Colorful Pinafore at Tulip Time Highlights Costumes and Sets
Gilbert and Sullivan's H M S Pinafore returns in a three level set by Larry Mills with costumes from Theodore Leiben Co of Omaha and a comic plot lampooning Victoria's navy. Edith Sedrel Le Cocq sings When I Was a Lad and Buttercup tunes amid 8 pm and 7 30 pm showtimes. Tickets exchange details noted for Pella residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert and Sullivan
Historical Society
Chamber of Commerce
Central College
Tulip
Sir Joseph
Seven Seas
Theodore Leiben Costume Co
Omaha
Larry Mills
Bob Vern Dorn
Don Howard
Mills
Queen Victoria’s Navy
Joseph Porter K. C. B
Queen’s Navy
Edith Sedrel le Cocq
the Chronicle
Pella
Legion Hall
College
John Vanden Baard Chosen to Lead CROP Drive in November
John Vanden Baard will head the CROP drive in November for North Marion County. At the April 29 Legion Hall meeting officers were named: vice chairman Henry Gosselink treasurer Vernon Roorda township chairmen Dick De Hous North Lake Prairie John R. Van Gorp North Polk Bernard Van Wyk Summit and Arthur Van Waardhuizen Summit. Rev John M Nolin filled in for absent Wilson Radway and showed a film strip plus parts of Radway report on overseas conditions. The drive was set for next November with a workers meeting tentatively set for November 18 at 2 p.m. at the Pella Legion Hall.
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North Marion County
C.R.O.P
Legion Hall
Henry Gosselink
Vernon Roorda
Dick de Hous
South Lake Prairie
John R. van Gorp
North Lake Prairie
Bernard van Wyk
North Polk
Arthur van Waardhuizen
Summit
Wilson Radway
John M. Nolin
Iowa
Radway
Pella Legion Hall
A Capella Choir Sings at General Synod
The Central College A Capella Choir directed by Prof Laurence Grooters performed at the annual meeting of the Particular Synod of Town at Parkersburg yesterday Wednesday. The Synod gathers representatives of the Reformed Church west of the Mississippi River.
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Central College A Capell
Laurence Grooters
Parkersburg
Paricular Synod of
Iowa
Reed Church
Mississippi River
Attention Mothers Parade At Wilkon's Towdry
A fragment mentions mothers and babies in a parade at Wilkon's Towdy with notes on attire and spectator preferences. It references including fathers when possible and avoiding certain costumes, though details are garbled. The item reads like a community event blurb from a bygone era.
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Wilkon
Social Security Rep To Visit Pella May 12
A Des Moines Social Security office representative will be in the City Clerk’s Office in Pella on Wednesday May 12 1954 from 9 30 to 10 30 a m to accept applications for social security cards and benefits. Students planning work in the summer or as regular domestic employees should apply now. No charge no minimum age.
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Des Moines
Social Security
Office of the
Social Security Administration
Smith
Verploegh Named Architect for High School Addition
The Board of Education met in special session on April 26 to hire Savage and Verploegh of Des Moines as the architectural firm for the proposed high school addition. Stanley Verploegh, a Pella High School alumnus and son of former board member Andrew P. Verploegh, leads the design effort.
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Stanley Verploegh
H. School
Board of Education
Savage and
One Pella Man in Group to Go into Service May 12th
The following boys from Madison County will be inducted into the army May 12th: Billieee Chloe S. Simmons of Attica, Michael Pregon of Pershing, and Dale Jarman of Pella. All volunteers will be sent to Fort Bliss Texas.
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Matson County
The
Army
Chloe S. Simmons
Attica
Michael Pregon
Pershing
Dale Jarman
Pella
Ft. Bliss
Texas
TV Set Stolen from The Cummings Shop Over the Weekend
Sometime between Saturday evening and Monday morning the Cummings Radio and Television Service shop on Broadway was entered and a new Philco 21 inch television set was stolen. Don Cummings and Andrew J. Buwalda reported to the shop at eight o'clock Monday. entry likely from the window with the door opened from inside. Tools near a back window were found on the ground. Deputy Sheriff Loren Jarman investigated for Chief Joe De Hoog. no developments by Tuesday. Loss covered by insurance.
