, and committee members urge merchants to loan articles for window displays. Contact Harry Grand, Cornelia Wilson, Van Gorp, Black 268, Dan Meulpolder, Ed Plette Blue 205, or others to arrange loans. Uniform display cards available. Dan Meulpolder is mobilizing interest in window displays.
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Moase
Harry Grand
Cornelia Wilson
Art van Gorp
Black
Dan " Meulpolder
Ed Plette
Dan Meulpolder
Vesper Musical at Douwstra Chapel to Close Festival
Central College orchestra conducted by Henry Cox presents a Sunday May 15 program at 4 00 PM in Douwstra Chapel to close the Tulip Festival. Featured pieces include Handel organ concerto with Farndell soloist and Bennett Eventide with organ and grand orchestra. guests join from Oskaloosa Grinnell and Knoxville.
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Central College Orchestra
Henry Cox
Douwstra
Farndell
Masonet
Lenora van Dellen
Marvin Thostenson
Bennett
Cox
Oskaloosa
Grinnell
Knoxville
Student petition push for UN revision in Central College area
May 4 hearing opened on resolutions urging the United States to push the United Nations toward a world federal government with a world legislature police and courts. United World Federalists collect signatures in Pella Iowa urging support for S Con Res 23 24 H Con Res 59 to strengthen the UN.
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John Hesselink
House Foreign Affairs’ Committee
House
U. S
United World Federalists
Central College
PWG
Congress
Pella
Iowa
United Nations
United Nations Conference
Nations
Russia
UWF
Festive kickoff meeting signals Tulip Time enthusiasm in Pella
Overflowing Legion Hall attendees celebrate the Tulip Time festival with Beverly Thomassen crowned Queen. Attendants Heerema, Ella Jane Van, Mary Lou Kamerik, and Verla Vander Streck named and applauded. The crowd enjoyed community singing and a Dr I Q history quiz led by Supt Buerkens, with Mayor Van Sittert urging full civic cooperation.
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Pella
Beverly Thomassen
Bernice Heerema
Ella Jane van Sittert
Mary Lou Kamerik
Verla Vander Stree
Harold ‘Thomas
Heerema
Ella Jane van
van Sittert
John Kamerik
Verla Vander Streck
Herman Vander Streck
Nowers
de Jong Floral Company
Beverly
Bob Klein
Dr. I. Q
Supt. C. C. Buerkens
Anthony Tysseling
Ralph Ver Meer
M. M. Dockendorf
Siatin
Tickets On Sale For The Red Mill At Tulip Time
Tulip Time Committee offers pre festival sales for The Red Mill operetta at West Market. May 9 sales at Legion Mall 9 am to 5 pm three tickets for two dollars or three for one dollar, then May 10 exchanges at Legion Hall 2 to 5 pm for reserved seats. Adults may swap one ticket for two child tickets under 12. Tickets available at local businesses. organizers expect a record crowd with good weather.
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Tulip Time
Red Mill
West Market
John A. Vander Wal
Lesion Mall
Legion Hall
Vander Wa
Softball Season To Get Under Way Here on June 3rd
Arrangements for the 1948 Cen tral Town District Softball League were completed at the Newton Y M C A Thursday night April 29. Representatives from all teams approved rules by laws and the summer schedule. Pella’s first game is May 31 at Newton and home opener June 8. The final pre season meeting is May 27 in Pella likely at the Legion Hall.
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Central Town District
Newton
Newton Y. M. C. A
Pella
The
Chronicle
Legion Hall
Tulip Flower Show Contest Rules 1948 at American Legion Hall
Tulip entries must arrive by 9 am May 13. Residents of Pella and nearby areas may enter with 3 to 6 blooms per exhibit. No professional entries. Sweepstakes plaque awarded for best firsts, judged from division one classes Darwin Breeders Mayflower and related varieties. Blue red and yellow ribbons for first to third. prizes limited to worthy items only. Sweepstakes display at De Vries Jewelry. Entry under Flower Show Committee.
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American Legion Hall
Pella
de Vries
Flower Show Committee
Tulip arrangements and color themes in various containers
Classified notes describe tulip arrangement classes with color constraints and container types. Classes include single color tulips in pottery bowls, combinations with other flowers, centerpieces with candles, brass copper silver or glass vessels, and sets like 24 tulips or parrot tulips in specified colors.
Best Lip 'Tu Lips' Classes At Local Show
The event offers Class 1 best collection of 12 or more tu lips of various varieties in any container. Class 2 features 12 or more tu lips of various varieties in any container. Class 8 awards 24 lips of any variety in any container. Bring your own container. The show is free to all.
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Herbert
Overall Co
West Side Square
American O’seas Airlines
West Marot
Earl Atkins
Vogelaar Pontiac Service
Vogelaar Brothers
Beauty and
Grace
Leslie Sadler
Douwstra Chapel
Choice
William D. van Sittert
the Historical Society
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