Pella pre Tulip Time buzz fills town with color
In the two days before Tulip Time Pella bustles with tulip displays at store windows and Central Park. A new windmill and information booth rise as Dutch dancers rehearse and visitors flood the town. Royal court events, Queen’s dinner and Capitol visits shape a busy, prideful lead up to Tulip Time.
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Pella
Central Park
Bes
Jaycees
Elaine
Des Moines
Capitol
Devin
Kiwanis ‘Park
Big Rock
Sandridge FFA Sweetheart Lois Van Vark Honored
Lois Van Vark named 1965 FFA Sweetheart of Pella chapter, following sister Delores who won last year. Lois, a Pella Community High School junior, was presented at the banquet with family noting the family’s prior honor.
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Donna
Iigh
Holland
Simons
Pella
Sandridge
Lois van Vark
George van Vark
Delores
Lois
Pella Community High School
Paul Vande Noord
Paul Bandstra
Elizabeth Dykens
Dyken
Nelson Pleima
Nancy
John S. Gosselink
L. J. Gosselink
Lester van Haaften
Allen
Minnie van Maanen
Alma Veldhuizen
Sophia Ann Swank
Irene Veldhuizen
Gerdena Bandstra
L. Irene Zwank
Marvin Swank
Bethany Willing Workers Guild
Will Swank
Marion Swank
Kameraad
Sully
Arie M. van Haaften
Marcia Kaye
Klien Returns From Veterans Hospital and Staal Undergoes Gall Bladder Surgery
Otley news reports Willard L. Klien has returned home from Iowa City Veterans Hospital after a successful threat operation. Rev. John Staal underwent a gall bladder operation on April 26 at Fairview Hospital, St. Paul, Minn., with a successful outcome.
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Otley
Willard L. Klien
Veterans Hospital
Iowa City
John Staal
Fairview Hospital
St. Paul Minn
Dorcas Circle Meets at Hostess Home. Bible Conference Ahead
Thursday at 1 20 pm the Dorcas Circle will meet at Mrs Dick Kuiper home. Adult Bible Conference at Camp Okoboji August 27 30 with Dr Howard Gageman of Newark NJ as keynote and theme Faith for Our Time. Several local families visit relatives and friends across Osceola and nearby towns during the weekend.
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Dorcas
Dick Kuiper
Camp Okoboji
Howard Gageman
Newark
New Jersey
Myron Brink
Colfax
Ann Klein
John de Ronda
Virgil Klien
Clarence van Essen
Tracy
Therr
Gradus Vriezelaar
Pella
Tom Slocum
Geneseo
Ilinois
Doris Lee
Nora
George
Miss Lee
George Slocum
Cedar Rapids
Agnes Visser
Sophie Ellen
Oskaloosa
Vander Kolk
Nora Slocum
Alice Casnahan
Newton
Frog Bait Tip Uses Frog as Live Lure in Weed Beds
A summer fishing tip advises placing a rubber band around a meadow frog to act as a live lure. The frog is released to swim over weed beds where bass may strike, offering an unconventional method for angling.
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Sylvia
Hawker
Queen Elain
Pam
Judy
Lynn
Klompen
F.F.A. Parent-Son
F.F.A
Voc-Ag
Peter J. Zwank
Norman van Haaften
Stephen Ray
G. Wm. Jackson
Peter Zwank
Madison
Wisconsin
Bill Jackson
Bill Jackson, Jr. Mrs. Jackson's Sister, Mrs. R. E. Wheeler, Wausau
Davenport
Iowa
Lee van Gorp
Roland Eysink
Paul Bandstras
John Vande Kraats
Brown” Vande Noord
Skunk
Galesburg
Johnnie Gosselink
Rhonda
Harold Dykens
Traer
Fred Dykens
Nick Dykens
Pella National Bank
Ovina
United States
L. Vander Ploeg
G. A. Andreas
C. F. Dykstra
C. L. Vander
PLOEG
J. G. Boat
D. S. DE Haan
Farmer’s
ESULM
Farmer’s Co-op Exchange
THE
Pella Chamber OF Commerce
South
Southern Iowa
Ralph Thome
Jesup
Ray S. Tubaugh
Oskaloosa Livestock Auction
Tubaugh Bros
Highway 63
Southeast
Loren Wymore
Clarence Bellinger
John Terpstra
Ned Hildebrand
Sandridge News
Peoria
Otley News
William Verwers
Norman Robus
Gertrude Maasdam
Alice Wielard
Jennie Vander Kolk
Tunis Vonk
Melvin Vonk
Rean Verwer
Brackney Tin Shop
Oskaloosa, Kowa
Gehl Chop
van Zee Implement
Washington
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