Local notes as Tulip Week brings visitors and old friends
Local residents and former neighbors visited here during tulip festival week. Rev. A Blick and family of Fulton Ill yearned for reading the Chronicle while Ames resident Tunis Tusseling toured and Joe De Vos of Grand Haven Mich returned after 54 years away. Several others from Des Moines Newton Davenport Donohue and Rock Island, plus guests from Chicago and Riverside Cal., joined gatherings at multiple homes.
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Tunis Tusseling
Ames
Chronicle
John de Vos
Grand Haven
Mich
Birdie Snow
Libbie Cox Closz
Musketch
W. B. Clements
Newton
B. F. Vander Linden
Albert TeSelle
Ray TeSelle
Firth, Nebr
J. B. Sikkink
Prank Walter
Dale Sikkink
Donald Aug
Preston
Minn
M. J. de Wit
Manuel Dorman
Ed Wilkins
Latim Town
Henry Knipp
Henry
Chicago
P. D. Wagaman
D. J. Wagaman
Prairie City
J. G. Vander Pol
James Jelsma
Des Moines
John Braathart
Dave Welle
Leo Linder
J. C. Penney
Sioux City
George Roby
Washington, D.C
William Vanden Berg
Roby
Joe Vanden Berg
Nation
H. H. Vietor
Sus City
Kans
F. F. Garpenter
H. O. Wormhoudt
Art Mohr
Davenport
Elizabeth Jacobsen
Donohue
Iowa
George Ver Steeg
Ruth Rognas
Minneapolis
Fred Robbins
Geo. Grundman
Sauk Center
Glenere Grundman Martin
Dr. Sybenga
H. C. Wormhoudt
American Dental Association
Kansas City
Walter Anderson
Coal Ridge
Rene Vander Linden
Ottumwa
Dunkin
Raymond Leon
Ezra Temple
Knoxville
Centerville
C. Vander Linden
C. van Harpole
Seal Beach
Cal
G. G. Guass
W. B. la Force
George Wills
Riverside
More Tulip Time Stories Next Week
Space constraints prevent publishing all Tulip Time stories this week. Several interesting items will appear next week, featuring community events and local highlights related to the festival.
Frank Ross Called by Death at Newton
Frank Ross longtime resident of a farm north of Pella died at his Newton home on May 11. Funeral services were held there and he was buried in Hewitt cemetery near Galesburg. Born March 26, 1853 he was 85. he moved to the Newton area in 1865 and lived there after moving from the farm 35 years ago. He was unmarried and remembered as an honest upright citizen whose word was trusted.
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Frank Ross
Pella
Newton
Hewitt Cemetery
Galesburg
Mr. Ross
Ida
Sarah
Cen tral College Alumni Dinner and Commencement
Alumni of Cen tral College join luncheon with the Commencement Dinner in Jordan Hall Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. Dr. Bernie Mulder will be toast master. Dinner ticket sales close Tuesday at 10:00 a.m. Reservations encouraged. An alumni business meeting precedes the dinner at 5:30. A complimentary luncheon for board members and faculty is served at 12:00 on Tuesday May 24 by the Ladies Auxiliary in Jordan Hall.
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Central College
Jordan Hall
Bernie Mulder
First Reformed Church
Intelligencer Leader
Card of Thanks for John Vogelaar
A brief note of gratitude from Mrs. John Vogelaar and family expresses thanks to friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during illness and death, and for floral tributes.
Funeral thanks from family of our beloved wife and mother
We wish to thank neighbors and friends for their kind assistance during illness and for the sympathy shown at the death of our beloved wife and mother from Peter Baer and Sons.
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Peter Baer
Wesselink Family Expresses Thanks for Kindness
The Bosveld and Wesselink families thank friends in Sioux and nearby for sympathy in the bereavement over our daughter sister and wife Mrs. John Wesselink and for the beautiful floral offerings. John Bosveld and family John Wesselink.
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Sioux
John Wesselink
John Bosveld
Vanders Brothers and Sisters Notice and Help
We herewith wish to thank friends and neighbors and the Bogaards family for their assistance during the illness and death of our sister Kate. Garbage will be collected twice a week on Tuesday and Fridays. Must keep cans near curb or alley. Glass and metals not collected. Charges $1.50 per season in advance. Call Black 2. G J Vander Bee. Satisfactory service or money refunded.
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Bogaards
Kate
VOS Brothers & Sisters
G. J. Vander Bee
Fourth Tulip Festival Draws National Junior Legion Drum Corps
The Fourth Annual Tulip Festival featured Des Moines Junior American Legion Drum Corps, national champions in New York City last year. They performed on the public square Saturday afternoon and attended a dinner hosted by the local post that evening, inspiring citizens and visitors before next week’s continuation.
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American Legion Drum Corps
Des Moines
New York City
Public Square
Legion ‘Post
Roll of Dishonor at Tulip Festival Stolen Tulips Fined
During the tulip festival more than 100 tulips were stolen. Gail Runnill and Richard McCutcheon of Oskaloosa and Gordon McCar were arraigned before Mayor Fultz and fined and assessed costs totaling 29.85 dollars each.
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Fultz
Gail Runnill
Richard McCutcheon
Oskaloosa
Gordon McCar
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Pella Dress Club
Folger
Libby
De'wild Grocery
South Pella
Pella Coffee Shop
Bieter
FBI
Gene Autry
OUR Gang
Franke Morgan
Florence Rice
Manequin
Joan Crawford
Spencer Tracy Crawford
Joe E. Brown
Bluebeard
Brimstone
Kellogg's
Montmorency
Idaho Russell
Pillsbury's
Silver Crest
Moe Esse al Tuuk
Farmers Union
Franklin Street
Cous
Rev. A. Blick
Fulton, Ill
John Vogelaar
Pork &Beans
Carol
JAY Tee
Morton
Rinso
Iga
IGA Cleanser
Sane Wan
Ipiaty
Forbes
Jack Sprat Food Stores
California
Goodies
Jack Sprat
Sauer Kraut
John den Hartog
Tim
Fender
Satie
aDeee
Wheaties
Benteco
Iun
Renteco
Tptey
Pure Tomato
Norte
Hikaeeccum Err
Mantes
Ottumwa, and
Lelang Griggs
Washington
Quins
Allan Roy Dafoe
Cope
Nia. Berge
Dane
BAYON
Munsingwear
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