Pageant Crowned Spring With Royal Procession
The event featured Massanutten Military Academy cadets in escort and a coronation ballet by Miss Carroll Cain and Miss Jean Miller. A pageant titled Forerunners A Pageant of Springtime opened with The Eternal Spirit, followed by Harbingers of Spring and a Festival of Flowers with hundreds of students in green and pink ballet groups.
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Ea Liser
Miss Kalbach
Massanutten Military Academy
Woodstock
Jessie Lee Miller
Andrew Babb
City
Eternal Spirit
Handley Band
Gaylen Bruce
Garland R. Quarles
Winchester
Ted
Springtime
Carl Haines
Charlotte Ann Ramsburg
Berryville
Handley Elementary
Siamads
Gretchen Armstrong
Marshall Steck
George Quart
Peter McKee
Handley
Apple Blossom Committee Hones Plans for Festival
Apple Blossom Publicity Committee meets with Chairman Lamar Keen and Director General Tom Baldridge to finalize plans for the celebration Thursday and Friday. The discussion focuses on publicity and promotion for the event.
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Apple Blossom
Apple Blossom Festival Publicity and Promotion Committee
Lamar Keen
Geenral Tom Baldridge
Pageant Celebrates American History With A Grand Finale
A pageant featuring Indians Colonists pioneers and Civil War groups moved across the upper and lower esplanades. A Gay Nineties Waltz and a clever pantomime opened the climax with 40 high school boys in United Nations costumes parading with flags. The finale featured 240 girls in red white and blue drum majorette outfits to Stars and Stripes Forever and three large American flags. Distinguished guests included Governor Preston Lane and Mrs Lane, General Jacob Devers and others. A thunderstorm cleared to allow the event to proceed.
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United Nations
Shenandoahe
Preston Lane
M!land
Lane
Dorothy Bryan Lane
Annapolis
Jacob L. Devers
Devers
William Tuck
A. Willis Robertson
John Battle
Charlottesville
Burgess Nelson
Jackson
Lewis T. Bryon
Joseph Bryon
Williamsport
William D. Bryon
Maryland
John Pangborn
Hagerstown
William T. Hamilton
Thomas Stanley
Stanleytown
W. A Blume
American Brake Shoe Company
Mahwah
N. J
Robert H. Reed
Swarthmore
Governor Tuck crowns Queen Shen andoah XX in Richmond
Governor Tuck officiated at the coronation of Queen Shen andoah XX this afternoon arriving from South Boston at 10 35 after a 9 05 morning takeoff. He was joined by Charles Langford state fisheries commissioner who flew ahead to Richmond. Virginia officials including Judge Elliott Marshall Mayor C R Anderson E Blackburn Moore Dr P W Boyd and Harry F Byrd Jr met the governor at the airport.
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Governor Tuck
Boston
Charles Langford
Richmond
Virginia
Elliott Marshall
C. R. Anderson
E. Blackburn Moore
P. W. Boyd
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Parachute Stunt Man Dick Hockman to Perform at Festival
Dick Hockman, local parachute stunt man, will perform at the Apple Blossom Festival with exhibitions at the Municipal Airport. He is scheduled for jumps on both festival days at 5 o clock, Sunday at 2 p m, and a night show at Martinsburg Saturday at 8 30 p m.
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Dick Hockman
Hockman
Martinsburg
New Refrigerator Car on Exhibit for Blossom Fete
A lightweight rail road refrigerator car is on display today and tomorrow at the Baltimore and Ohio passenger station. Developed by the Fruit Growers Express Company, it is built of alloyed aluminum and weighs about 3 1 2 tons less than conventional designs.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Fruit Growers Express Company
Answers to daily Qua quiz questions reveal ten items
The list provides ten quiz answers: 1 Democrats 2 Northern Lights Montgomery Ward and Co 4 Eire 5 On the island of Pharos Egypt 6 They never existed 1 Chicago pen manufacturer 8 April 9 Between Baltimore Md and Washington DC 10 A kind of plant.
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Democrats
Northern Lights
Montgomery Ward and Co
Eire
Pharos
Egypt
Chicago
Baltimore
Festival security and street life during the Apple Blossom events
Guards from National Guard units were posted at city banks for the festival. Winchester’s Rouss City Hall display was absent this year and only one person remained in the lockup by noon after a drunken arrest. Merchants may close during the coronation and parade and many stores already opened, with Barker vendors and balloon concessions drawing crowds on Loudoun Street. Hot dogs and hamburgers were expected to surpass balloons as the crowd grows.
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Company I
National Guard
Winchester Police Department
Rouss City Hall
Prisner
Miff Clowe, Jr
The
Retail Merchants Association
Loudoun Street
No Parking Ban Covers Key Downtown Streets
No parking tomorrow on Cameron from Germain to Piccadilly Piccadilly from Cameron to Loudoun Loudoun from Piccadilly to Cork Cork from Lou doun to Braddock Braddock from Cork to Piccadilly Piccadilly Braddock to Washington Washington from Piccadilly to Germain Stewart from Germain to Handley Blvd Handley Blvd from Stewart to Braddick
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Cameron
Germain
Piccadilly
Loudoun
Cork
Braddock
Washington
Stewart
Handley Blvd
Braddick
Bedford man dies. Randolph Macon and Emory alum
Thomas of Bedford Va longtime church member dies at home. He attended Randolph Macon College Ashland Va where he was to receive a D D degree and Emory University Atlanta Ga where he earned a B D degree. Surviving wife daughter Mary and several brothers and sisters. Funeral services at Braddock Street and Bedford Main Street churches with burial in Bedford Cemetery.
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Main Street Methodist
Bedford
Randolph Macon
Randolph Macon College
Ashland
Emory University
Atlanta
Mary Wilson
Mary McCown Thomas
T. K. Cammack
Washington, D. C
Alonzo Beauchamp
Caste Wood
Rhys Thomas
Herman Olive
Paul Craig
Elmer Thomas
Fredericksburg
James Thomas
Maxwell Thomas
Baltimore
Samuel
Morgan Thomas
Amy C. Thomas
Braddock Street Methodist Church
T. J. Hawkins
J. A. Engle
Walter C. Gum
Richmond
Braddock Street Church
Bedford Main Street Methodist Church
Engle and Gum
Etiquette Question: Should a Man Rise For Introductions
A concise etiquette answer states yes a man should rise when introduced to another man as a sign of respect. It emphasizes formal greeting and courteous posture in social settings.
GOP Leaders See Tough Labor Bill Amendments Lined Up
Washington May 1 Republican leaders hailed a preliminary victory for tougher amendments to the Senate union strike curbing bill. They avoided pledges on a presidential veto and expected final passage with GOP-backed changes as Democrats warned of a veto and a possible two thirds vote. Senator Wherry noted the Morse motion defeat signals broad Senate support for the omnibus bill and amendments. Senator Taft expected several Democrats to join in backing the measure.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Wherry
Neb
Morse
R.-Ore
Taft
Ohio
Republican Policy Committee
Labor Committee
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