Sidelights on Pella Tulip Festival 1950 features honored guests and visitors
The article describes Tulip Time in Pella with Governor Beardsley Ambassador Van Kleffens and Congressman Cunningham joining in street scrubbing. It highlights the elderly wooden shoe maker on a parade float, Dutch heritage displays, color film fans, lodging by locals, and mixed attendance due to late tulips and busy farmland.
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Pella
Wormhoudt Furniture Store
G. W. Veenberg
Holland
Michigan
William _ Beardsley
FE. N. van Kleffens
Paul Cunningham
Cunningham
Des Moines
Washington
van Kleffens
Congressman Cunningham
Ft. Des Moines
Pelin
van Klerens
Roth
Mann
Sioux City
Delhi
Fair
Marion Wormhoudt
Second Reformed Church
Portugal
United States
Detroit
Salt Lake City
Utah
Netherlands
Van
Iowa
C. van Berkum
West Park
Ambassador van Kleffens
Conservation panel leaders announced at State session
Conservation officials named key figures including Henry Hovland and Frank Mendell as they outlined state priorities. Des Moines figures Clyde Spry and Wayne Pritch were noted in the list of attendees.
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Henry Hovland
WHO
Frank Mendell
Ames
Clyde Spry
Des Moines
Wayne Pritch
Birthday cake from Sweden for Armstrong woman’s 75th
Mrs George Johnson of Armstrong celebrated her 75th birthday with a 20 inch stettkaka cake sent by her sisters in Sweden. The cake was baked on a spit over an open flame, a traditional feature of the celebration.
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George Johnson
Armstrong
Sweden
College Faculty Members Plan to Tour Europe This Summer
Central College professors Harriet Houinkveld Alice Carlson and Maurice Birdsall will tour Europe this summer in two sections. Carlson and Houinkveld depart June 14 from Montreal for ten weeks visiting England Norway Sweden Denmark Austria Switzerland Germany and Ho epoch returning August 2. Birdsall sails June 22 from Quebec Canada to join a two month tour visiting England France Switzerland Austria Germany Netherlands and Scotland.
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Europe
Central College
University Wet Bureau
Europ
Harriet Houinkveld
Alice Carlson
Maurice Birdsall
Montreal
Canada
England
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Austria
Switzerland
Germany
Hoepoch
Machee Birdsall
Birdsall
France
St Y. Austria
Nether
Scotland
Iepe Whie Matic
Worldwide Arts and Military Outlook for 1949 Fall
The itinerary highlights the Passion Play at Oberammergau Germany, Shakespeare Festival at Stratford-upon-Avon England, Salzburg music and drama festival Austria, William Fell pastoral play Switzerland, open air festival at Renan Bath Caraenila Waly, and Edinburgh theater and music festival Scotland, with a Montreal return planned for September 5. The report notes Chiang Kai Shek’s forces suffering heavy losses in 1949, about 1800 men.
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Oberammergau
Germany
Stratford-on-Avon
England
Salieburg
William Fell
Switzerland
Waly
Edinburgh
Scotland
Birdsall
Montreal
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Scholte
North Main
Waterloo
Rochester
Minnesota
C. P. Dykstra
D. C. van Zante
Rock Island
Minois
Iowa Soil Conservation Committee
Marion County
Lowe Brothers
Plax-Cote
Victor Herbert
Tors
Deferes Ey
Town & Country Shop
ARROW
Wembley
Housinkveld
Carlson
Chiang Kai Shek
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Hritanmica
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Central States Electric Company
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Pella, Iowa
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