The Holland Evening Sentinel from Holland, Michigan • Page 54

fAGE TEN THE HOLLAND, MICHIGAN, EVENING SENTINEL WEDNESDAY, MAY 12, 1954 Annual Flower Show a Leading Pro ject of Club Breath-Taking Beauty Of Each Show Seems To Surpass AH Others The Holland Tulip Garden Show has become one of the best and outstanding flower shows in the Annually it is visited by thousands of persons, not only from our own home town, but all over the world, as is indicated by the Guest near the door of the show. This year marks the ninth show staged by the Garden Club and it is most interesting to know a bit shows leading up to the 3954 show, bits of history and the progress in those nine.short years The Beginning: Turning back the clock, in 1946 the first show staged in the Armory. Holland Tulip Garden Club was organized in May ol 1945, but the club was active in festival plans long before it was given the responsibilities of the flower show. The women had disposed of more than 75,000 tulip bulbs for local planting and was responsible for numerous contributions for mass plantings by industrial firms and organizations. With Mrs.

Phyllis Watkins as the first president, Mrs. Jacob Hobeck was her flower chairman That opening show was a never- to-be-forgotten one by those women who were responsible. Who could forget the thrill when -Hon Jan A. Schurrman, Consul General of the Netherlands, declared the show open in his short address? The center point of interest inlthe background was a rock garden with a rustic wishing well, flanked on either side by a windmill garden and a church yard, with Dutch hymns emanating from the' illuminated church. 1947 Show Mrs." Jay H.

Fetter, club presi- det, appointed Mrs. Lawrence Lamb as her flower show chairman. Plans, started in early fal for that show. Remember the County Fair held at the home of -Mrs. C.

C. Wood? A community-wide bulb planting day was started after the suggestion was endorsed by representatives of service clubs an( other organizations. The program that year featured a tulip--To Cheff, in whose- honor one of. the loveliest of new Tulips has been named. show was opened by Honorable J.B.V.M.J.

van de Mortel, Consul General of the Netherlands. A feature started the year before was the annual Phyllis Wat kins trophy, given for the- out standing artistic arrangement. And what a coveted honor to win! To those who saw that show, you remember, the carved redwoo( gate with its fence, in which th tulip was used as the motif? That year the club won the Pur pie ribbon award given by Nation al Council of Federated Garden Clubs for the most outstanding show! 1948 Show Mrs. L. Lamb was club pre sident in 1948.

That year the club had two flower show chairmen Mrs. F. W. Stanton and Miss Ger trude Steketee. year, as one entered th show, he got a glimpse of dis tant tulip fields.

It was a back ground painting, reminiscent Old Haarlem, The Netherlands done by Dirk Gringhuis. This wa framed by a nautral setting of trees and shrubbery with richly colored tulips in the foreground which blended into the pictured field. On either side of the painting one saw bits of Dutch life as suggested by fragmentary scenes of a Rotterdam home. Another Blue Ribbon winner. What could next year's committee do? 1949 Show Mrs.

Fred Pickel was at the helm for the club year in 1949. That year, not only did the club make plans early for the Tulip Time show, but they held another show, their first fall show at several homes on South Shore Drive. Mrs. C. M.

Selby became Mrs. Pickel's chairman for the spring flower show. Not only did Mrs. Selby prove an able chairman, but she did the cover of the program in ails depicting the "Parade Of Our Own Tulips" The Lida Rogers. The Ethel Telling, The Phyllis Watkins and the Katherine Cheff Tulips, honoring our own club members.

(This cover has been used each year until the present 1954 show.) A real Dutch garden was the focal point of the show. Behind it was 1.8 huge glass mirrors, with another small garden planting iri front of the mirrors. That reflection in the mirror made the Armory seem twice its size, as well as reflecting the beauty of the shades of deep pink tulips into delicate shades with loads of blue ageratum as the contrasting color. What a 1950 Show Gertrude Steketee was club president in 1950. It was a busy one from the early fall show through to early spring when Mrs.

Thaddeus Taft, flower show chairmen, consulted with members of her staging committee for the show of that year. Mrs. Taft introduced the Theme Idea of the sliow, with the theme that year being "Floral Ensemble." Rows of white and red tulips were planted to resemble an orchestra. White cellos and violins provided a pleasing contrast to the planned shell of evergreens. White louvered screens, doves and musical notes completed the picture of flowers and music.

The show was beautiful in its simplicity of design and the ar- 1951 J. J. Brower headed the ub for 'the year. For the second consecutive year Mrs. Taft became angers seemed at their heighth I tume.

Beyond the garden spot with its beds of tulips were woods and its display of wild flowers, stuffed birds and rocks. The show opened with State Auditor John B. Martin presiding at the opening ceremony, sifter which thousands of visitors from all over America saw another tulip time in Holland at its annual show. And so it goes until the opening of the show Wednesday, May 12, 1954, at 1 o'clock, when history will repeat he flower show chairman. The heme that year was entirely dif- erent from all years, being "Am- the Beautiful," stressing the natural beauty of America as well as making the the queen 'lower of the show.

The focal of the show was a gigantic Statue of Liberty posed in a niche of Michigan evergreens. A pool with grass and glowers growing down its water line, served as the of the Statue. This dramatic setting was surrounded entries intei'preting the na- beauty of the United States. Song titles were used for different classifications. A beautiful show! And another Tulip Time had become 1952 Show That fall Mrs.

Frederick Coleman president, opened the year with a fall flower show at homes on South Shore Drive again, a show was beautifully done, although the tulips became fall flowers. The show helped arrangers, however to gain confidence for the big spring show when "A Tulip Travels" became the theme of the show with Mrs. William Beebe, its flower chairman. That year there 1 was also a 'central garden spot, highlighting a Dutch windmill, a curving canal, shrubs and hundreds of tulips in vibrant multi-colors. Bright striped awnings and a white picket fence marked the Dutch marketplace.

That year the conservation corner really came into the limelight and Mrs. R. B. Champion was award- ed a new conservation trophy for her work. What committee could surpass that show? 1953 Show "Springtime in Holland" was chosen at the show's theme.

Mrs. William Schrier, president, chose as her flower show chairman, Mrs. P. Landwehr. Again breath taking beauty formed the setting for the show.

One was suddenly transported into the garden of a country estate when he passed through the Armory doors. The highlight of the garden' spot was a waterfall and a real tree, complete with swing and figure in Dutch cos- Still the Big Issue WASHINGTON (UP) Republican senators were told in a staff memorandum today that "Communism remains a serious and fundamental issue" in the 1954 campaign. Two Outside Chances SAN QUENTIN, Calif. (UP) -Caryl Chessman, 32-year-old author convict awaiting execution Friday in the San Quentin gas chamber, had two outside chances for life today. 105-Year-OId Clown Back-Flips for Kids ALBANY, Ga.

(UP) Donald Cavilla, pensioner and former circus clown who says he is 105 years old, applied for a city job and was hired after one demonstration of hi-, special talent. Cavilla told Mayor J.W. Smith he wanted the job of entertaining children in the city park by doing back-flips. Smith hired Cavilla after the aging man easily performed a back-somersault. Get Rid of Slums CHICAGO (UP)--Realtors Tuesday set an ambitious goal of ridding American cities of slums' by 1960.

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