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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1936
Page
5
Stage set for Pella’s Tulip Time festival running Tuesday through Saturday with a radio start on Kant. Tulips bloom as Dutch Metropolis prepares for a large crowd, with West Market Park as the gathering point and extensive plans for crowd control and parking.
The Vander Ploegh building formerly housing John Sybenga Bakery is chosen for the downtown information center and Tulip Headquarters during Tulip Time next week. Dean J. A. Park of Ohio State University called several college honorary societies rackets, noting students pay about $200,000 yearly in initiation fees to roughly 300 societies.
Publicity Committee reports moviemakers will film Tulip Time in Pella with crews from Interstate Film, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Paramount, Universal, Fox and RK. Cameras arrive May 12 to produce footage for hundreds of theaters next week.
Chairman of the street scrubbing committee requests all scrubbing squad members including all women to be at Ulrich Ford Motor Co establishment this afternoon promptly for duty. It is important that everyone be on time.
The Chronicle announces a 36 page color souvenir program for Tulip Time. Subscribers will receive the booklet free by mail with this issue, while non subscribers can obtain one by subscribing now for 25 cents.
Tulip Time will bring two former Pella girls from Long Beach California back to town for a week. Mrs. Marie Hoeven Middleton and Mrs. A L De Haan Leatart will visit, with Middleton expressing interest in the Historical building where she was born and fed, seeing it remodeled into a historic landmark.
Pella Historical Society seeks Dutch antiques heirlooms old furniture and related items for exhibition in show windows during Tulip Time week. Call Tulip Time Headquarters at phone 46 or Mrs Nellie Arkel Blue 267 to loan items. AM articles will be called for and returned on request. Stand by for quick action to ensure a feature display during the festival.
The Tulip Time Committee announces a week of radio broadcasts from Pella via Station KRNT starting Tuesday at 2 p.m. with Dale Morgan and Regie Martin, sponsored by Rosscreen Co. and Sargent Feed Co. The schedule runs Tuesday through Friday with multiple sponsors and potential NBC or CBS hookups.
An item from the Polla Blade dated June 2, 1886 notes the Wolters property on Washington Street was remodeled 61 years prior. John Thomasson had the residence exterior renewed recently, making the house appear unchanged while preserving the old look.
NBC chain plans a Tulip Festival history segment on farm and home hour Tuesday. If timed earlier, Pella broadcast would have aired nationwide over NBC with stations including WHO Des Moines. The festival opens that day and NBC aims further broadcasts next week across KRNT and other movie stations.
John Rebertus a local farmer living south of town and noted mel on raiser announces his candidacy for sheriff of Marion county. He promises to give the criminally inclined a run for their money and urges supporters to vote for him.
Eva Roorda Van Haaften, 88, died Saturday afternoon at Abbott hospital two days after the birth of a stillborn child. Born near Leighton March 29, 1903, she married Frank Van Haaften and leaves husband and three-year-old Elvin, plus two Roorda brothers. Funeral held Tuesday at home and Ebenezer Reformed Church Leighton with Rev. J A De Jong officiating. interment Portergrove cemetery.
George Francis Sadler, chairman of Tulip Time in Pella, urges residents to remove all dandelions by Saturday as Tulip Time begins Monday of next week. The notice signals the close of Dandelion Time and kickoff for the spring festival activities.
Arlene Fay Gosselink, two months old, daughter of Mrs. Gerard B. Gosse, died Saturday at the family home after brief illness. Funeral services held Saturday at 2:00 p.m. with Rev. A Haverkamp officiating. Burial followed in Graceland cemetery. The message laments the family’s loss and notes a related tragedy recalling a mother and two daughters burned in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
The Warnthoudt & Son Furniture Store concluded a guessing contest last Saturday noon tied to a General Electric Monitor refrigerator. Prizes went to L. Ver Plo, with a first prize, and Mrs. M. Schippers, with a third prize, for guesses near the exact monthly operating cost in cents per kilowatt hour.
