Sidelights on Pella's 1951 Tulip Festival
The 1951 Tulip Time in Pella weathered showers and crowds, with a parade completed before a downpour. Attendance estimated at 15,000 Friday, 25,000 Friday, and 40 to 50 thousand Saturday, drawing visitors from 84 to 89 counties and 21 states. Traffic jammed downtown as motorists lined up from Des Moines to Pella, while the show featured vibrant window displays, a popular town tour, and a well received flower show at the Legion Hall. Two minor arrests occurred for drunken driving and reckless driving. The festival's old record of a rain-free parade held, and the event showcased robust community effort and tourism.
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Los
Cove
West Park
Park
Red Mill
Pella
Garden Square
East Franklin
South Main
Gosselink Farm
Oskaloosa
Des Moines
Wen
Justice VC
Ruyper
McDowell
Noles
Hoop
Legion Hall
Central College Bulk Agency
Wormhoudt Furniture Store
Model Clothing Company
van Sittert's
Wormhoudt’s
G. Veneberg
Elbert van Maanen
East Indies
van Sittert
Leona Vander Linden
China
Amvets Pawl Kosiliang
Harpers Wes Ix
Beardsley
Highway Patrol
Tulip Time program noted with visitors and locals
A visiting speaker promoted Tulip Time in Pella discussing garden topics and Tulip Time on air, promising to mention Pella widely. Participants praised costumes, floats from Knoxville and Oskaloosa, and local performers including Olive Hancock in The Red Mill. Governor Beardsley spoke on the festival's ideals.
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Knoxville
Oskaloosa
West Park
Neighbor Day
Jack Delveau
John Sybenxa
Pella
Olive Hancock
Red Mill
Jim Wisse
Maurice Birdsall
Ine
Dutch Costume Impresses Crowds at West Park Parade
The parade along Main and Franklin featured Birdsall and Bootsma with a Dutch costume theme drawing wide attention. Burgemeester Fultz led a dignified Coronation at West Park, crowning Queen Carol Ver Steeg as a mammoth crowd applauded the Parade of Provinces amid favorable comments from spectators.
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Birdsall
Jack Bootsma
Main and
Franklin
Marvin de Heus
Burgemeester
T. G. Fultz
West Park
Carol Ver Steeg
Martha Lautenbach presents midwestern history at West Park
A Saturday program at West Park featured Martha Lautenbach retelling early Pella history with period gowns. The event highlighted Charity Cox and her soldier sons, including 12 year old Tommy who enlisted as a drummer boy, with Mrs Minka Bartels performing a Liszt selection.
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West Park
Martha Lautenbach
Pella
Charity Cox
Tommy
Minka Bartels
Lizst
Tulip Time in Pella Draws Massive Crowds and Praise
Henry Cox played Just Be fore the Battle Mother on violin while visitors flocked to Pella for Tulip Time. Highway patrol counted over 100000 attendees across three days plus two Sundays, with traffic managed smoothly and police and patrol praised for courtesy and cooperation. Local newspapers and radio stations nationwide covered the festival extensively.
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Motion of
Sun
Henry Cox
Harmful jumble of names and shows in Pella concert page
Readers thank WOT Ames for a lively television show and a color film event. Pella community voices express appreciation for Morrell Packing Co and their male chorus who traveled to Garden Square, reviving memories of a renowned local Male Choral Club from decades past.
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Ames
Pella
Tulip Time
Garden Square
Morrell Club
Gand
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M. S. Thostenson
Central College
Reat
The
Historical Society
Hallie Barres
Clarksdale
Missouri
St Jaseph
Fowler Telephone Co
Len
Devic
Kansas
Rural Electric Cooperative
Ed Gordon
and Transport Agency
Ebraska
Rye Ford
Necesuy
Mr. Ford
Stoner Piano Company
Bill McMains
Ulrich Meat Market
Iowa
Des Moines Register & Tribune
Oskaloosa Herald
Oskaloosa Tribune Press
Knoxville Express and Journal
Ottumwa Courier
Morrell, Packing Co
Administrator's Sale
District Court of
Marion County
Richard Meyer
Washington Street
District Court
Gerrit J. van der Wilt
Aist In Dem
M Treat
WAY Auto Company
Pella, Iowa
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