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Newspaper
Pella Chronicle
Location
Pella, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1949
Page
14
Looking Back at Tulip Time shows a hectic week for faculty and students before exams. Pupils trade items and share slang as they prepare for parades and dances in the Blue Tulip building, while teachers juggle makeup, Dutch names, and chores.
Miss Annebelle Teebee from Webster Buildings moves from Minneapolis to Tennessee. A TV Duchess preview by teachers and students promises a top show with many photos and a new cover. Harry Ray, now in the Navy, visited Decora 44 and Pearl Palmaquist and PILS grads hosted him. Dutch spellings and translations are corrected, with terms like Tulip Time and Klompen clarified. The high school discusses accounting in study hall and plans for summer farm machinery work and Latin registration. Three grade students adopted by Dan Meulpolder parade in Dutch dress. Marilyn Tanis earns an Orchid for a cello solo at Perry state contest.
A recalled trip by the Commercial Club and F H A, with chaperones Miss Nieburse and Miss Sayler, describes the bus journey from Pella to Des Moines. The group toured the publishing company, its departments, and cafeterias, saw crafts and day nursery facilities, and returned to Pella around 6:00 p.m. after a lively day.
An editorial encourages students to value character, initiative, and learning over money or status. It recalls a remark about wishing one had worked harder and urges self-improvement, kindness, and bravery as the school year ends.
The survey lists attendees at Central College and Oberlin College including Abe Grandia Vander mt Dirk Van Zant David Prins Clara Hasselman Hetty Den Harta Florene Maanen Jim Van Vliet Ruth Van Wyk Keith LaVerna De Penning dane Menninga and Danna cake Wilbur Boot Arvin Menning. Additional names cover teaching staff and workers at Rolsereen Gaass Law Office Co op Verrips South Pella and other locales.
A round of student reflections reveals Brandt Van Maanen aims for minimal work, Geraldine Klein wants to work from home and travel, Carl Ver Stee seeks Newton employment, Audrey plans Chicago trips, Roland Eysink will stay home and work, Joyce Buwalda aims for college, Larry Wendell guesses at mischief, Marcia Klein will work for Farmers Union, Phil Mentink eyes Knoxville Veterans Hospital.
Dutch Village during Tulip Time relied on high school students for guiding tours and running displays. Dutch guides included Ronald Be Bruin Den Van Hem ert Ronnie Van Niewaal Johnny Vroyeda Sara Annelink and others while Dale Jurman handled electrical work. Students aided industrial arts home economics and commercial booths, finishing with safe wiring and landscaping to make Patch Villas a success.
The piece lists mixed snippets from a weekly Pelladium, naming Helen Zante admiring Carol Ver Stooge and various students in brief, fragmented captions. It mentions plans for a summer message vacation, detentions, and several students with occupations or locations, but many details are uncertain.
A garbled community page lists coop hardware offerings, paints, cement and lumber, farm machinery deliveries, and notices on lockers and fruit handling. It mentions tractors, planters, cultivators, oil, and supplies, plus upcoming vacations and staff notes at the locker and office.
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