Festival Program of Events Thursday May 2
Festival schedule lists events from 12 30 P M guests luncheon at Glaize Apple Packing House to 11 P M teen age dance at War Memorial Building. Coronation of Miss Brooke Randolph Farland at Handley Bowl followed by an Apple Blossom Salute to The Queen. Firemen parade and awards ceremony at Capitol Theatre and Handley Blvd viewing stands. Cheerful performances include The Four Saints Majorettes Drum Corps and bands with an aerial fireworks display at Handley School Grounds.
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Glaize Apple Packing House
Rt. 622
North
Brooke Randolph Farland
Handley Bowl
Cameron
Capitol Theatre
Handley Blvd
Andrea Miller
Handley School Grounds
George Washington Hotel
Shawnee ‘Fire Hall
Shorty ' Billmyer
Rouss’ Fire Hall
Jimmy McCoy
War Memorial Building
Ern
Renee Easene
Castro at May Day Parade Amid Soviet Show of Force
Fidel Castro appeared at the May Day parade in Red Square beside Khrushchev as Soviet forces paraded military hardware. U S ambassador Kohler boycotted, while Castro followed the speech through earphones and listened to Malinovsky defend socialist peace.
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Poema
Fidel Casio
Red Square
U.S
Foy D. Kohler
Castro
Kohler
Khrushchev
Cuba
Soviet Union
Rodion
Y. Malinovsky
United States
Malinovsky
U.S.S.R
Apple Blossom Princess Confusion Over Similar Names At Festival
Obe Crier and two princesses share identical names causing potential mix ups at the festival. Elizabeth Berry Broaddus of Severna Park is noted among the 35 Apple Blossom Princesses. details about the other Broaddus link are unclear.
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Elizabeth Berry Broaddus
Severna Park
Petaaracton
College 9
Rape Broaddus
Fairtaxial
Wayneshors
Queen Shenandoah Arrives Cleans Skies With Parade Entrance
Queen Shenandoah arrives amid blustery weather as 5500+ residents join a new route parade. She is escorted to the George Washington Hotel greeted by the Douglas High School band and Mayor Claude Smalls who presents a city key.
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George Washington Hotel
Douglas High School
Claude Smalls
Civic ‘Club
Hotel
Exchange, Kiwanis, Lions and
Rotary Clubs
Shenandoah
Brooke Randolph Farland
Winchester festival queen arrives amid chilly forecast
Miss Farland, a 20 year old Madrid University student and Panama resident, arrives at the Wright home to begin the Blossom Festival coronation preparations. She notes the cold weather but looks forward to meeting friends and making the hours enjoyable for supporters. Weather from Richmond predicts warming by Friday as Midwestern storm eases.
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Boe Wright
Weather Bureau
Richmond
Middle West
Old Dominion
Miss. Farland
United States
University of Madrid
Spain
Ambassador
Farland
Panama
Senate Confirms Bowles as Ambassador to India
The Senate confirmed by voice vote President Kennedy's nomination of Chester Bowles to be ambassador to India. One senator, Strom Thurmond, voiced a lone objection but did not state reasons.
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Washington
Senate
Kennedy
Chester Bowles
India
Strom Thurmond
D S
Marchers Start Tracing Steps of Slain Postman
Ten white and Negro marchers begin a trek from Chattanooga toward Jackson Mississippi to protest the shooting death of a postman last week. They belong to either the Congress of Racial Equality or the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and are anticipated to face arrest in Alabama. A supporting NAACP member drives a accompanying truck as Lovett Johnson preaches at the Greyhound station before the march.
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Chattanooga
Sara
South
Jackson
Miss
Alabama
Greyhound
Lovett
Fourth Avenue
Congress’ of Racial ‘Equality
Student Nonviolent’ Coordinating Committee
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Moore
Festival honors new Queen with coronation ceremony
Queen Shenandoah XXXVI will be crowned tomorrow at 3 p.m. on Handley High steps for the Apple Blossom Festival. The salute features more than 20 performers at once and over 100 dancers marching bands and units. Wales acts join the Grand Feature Parade in a staged salute and Friday morning reprise before the parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley High
Wales
Snow and 26 Degree Drop Hit Western Maryland May Day
May weather brings snow to Allegany and Garrett counties with up to three quarters of an inch on the ground and 26 degree lows. Snow flurries reported in Tucker and Randolph counties in West Virginia and Somerset County, Pennsylvania. US 40 slick and a stalled truck noted on the Alle-Garrett border.