Improvements are being made in Pella's business district with renovations in multiple buildings. At Two Vans store the heating system moved, basement fire wall added, new roof, and cement floor. Hotel Pella rooms refreshed. Ye Foto Shoppe floors and walls updated. Gene's Beauty parlor to be redecorated next.
Historical Building seeks Tulip Time articles and related items including Dutch tables chairs cupboards dishes teapots kettles mirrors pictures clocks and foot stave hose. Items to be placed at 10 the historical building first door west of Ovand P Fire Shop or awlify George Van Orkom.
Central College presents the Rink String Quartet in a May 9 concert at the High School Auditorium at 7 30 PM. The ensemble, featuring Carl Rink Paul Kahn Harry Parking and Vera Rehberg, performs with rare Italian instruments and a varied program drawing music lovers. The group, tied to the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, showcases masterful playing and enthusiastic reception.
The mayor appeals to residents to tidy yards and alleys, remove dandelions, and reserve driveways for visitors during Tulip Time. He urges calm traffic, reports car numbers of violators, and seeks to host a safe, hospitable event to ensure visitors return next year.
A Pella delegation toured Newton during Tulip Time greeting officials Mayor Frank M. Woodrow Paul Jepson Chamber of Commerce Neal Allen and James Rhodes. The procession featured Dutch outfits, wooden shoe music, and a queen Leonora Gauss as centerpiece amid gift exchanges and shop visits.
Veterans Administration invites the public to inspect Knoxville hospital on May 12 beginning at 1 PM. Visitors will tour departments and meet staff while a program in Recreation Hall features staff talks, Legion and Auxiliary officers, and dancing. Strong emphasis on acquainting veterans and citizens with hospital methods and personnel.
Peter Van Niewaal, former local coal dealer, died Sunday afternoon at 2 30 at his home 601 Oskaloosa street after a year long illness. Funeral at home Wednesday at 2pm conducted by Rev Albert Vander Ploeg. Burial in Oakwood. Born Aug 14 1878 in Pella he spent life here. Survived by wife Minnie Ross six children Earl Fred Clarence Roy Paul and Gertrude five sons and a daughter all at home except Fred one grandson Ronald Dale Van Niewaal a brother Y T Van Niewaal and sister Mrs Albert Hoksbhergen.
Miss Lois Rietveld died last Thursday night at her home on Brossway. Funeral services were held Monday at 1:30 PM at the First Reformed Church with Rev. A. Haverkamp officiating and interment at Lam cemetery. The service and obituary will be continued in the next issue due to crowd.
A Chronicle Want Ad notes five seed corn transactions by Peter F De Jong over 13 months, with price disputes and a government loan seal on the seed. Mrs De Jong opposes price gouging, while De Jong argues germination tests aren’t essential. The seed corn, tested 90 to 92, came from a 1000 to 1200 bushel crib sealed under a government loan, now paid.
The public honor roll lists seniors Elmer Boat Jean Cook Henry Van Haaften Don Menning Delmar Needham Alda Mae Van Heukelom Pauline Hoogenakker Dorothy Van Houweling Mario Janaz Margaretta Slob Freda Van Zante along with juniors Bob Bosveld Clarence Lungerak Arthur Rus Virginia Van Gorp Janet Klyn Joan Kuyper Lucille Paltzer Mary L Renaud and sophomores Wm Vande Kieft Herbert Vander Waal Viola Helen Boat Ruth De Heer Mary Jane Van Hemert Anna Keuning Johanna Keuning Emily Kuyper Bernice Vander Linden Velma De Pronger Hugh Dunn Gerald Den Hartog Stuart Ku Floyd Mathes Dean Meulpolder Everett Vande Voort James Vos Othella Van Baale Alta Marie Beyer Helen Den Hartog Virginia Kempkes Lora Ruth Vander Waal.
Town lawns require mowing and treatment before Tulip Time. Some areas have deteriorated badly and need trimming, with dandelions removed to restore A-1 condition for the event.
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