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Cummings Radio & Television Service
Broadway
Philco
Don Cummings
Andrew J. Buwalda
Don
Mr. Buwalda
Loren Jarman
Joe de Hoog
Central Represented At Iowa Academy Of Science Meeting
Last Friday Prof. G. Chester Leu Prof. Alice Carlson Dr. Maxine Huffman Mr. Jack Wilson and Dr. T H Liggett attended the Iowa Academy of Science meeting at Iowa State College Ames, accompanied by two students Stafford Ford and Dick Schreiber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. Chester Leu
Alice Carlson
Maxine Huffman
Jack Wilson
T. H. Liggett
Stafford Ford
Dick Schreiber
Iowa Academy of Science
Iowa State College
Ames
Schools to Have Large Share in Tulip Festival
Supt C C Buerkens reports public schools will again contribute heavily to the 1954 Tulip Time Festival. The bulletin outlines a three day program starting at 1 PM with parades, classroom displays, and hostessing by teachers. Dutch costumes urged, bus schedules unchanged, and hot lunches priced at 1.50 for the week.
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Supt
C. C. Buerkens
V and R
Christian
Tore Sattedane
Council Deferred Action on Parking Meter Installation
City Council met Tuesday evening and voted to defer action on installing parking meters. Officials cited budget and street plan timing, delaying procurement and installation decisions pending further study and public input.
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Council
Pinafore advance ticket exchange and seat board schedule
Notice to advance ticket purchasers for H M S Pinafore. Exchange for a reserved seat with no extra charge. Legion Hall board hours May 7 8 10 afternoons. May 11 12 evenings at college chapel. May 13 14 16 Legion Hall all day and college chapel evenings. Advance price 85c through May 10. after that 1.00. Committee urges attendance on Tuesday and Wednesday performances.
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The
Legion Hall
College Chapel
the Legion Hall
Tulip Time Personalities On Radio And TV Programs
Two Tulip Time related programs feature local figures. Keith Kirkpatrick hosts a Farm and Home hour broadcast on WHO Des Moines at noon May 8 with the queen and attendants and Mrs. J M Cook mother of the queen ahead of Mothers Day events. WHO TV will air a live program featuring Dr T G Fultz Burgemeester the tulip queen and attendants interviewed by Del Donohue with Dutch dancers Ted Weirather and Both Va Sittert, on the Jack Kerrigan program.
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Pella
WHO
Des Moines
Keith Kirkpatrick
J. M. Cook
Who-Tv
T. G. Fultz
Burgemeester
del Donohue
Ted Weirather
V. Weirather
Va Sittert
Warren van Sittert
Jack Kerrigan
Rotary Club hears Kempkes on Tulip Time finances
Tudor Kempkes spoke at the Rotary luncheon on Tulip Time finances. He cited receipts and payments since the Festival’s founding, praised strong support, urged more citizen participation and volunteer labor, and stressed maintaining Tulip Time’s clean, carnival-free image and the town’s advertising success. The program included advance ticket sales updates and a Boys State attendee selection. Ray Robus received cigars as a note from the club.
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Tudor Kempkes
Rotary Club
Tulip
Kempkes
Pella
Rotary
Boys’ State
Ray Robus
City Considers Parking Meter Installation At Meeting
Citizens attend hearing on placing parking meters with speakers for and against. A petition signed by over eight hundred residents and visitors from town and country was filed with the Council just before the session opened.
Wendell Mick Dies After Knoxville Road Crash
Wendell Duane Mick a 24 year old Newton factory employee from Monroe was critically injured when his car struck a bridge on the Pella Knoxville road near Howell. A four inch angle iron pierced the windshield and his heating, he was freed by Dr. Alvin Evers and others, taken to Mahaska Hospital at Qakaloowa where he died Tuesday. State and local officers investigated, saying Mick lost control on a curve before the bridge. another iron pierced the car body but missed the driver.
