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Apple Blossom Festival weekend delights guests and crowds
The Apple Blossom Festival weekend drew strong attendance with Queen Shenandoah XLIII and her court hosting multiple dinners and a Queen's Ball. Notable attendees included Senator and Mrs. J Kenneth Robinson, Len Dawson, Ben Dutton, and local officials. Various social events, races, and visits to Merion, Ithaca College, and Virginia Beach are noted along with weekend guests at multiple homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Kenneth Robinson
Richard Byrd
Rosemont
Fong
Ben Dutton
William Battaile
Miss Puerto
Len Dawson
Shenandoah Conservatory of Music
Confederates
Lucy Byrd
Merie Fong
Ithaca College
George Greenhalgh
George Greenhalgh, III
A.R. Dunning
Thomas Dunning
M. Tyson Gilpin
M. Tyson Gilpin, Jr
Lucy—Byrd
B.beverley Byrd
Vaida Boyrd
Gilbert — McKown
William Watkins, Jr
Ann Presnikoff
Tucker Wilson
Merian
Francis Rhein
Jane
Robert Turner
Marion Foster
Virginia Beach
Page Mitchell
Marjorie Webster College
Eugene Casey
Springsbury
Calvin Haley
Arlington
B. Beverley Byrd
Westwood
Lady Pascoe
London
England
Byrds
Frank Christopher
Carter Hall
Richard Farland
Lakeville
T.J. Emmett
Eve Brown
Ross
Margaret Gibson
Mr. Gilpin
University of Virginia
Law School