Festival Queen crowned at Shenandoah Apple Festival
Miss Mary Jo Matthews, daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry J Matthews of Mannington West Virginia, was named queen of the Shenandoah Apple Festival the sixth annual event. The pageant drew sixty five contestants from Virginia West Virginia and Maryland with judges drawing from state senatorial districts and Shenandoah Valley fruit districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Shenandoah Valley, Inc
Mary Jo Matthews
Harry J. Matthews
Mannington
W. Va
University of West Virginia
Lucy Scott
Tazewell
Sarah E. Miller
Pearisburg
Camilla Dunham
Warm Springs
Mary Terry Goodwin
Roanoke
Claire Goode
Rocky Mount
Sarah Jennings
Buena Vista
Margaret Russell
Waynesboro
Sydney Aldhizer
Broadway
Mary Massie
Post Oak
Teles
Crimora Waite
Culpe
Catherine Powers
Alexandria
Pratt Bevan
Weedonsville
Frances Bland
West Point
Virginia Eubank
Dunssville
Isobel Ferguson
Newport Nens
Lelia Michaux Chewing
Richmond
Elizabeth Lee Valentine
Matylda Ann Reece
City of
Winchester
Virginia Ann Huntsberry
Frederick County
Misée Hazel Lodge
Clarke County
Dorothy Cool
Long Queen's Coronation Court Names Dozens of Attendants
A coronation court in the queen's ceremony lists about 300 attendants beyond the maids of honor and princesses. It names numerous Misses from Virginia districts and nearby states, plus pages Colin and Derek Hayley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Firet
Madeleine Kellam
Oney
Eleanor Garnett
Noralk
Lugille Ware
Amherst
Betsy Smith
Franklin
Arnold Prince Fleetwood
Waverly
Marjorie Thomas
South Hill
Mary Rutherford Bernard
Petersburg
Isabel Moore
Crewe
Anne Heavies
Halifax
May ‘Baker
Olumbia
Louise Carter Winfree
Lynchburg
Myrtle Road
Ranville
Pauline Phipps
Galax
Harriet Moorman Harkrader
Bristol
Heverley Quillin
Gate City
Mayo Beaty
Wise
District of Columbia
Bery
Frances Loughlin
Chevy Chase
Hagerstown
Amy Babcock Moore
Frederick
Virginia H. Williamson
Hancock
Ethel Webster
South
Lucy Furman
Greenville
D. C
Gunaton Hall
Washington, D. C
Rosalie Nelson
Winchester
Mises Emma Ginn Baker
Colin and
Derek Hayley
Japanese Officer Itoh Assassinated by Two Chinese in Teinan
Report from Teinan dated April 20 says Lieutenant Itoh of the Japanese army was killed by two Chinese men in civilian clothes near the foreign commercial district as he traveled to the military headquarters on a mission. The assailants fled amid ensuing confusion.
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Associated Presa
TSM
China
Teinan
Shantung
Itoh
Bishop Brennan Here Tomorrow
The Rt. Rev. Andrew James Brennan bishop of Richmond arrived at noon and will speak at Strasburg Sunday at 8 a.m. and in Sacred Heart Church in this city at 11 o’clock. He is described as a pleasing speaker and a cordial invitation is extended to the public to attend with free seats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew James Brennan
Richmond
Strasburg
Sacred Heart Church
Brennan
Salo Creeps Up On Second Place In Banion Derby
John ny Salo, a Passaic police man, narrows the gap to 25 minutes behind Hol Gardner of Seattle in the 34 mile Banion derby leg of C Pyle's trans continental foot race to Marshall Illinois. Pete Guazzia of Southampton England leads Gardner by almost four hours as officials plan a three day show in Brazil while the race continues through Illinois.
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Associated Press
Brazil
Indiana
Johnny Salo
C. C. Pyle
Marshall
Illinois
Passaic
New Jersey
Gardner
Seattle
Washington
Negro
Indianapolis
Pete Guazzia
Southampton
England
Guazzia
Salo
Illinots
Future of acting in a cigarette endorsed era
The Houston Post Dispatch questions the theater and film industry fate as actors shift from endorsing one cigarette brand to another for money, implying a broader trend of product endorsements shaping the stage and movie work and altering artistic independence.
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Houston Post-Dispatch
Stolen Eskimo Spitz From Auto Post Festival Visit
Mrs A Weiskettel of Baltimore reported her seven year old white Eskimo Spitz named Gad dy was taken from her car while she visited Winchester yesterday. A liberal reward is offered for the dog's return. Police note several car thefts during the festival, with one 1927 Ford touring car reported missing from South Loudoun street. Virginia license 200731 city tag 873 motor number 14748075.
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Winchester
A. Weiskettel
North Charles Street
Baltimore
J. M. Oates
South
Loudoun Street
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Fairest
Daughtersirginia
and Mary and the ‘District
His Majesty
Shenandoah Apple Bros
Ehteap Peso Investment
Lon i
de Soto
Chrysler
Chrysler Motors
Dr Soto
Eugene M. Garrett, Inc
Valley
Gerrard Street
Shenandoah County
Mary Esther Martin
Warren County
Betsy Payne
Rockingham County
Anna Driver
Rockbridge
Frances Roebush
Highland County
Martha L. Wilson
Roanoke County
Margaret Mason
Bath County
Lucie Edwin Porter
Botetourt
Katherine Sherman Lemon
Alleghany
Bessie Stokes
Martinsburg
Anne Morrison
Berkeley
Charlotte McKown
Jefferson
Marguerite Derr Maddox
Morgan
Lacy Miller
Hampshire
Dorothy Mae Arnold
Hardy
Pearl Martin
Grant
Bessie Harr
Mineral
Margaret Pinnell
Randolph
Mary Virginia Wilson
Preston
Dileen White
Pendleton
Cornelia Isahbe) Johnson
Toledo, Ohio
Thippet
Sf. B
Rouss Garage
Braddock Street
Bishop Brennan
Emmert
Emmert’s
Moling & Cather
Dependable
Handley School
Ieeing Point
Shenandoah Valley
O. T. Ritter
Winchester Furniture CO
South Main Street
Butler’s Packing House
FORD
Slavaral
George
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