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Clinton News-Record, 1984-05-09, Page 83You can win a Holland vacation xounno This year, two Klompen Feest visitors will win a special prize, two airline tickets to Holland aboard KLM Royal Dutch Airlines. The draw, sponsored by KLM and the Clinton Klompen Feest committee will take place on May 19. The Netherlands National Tourist Office promotes Holland as a friendly country that makes tourists feel at home immediately. It's a country of flowers and museums, a country where a visitor can have a very good time indeed. Visitors can enjoy the atmosphere of canals "'during the soft summer evenings and the vast polder landscape, unspoiled by centuries. Holland is a country of flourishing industry and ancient merchant's homes. of windmills and of wooden shoes. Holland is filled with varied charms and the country is small enough so you can enjoy many of them. You can drive across the country from east to west in less than two hours, or go from the northernmost to southernmost tip in less than three. Why visit Holland? People visit Holland for its art and to see the works of the great Dutch masters, like Rembrandt, Frans Hals and Van Gogh. Holland also has artisans, like the silversmiths of Schoonhoven and the simosommillar y,. Page 37 painters of the world famous Delft -Blue pottery. People visit Holland to see its romantic, Renaissance charm. Holland. has about 300 castles, it has harbors with medieval fortifications and mellow step -gabled architecture, like the town halls in Veere and Gouda. Holland is also famous for its- food and drink. Dutch people like good food. They serve up hearty sandwiches, frothy beer, strong coffee, salted • herrings, rich chocolates and famous five -course Continental dinners. But cheese remains the favorite. Auctions, like the one at Alkmaar, sell thousands of cheeses each week. In recent years, the Netherlands has become an important tourist attraction. Amsterdam, in the course of the past two decades, has joined Paris and Rome as an important European tourist centre and in the past ytears appears to be an even more interesting attraction. Tourists' interests have expanded beyond the historical monuments to beaches, lakes, bulb fields,, Zuiderzee and Delta works, museums and ancient towns and villages. Vistors to Clinton's Klompen Feest can win a trip for two to Holland by purchasing draw tickets at the weekend celebration.Be sure to get your tickets , before the May 19 draw. Our Best Wishes to the Fourth Annua Cr ton Klompen Feest SWIFT FEEDS Parrish and Heimbetker Ltd. Feed Division WYOMING ONTARIO 514-845-3318 AVAILABLE THROUGH: •Mel Giugerich Farm Supplies ZURICH •Centralia Farmer's Supply CENTRALIA •Liu -Bart Farm Supply LEO KROONEN-DUBLIN •Smell Feed aid Supplies I3IVTH • Bluevale Milling Co. Ltd. BLUEVALE •Hick's General Store 'CORBETT J