Trail of Pink Petals Climax at Shenandoah Apple Blossom Parade
The Trail of the Pink Petals grand feature parade led by Lieut Nelson F Richards opened with the United States Navy Band. Maryland West Virginia Virginia and Pennsylvania were represented by elaborate floats and drum corps. Crowds of 60 000 to 75 000 filled Winchester as Queen Shenandoah VI Mary Jo Matthews greeted admirers amid daytime fireworks and marching bands.
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Virginia
West Virginia
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Boy Scouts of
Hagerstown
Winchester
Mary Jo Matthews
Shenandoah VI
Make Believe
Handley High School Stadium
Nelson F. Richards
L. M. Allen
George H. Heist
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Vincent B. Costello
Washington, D. C
Morris Frock
Arlington Post
Arlington
Victory Post
Alexandria
Front Line
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Drum and Bugle Corps
Burt J. Asper
Chambersburg
Staunton Military Academy
W. G. Conley
Harry F. Byrd
F. A. Shryock
Common Council of
Chamber of Commerce of
Shenandoah
Shenandoah Valley, Inc
Massanutten Military Academy
Handley High School
Shenandoah Valley Academy
University of West Virginia
R. C. T. C. Band
Queen Shenandoah
Betty Eckhardt
Martha Bonar
M. M. Brown
Roy Grove
H. C. Brooke
A. B. Eagle
L. H. Thompson
L. I. Rice
Charles W. Morrison
Martineburg City Band
Terra Alta High School
Whie
Lewisburg
State Teachers College
Harrisonburg
Augusta Military Cadet Band
Fort Defiance
Banke of Winchester
R. Y. Conrad Post No
American Legion
Lions Club
Social Club of
Stephenson
Kiwanis Club
Civic League and Chamber of Commerce
Westminster Band
Chesapeake & Potomac Tet, Co
Rotary Club
Religious Society of Friends of
Hopewell
Blue Ridge Hunt Club
Berryville Chamber of Commerce
District Nurse Association
Edmund C. Lupton
McSherry Lupton
J. B. & O. Railroad Company
Banktey
Samuel Kirson & Sons, Inc
Penait
U.S. District Court
Warrenton
Leesburg
Chas. G. Stone
Warrenton, Va
Her Majesty’s Festival Court
Lucy Frymah
Greenville
S. C
South
Bessie Hart
Petersburg
W. Va
Grant County
Anne Hawkins
Halifax
Benny Smith
Franklin
Anna Driver
Timberville
Rockingham County
Virginia H. Williamson
Frederick
Crimera White
Culpeper
Amy Babcock Moore
Mary Esther Martin
Woodstock
Shenandoah County
Emma Ginn Baker
Kelvinator
East Water Street
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