Show ra i r s a as t r s KA N it itS S a w we wS e hat t S h tt w u t e er r as v r 1 ti y i y I a tr Jr Good Bloomin Goof t aa f rr Picturesque F r Revives r iy to tor r of J t I I 5 r HOLLAND Tho Th k amp I wOoden shoes reSounds on a I lM Men n nd pon Alin th the quaint costumeS ot of their ance ancestors tors w t bonnets fore the women t double breast double ed ed o ts fox fot he men N men B alike han bro ml arid lowly IC scrub streets Ip 1 an of bt the of at their I I rag td tn ea end Ique Q a lend Jo b a century elapsed their ft g Colorful blooms bloem myriads or of them provide in an exotic jetting for car care tree free of pd of visitors 1 talip La ba Holland every 7 year rear In a fay With that familiar quotation on wu- wu Willard lard C 1 7 TulIp Time ell ell- director rector cel that than this year years year's festival will wUl be held In bIt of In Michigan May H through May Ma 17 To such luch old favorites as street scrubbing mass m plantings of tulips klompen dancer danced folk parade band reviews review the tho Netherlands lI and Ind the show how will be b added striking new events event and exhibits many or of which come directly from the Netherlands Cente Centennial Jal Year The 1947 1847 Tulip Time le Is of special explains be- be because cause durin during the year Holland and Ind surrounding communities will cele brate brat the lOOth anniversary ot of the coming of the Dutch settlers to their new new omell n t iH r the theme 4 01 TulIp TUne Time WIll be a commission par be I t for a our centennial al celebration eta tl J 13 rea program bi nd ex- ex h Duch tt j the history or of the settler and their contributions to AmerIcan To 10 commemorate the Dutch ml mI- mI or of 1847 1647 the Holland nial Commission to II conducting a nationwide essay ellay contest on the sub rho he Influence of dutch ut h Set Settlement on American 1 atlon Separate contests are announced for tor high school chool seniors and for college or un students Top prizes prize In both contests are three trips to the Netherlands and three trips to Holland Mich I a Tulip TIme lime a festival which makes makel Holland the mecca for forth th tho sands of 01 visitor alters every err May Na Is II re t se of a b by a Rogers Holland hll high teacher that thai le city by the wholesale planting of a single type of 01 flow lIow- flower er I IThe The proposal immediately gained momentum he solidly Dutch wry the tulip as the flower for the project In 1929 Hollands Holland's common council gave ye im- im petua to the m by I lag m funds for or of tulip bulbs from Holland to be plant giant e lIon along street curbs and In masses massee I tn In city parka 1 Tall Taupe Ia Bloom iJ The festival timed to coincide tull blooming of the w war inaugurated that thai year rear of the lire venture led to to make ti il ex to an a- day period every year Abandoned daring war years earl the festival WI was revived last yea yeal l s sh h to r a 1 dalt Au added the te festival eventually 7 was developed to Include thi th Wearing or of Dutch and a revival r va of 1 old Netherlands cu cus tom Loma and Woden shoe carvers who had not practiced their trade elDe leaving the he Netherlands were co pd out evi of retirement N Now they bey spend the entire year cut cut- flag the Ibe J pr prod acts De Item from pop poplar lop especially enjoy the nola noisy roo foot footgear lear gear and Dd olden olde ate are street treel dalea se ao that the Ih- clomp klompU-klomp of 01 the wooded oiled shoes mOel n en the pavement la II one ODe of 01 the he interesting to 0 TulIp Tim v es of of tulips on nearby tulIp tarots far ls displays of authentic Dutch arts art and crafts cratta In the Neth Neth- Netherlands erlands J museum f ilme a ot of old and new Ho Dutch mar mar- market ket let costumed parades band con con- concerts d other DUler musical ical events help belp II to round o oaf a full program for each of the four days dayl of Tulip TIme |