Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-06-06
DELIGHTED WITH VALLEY

DlLluniLU With VALLEY
Delighted with the Shenandoah Val.
ley the hospitality and graeiousness
OF It's people. the screen beauty and
charm OF its rolling bills, and its noun
tains background, and the thrifty en- i
ergy and contentment of IFS ponu-
iatioa DR.. Lyman p. Powell, Editor OF
the Cosmopolitan Magazine, one of the
New York Pilgrims" touring the Val
ley from Winchester TO Lexington this
week, told officials of the SHENAN-
DOAH VALLEY, Inc. that "your
country is wonderful +; in the next six
month fifty million people viii be told
of this wonderful section OF Virginia
and West Virginia .
The New York Pilgrims comprised
a group of distinguished educators,
editors, who came to the Valley
primarily TO attend the exercises of the
dedication of the beautiful Virginia
Lee Harrison Gymnasium at Massanut-
ten Academy at Woodstock. They
were invited here by Col. Howard
Benchoff, Headmaster of Massanutten
Academy. During the whole trip from
! Winchester 10 Lexington covering
three days they were entertained at
| Winchester, Woodstock, Harrisonburg,
Stanton, and Lexington, the SHEN-
| ANDOAH VALLEY, Inc. officials CO.
operating with the business men of
those sections in seeing that the no.
table guests enjoyed themselves.
In the Pilgrims" party were the
following DR.. and Mrs. Lyman P.
Powell, Cosmopolitan Educational De-
partment, New York City. DIR and
Mrs. Charles mcfarland, Gen. Sec. of
the Federal Council of Churches OF
America, DR.. and Mrs. j. Melvin Lee,
Dean OF New York University School
OF Journalism, Dr. and Mrs Edmund
DeS. Drummer, Head of the Rural Sur
vey OF the U. S., and Mr.. William F
: Bigelow, Editor of Good Housekeeping
DR.. Powell, DR. Drummer, DR.. Lee
, and others made addresses at Win
chester, Woodstock, Harrisonburg
Staunton and Lexington. On Tuesda,
the SHENANDOAH VALLEY, Inc
}, officials with the Harrisonburg Rotar,
II Club entertained the visitors A grouI
n of Harrisonburg business men heade,
by President F. L. Sublett and Score
tary D. p. Wine of SHENANDOAH
| VALLEY, Inc. met the Pilgrims" a
New Market, and brought them t
If Harrisonburg. They were entertaine
s at the SHENANDOAH VALLEY, Inc
Headquarters where they spent som
# time studying the maps of Virginia an
,r looking at the beautiful pictorial scene
OF the Valley which hang on the wal
If OF the Headquarters. DR.. Powell WIS
,r especially enthusiastic over the Vale
as scenic highway for motorists. H
70 said that few people of this countr
81 know of the scenic charm of this sectio
and he is going to help make the
10 know it.
r. AT the Rotary Club luncheon D
err Drummer highly complimented IL
Id Valley people upon organizing a NOV
nd ment to advertise their homeland.
tn Il wish to express my congrat
lations to you of the Shenandoah VI
n, ley, said DR.. Drummer, this is Il
r. first time in the south outside
Florida, that group of forward loo
ng Ing and progressive citizens ha,
If. organized to develop wide expan.
OF country along good sound line
I'M From what can understand you ha,
or built your ground work well. W
have not forgotten the farmer, and h
re problems, fully realizing that this is /
tie agricultural section and good deal
IS It's prosperity depends upon the pro
e, perity of the farmer.
hu 1 have juat returned from visit
the Northwest and found in several
-. those states there had developed SON
nc irritation and antagonism between Ii
farmers and the cities. This coul
:" have been avoided isthe cities bushes
men and the farmers would try TO Il,
" derstand each others problems and
y thank it is wise that your movement i
- the Shenandoah Valley has that as on
. OF its detectives. The Shenandoa
:. Valley movement strikes me as bein
on sound basis. It not only seek
the material DEVELOPMENT of I'll
:. section but it has for its purpose
: solve good many of your social prob
= lens. That is good"
i In each community that the "pil
grlms" stopped they expressed ad
e miration for the Valley, its charms, it
r thrift, and the contentment Of it
$ people. Several of them said tn
country outside Of the Valley does no
know these things and when it does
there is likely to be great many in
qulries from people who wish to have a
genuine real life like the people in the
Shenandoah Valley.