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Cumberland
Maryland
Allegany
Garrett
Tucker
Randolph
West Virginia
Panhandle
Somerset County
Big Savage Mountain
Alle
Weather Bureau
Regulations On Parking For Thursday
Parking bans apply Thursday May 2 on Cameron from Gerrard to Piccadilly Baker from Cameron to Loudoun Loudoun from Baker to Germain Germain from Loudoun to Stewart Stewart from Germain to Handley Handley and Gerrard from Stewart to Loudoun Monmouth and Cork open between Kent and Stewart for emergencies Parade streets include Pall Mall Germain Leicester Cecil Clifford, drivers urged to use driveways for parking. No garbage collection Thursday Friday Saturday Apple Blossom Festival. next week collection resumes. Tickets limited at festival desk. Pat's Jewelry closed Fri. Parade route Piccadilly Street at Commercial & Savings Bank Wesley Chapel Methodist Church.
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Cameron St
Gerrard
Piccadilly St
Baker St
Cameron
Loudoun St
Baker
Germain St
Loudoun
Stewart St
Handley Blvd
Handley and Gerrard
Stewart
Monmouth
Cork St
Kent
Stewart Sts
Kent Sts
Pall Mall
Germain
Leicester
Cecil and
Clifford
J. Thomas Boyd
John W. Rosenberger & Co
Es Sun
Ane Jewelry Store
Piccadilly Street
Commercial & Savings Bank
Wesley Chapel Methodist
West Virginia Queen Shenandoah Farland crowns 100th anniversary link
Brooke Randolph Farland, Wheaton College student in Madrid under NYU sponsorship, is named Queen Shenandoah XXXVI on the 100th anniversary of West Virginia’s secession. The 20 year old daughter of the U S ambassador to Panama, she recalls childhood dream after a nerve wracking Madrid call. She has deep ties to Latin America and Panama City where she resides at the embassy.
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Brooke Randolph Farland
Shenanodah
B. Beverley Wright
Betsy Young
Fred Young
Tennyson, Ave
Janie Jackson
George Jackson
N. Braddock St
Shenandoah
Madrid
Spain
Miss Farland
Wheaton College
University of Madrid
New York University
Sally
West Virginia
Virginia
America
Panama
Joseph Farland
Latin America
Dominican Republic
Panama City
Duff Announces $800000 to $900000 Motel Restaurant Project
Local restaurateur Melvin Duff revealed plans for an 800000 to 900000 development on the Duff and Battaile 22 acre tract along Millwood Pike and Featherbed Lane. The project includes a 100 unit motel a restaurant swimming pool and a putting green. Duff will own sixteen acres while William M. Battaile holds six acres with land purchased from A Garland Williams Dr Tom Williams and Miss Louise Williams.
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Melvin Duff
William M. Battaile
Millwood Pike
Featherbed Lane
Duff
Mr. Battaile
Battaile
B & M Chevrolet
Mason,Myers and Pike
A. Garland Williams
Tom Williams
Louise Williams
O’sullivan
American Telephone and Telegraph
Duffs
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Obe Crier
Pregret
The
Wire
Invita
Pennylvania Horticultural Association
Pat Joyce
Piccadilly
Cork
Stonewall Jackson
Sarah Zane Fire Hall
Woman's Auxiliary
Virginia State Horticultural Society
Handley School
Wright
Land
Handley High School
Winchester
Shenandoah XXXVI
Wright Residence
BOY Scout Troop
Boscawen
Washington Sts
Denny's
Miller’s Howe
Martin's Drug Store
Cs Ig
Koman Bros
N. Loudoun St
Festival
Pat
Nancy Pennypacker
Star Social Editor
Dad
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