ORANGE CITYâThe cacophony of klompen click-clacks, the refulgence of Nederlands music and the savories of street food were all back as the Tulip Festival returned to Orange City on Thursday.
After last yearâs Dutch heritage celebration was canceled, the âfeestâ packed in visitors of all ancestries into the town of 6,100 for a weekend full of festivities.
âItâs even more Dutch than some people can handle,â festival enthusiast Eric Bartels said with a laugh. âNot everyone here is Dutch anymore, but everyone can get involved.â
The Tulip Festival queen and court have been around almost as long as the event itself. Orange Cityâs royals were joined by their counterparts from the Pella Tulip Festival.Elijah Helton
Dec. 13, 1920
A large audience, including many persons from the county, attended a public meeting under the Lord s Day Alliance Association in Trinity Reformed chapel yesterday. The purpose of the meeting was to protest against a tendency toward more liberal observance of the Sabbath and strong addresses were delivered. Speaker Dr. Howard A. Kelly referred to the evils of motion pictures and its effect on child life. Many of the pictures, he said, have a most demoralizing effect on young people.
Water will be turned out of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal within a few days, officials of the company announced Saturday thereby closing the 1920 boating season for this inland waterway which has transported 133,413 tons of coal from Cumberland since early spring. Of the total shipments approximately 90,000 tons have gone to Washington, the remainder having been diverted to Williamsport and way points.