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Newspaper
Winchester Evening Star
Location
Winchester, Virginia, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1971
Page
9
Nine year old James G. Brown found a billfold on the way to school in Canton Illinois. He turned it into Walter Wilkes who traced the owner through a purse bill and returned the $20 inside. The grateful owner expressed surprise at recovering the money.
Mayors from several states will attend the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester. They will be greeted by Mayor William M. Battaile, view the springtime pageant from Handley Bowl, and join a noon luncheon at the George Washington Hotel. The group will ride the Mayors Float in the Grand Feature Parade and watch from the reviewing stand. The queen elect Julianna Shepard arrived for social events ahead of her coronation and the Trail of the Pink Petals parade finale.
The 44th Festival opens with a Pie Baking Contest at 8:30 a.m. at Wood High School drawing thirteen contestants from four states. Co chairs are Mrs. Bruce Porterfield and Miss Kathryn Watson. Top prize is an expense free three day trip plus an engraved silver bowl. Winner and four state runners up will be presented at Handley High School steps before coronation queen elect Julia Shephard and ride in the Grand Feature Parade on Saturday aboard Frederick County Fruit Growers float.
Robert C. Weaver, named secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development under President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966, becomes the first African American to serve in a U.S. Cabinet post.
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