It Was the Most Wonderful Tulip Time
Crowds grew from a cold start to a large evening turnout as Pel-In hosted Tulip Time. About thirty thousand people were counted by Highway Patrols across Friday and Saturday amid cheerful, reserved visitors including Conservative Amish families Render Mouller and Gingerich from Calona Iowa.
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Pel- In
Calona
Towa
Tadiex
Render
Mouller
Gingerich
Roway
Legion
Tish Shaw
Sigourney
Will Baer
Seholte
Mr. Shaw
Mr. Baer
Pella
Meullers
Benders
Colona
Iowa
Tulip Time Festival Draws Crowd and Praise in Pella
A large, orderly crowd enjoyed Tulip Time with patrols keeping traffic smooth and few scrapes. Visitors praised the friendliness, cleanliness, and entertainment of Pella, with remarks from Harry Needham of Centerville and Mrs C H Frame of Osceola highlighting Dutch flair and welcoming hosts. Several travelers, including a Kirksville garden club group, shared positive impressions and noted floral displays, costumes, dances, and scrubbing work as festival highlights.
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Harry Needham
Needham
Centerville
Pella
Kirksville
Missouri
Burgemeester
Tulip
Fairfield Festival Highlights Hoboes and Town Parade
A festive report from Pella during Tulip Time describes Harry Bik ing as Hoboes King and Ben Benson later joining the role. The piece notes visitors from Hamilton NL Nauvoo IL Keokuk IA and Durant IA praising the festival. It recounts veterans, a Rotary figure stunt, and crafts demonstrations with locals like Vella and Mrs Rosel enjoying the events and mass plantings.
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Joe Shultz
Pel
Rotary Club
A. R. Rosel
Williams
Vella
Pella
Ex King and Festival Guests Highlight Tulip Time
Ex King Harry Beetm, a three year Hoboes monarch, visited the festival with a companion near Ashland Nebraska. Yosemite ranger Kendrick Melver traveled from California to Iowa for Tulip Time, taking color photos and praising Pella’s scale and color while noting De Gooyer’s Yosemite link. Mrs Schrader of Minnesota shared her tulip passion and described the wooden shoe dancers as graceful, with visitors praising school performances and the coronation, all marking a lively festival.
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Ve Jong
Harry Biking
Marty
Ashland
Nebraska
Lock
Omaha World- Herald
Britt
Ben Benson
Veenenberge
Pella
Tits Sands
Holland
Mic
Pelly
Michigan
Harry Beetmon
Harry
Yellowstone
Jackson Hole Park
Yosemite
University of Town
de Gooyer
Tuelip Town Park
Schrader
Marshall
Minnesota
Howers
Sam
Polks
Pella Festival Receives Warm Public Reception and Word of Mouth Praise
Attendees at the Pella Festival praised the college band, flag wavers, and the Industries display, especially flower lovers. An amusing incident at the Toren involved Case Van Berkam and his son, but overall attendees left with a favorable impression and a stronger sense of what the college offers. Word of mouth emerged as the most powerful publicity, as neighbors and relatives shared their experiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pella
Carpenter's
Toren
Netherlands
Burgemeester
Case van Berkam
John
van Berkam
Case
Son John
Cane
Local pupil resumes lessons after leg injury
Jean Wessels of near Algona recovers from a knee injury as she lights up lessons with her teacher Ludge terson guiding the day’s work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Wessels
Algona
Ludge Terson
Cleansing Brush Wields Power in Schulte Heirloom Tale
A fragment notes Governor Wilson wielding a brush with striking effect during a cleansing effort at the Schulte home, touching upon heirlooms and a street rubbing, signaling strong authority in the scene.
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Schulte
Wison
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Charles
Savowa
Col
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Des Moines
River Front
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Berg
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Hamilton
Nauvoo
Illinois
Keokuk
Aji
Durant
New Liberty
Town
Grandma
Des
Bernard Brower
Fairfield
The
Des Moines Register
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Nisband
Avisin
En Miller
T Missioner
Kate
Jonoy Wilson
Pela
Col Moines
Fische Bagh
Ischer
Miller
Bagley
Sophia Meen
Dick den Adel
Waterlon
Tawa
Herald
Meulpolder Boys
Oskaloosa
Lly
Oskaloosa ix
Harry Piteb
Kendrick M. Melver
U.S. Park
Yosemite Park
California
West
Conservation Service
New Law Firm
Mick
Knoxville, Iowa
Leon N. Miller
E. Raymond
Apas
Federal Discount Corp
van den Berg Electric and Paint Company
Leeleehla
Rati
Jace
Chevrolet
A-1
White Way Auto Co
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