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Monroe
Wendell Duane Mick
Newton
Pella-Knoxville
Des Moines
Howell
Alvin Evers
A. V. Smith
Loren Perkey
Mahaska Hospital
Qakalo
Central College elects student officers and cabinet
Central College on the Pella campus elected Gary Timmer president with 96 percent turnout. Ger al dine Van Houwelingvice president Donna Greenfield secretary Larry Heintz treasurer Joline De Boer academic chair man Gerald Osland athletic chairman Dick Vander Voet religious life chair man and Dick Wynveen social chairman lead the Student Cabinet which includes class presidents and residence hall leaders. The cabinet guides intramural sports social life religious groups academics and awards.
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Central College
Gary Timmer
Steen
Minn
Pella
Geraldine van Houweling
Oskaloos
Donna Greenfield
Forreston
Larry Heintz
Collins, In
Joline de Boer
Waseca
Gerald Os
Student Cabinet Defines Budget and Judicial Body
The cabinet allocates over 4000 to fund social programs, homecoming events, freshman initiation, Gospel Teamwork, conference attendance, the annual, and the student newspaper. Four men and four women are appointed from the student body to form the judicial branch of student government.
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Cabinet
Supreme Court
Kiwanis Club Hears Talk On France By Marie Jaume
Kiwanis of Pella with over 40 members including local business figures, lawyers, ministers and teachers heard Marie Jaume discuss France. Jaume, a Central College student from Paris, answered many challenging questions in a cordial, modest presentation. Dr Flikkema introduced the speaker as the day’s program ended with follow up board and special meetings.
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Pella
Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
Flikkema
Marie Jaume
Central College
Paris
France
Miss Jaume
Kiwanis Board
Wesleyan and Central Triumph in Dual Meet Over Simpson and Parsons
The combined Iowa Wesleyan and Central teams defeated Simpson and Parsons 8644 8244. Dick Borman of Wesleyan won the 220 and 440 yard dashes while John May of Simpson won the high and low hurdles. The meet was tied 80 percent entering the final mile relay, which Central and Town Wesleyan won in 4 minutes 43 seconds.
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Iowa Wesleyan
Central
Simpson
Parsons
Dick Borman
Wesleyan
John May
Town Wesleyan
Practice Session For Pella Merchants At Park
The Pella Merchants softball team will practice at 6 16 this Thursday evening if weather permits. All softball players are welcome.
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Pella Merchants
PARK
Window Displays At Tulip Time Shine Bright
Mrs. Liston Courtney has canvassed downtown merchants for Tulip Time window displays of relics and heirlooms. Most windows will be available with many owners ready to share treasures from early times. She seeks unique items and offers matching displays and safe handling by her team.
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Liston
Carole) Courtney
Courtney
Te Up Ting
Pelle
Fine Blooms Tulip Show Draws Wide Interest in Pella
About eighty five people attended floral arrangement demonstrations by Mrs. Hazen Pettit at Legion Hall on May 1 as Tulip Time committee hopes more entries for the May 13 to 15 Tulip Show. Garden clubs and locals urged to contribute. prizes include imported bulbs and a sweeping blue ribbon prize across cultural and artistic classes.
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Legion Hall
Hazen Pettit
Oskalo
Art Bruinekool
Ge van Wyk
Ralph S. Grundman
Zante
William D. van Sittert
Jacob
Ha- Zen Pettit
Palla
Des Moines
Pella
Gary Vogelaar
National
Tulip Growers Association
Floral display contest prize notes and door prize
In Cultural classes section II, Artistic Classes awards bulbs for top entries. One dozen imported bulbs go to the winner with the most outstanding entry in each Section A and Section D. Five dozen bulbs to the Garden Club for best entry in a specified section. A Tri-color ribbon is awarded for the outstanding entry of the entire show if merited. Each day a door prize of two dozen imported bulbs will be awarded. Register to participate.
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Ision II
Garden Club
Martin Took Tumblers To Garwin
Tuesday evening Dr. R. M. Martin led a tumbling team to Garwin Iowa for a religious and educational program. Students from the college high school and grade levels attended as part of a joint school and Protestant church initiative.
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R. M. Martin
Garwin
Iowa
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Chronicle News
Elbert van Maat
Amata
Eloise de Zwarte
Ruth
Judy Cook
John Vanden Baard
C.R.O.P. Drive
General Synod
Holland
Netherlands
Club
Centralia
Bond Chronicle
Wendell Mick
Knoxville
Martin
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