Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1925-04-29
BIG APPLE BLOSSOM FESTIVAL.
HELD AT WINCHESTER.

arrayed in festive KarD, WIFI liAgS
and banners floating everywhere
the eolors of the Staps and Stripes
mingling with those of the apple
blossoms spectacle of enormous
magnitude and conspicuous beauty
and hrilliancy was staged IN VIM
chester last Friday as fitting and
notable finale to the last and big
dav of the Second Annual Shenan-
doah Apple Blossom Festival.
Words are inadequate TO describe,
with proper fidelity and richness of
detail. the gorgeously magnificent
picture made up of the pageant and
procession on Friday, but it may be
said with perfect truth that never be-
fore in her history has this famous
/ Virginia town seen anything CONF
parable to the Kaleidoscope master
! piece that moved with stately ca
! dence to the music of nearly a dozen
crack bands through streets packed
from end to end with dense masses Of
humanity Never before in the his
tory of Winchester has anything so
brilliant, so beautiful, so gorgeous.
so magnificent, so altogether soul
satisfying been within the portals Of
the ancient city of one of Americas
garden spots---the Shenandoah VAL
lev of Virginia.
1 With the hot sunshine pouring over
countless hundreds at the Fair
Grounds which formed the culmiuat-
ing point of the great procession, the
browning Of Miss Eleanor Chiles.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. S. NJ.
Chiles. Of kernstown, Frederick
county, as Queen Shenandoah, was
sight filled with artistic beauty
Eleven other bands played in the
parade in addition to the noted Navy
Band of Washington and Winchester
was alive with marching music and
the blaring of trumpets, with the
sharp, staccato commands of officers
of the military units ringing out
above the din. Contributions to the
giant spectacle were made by various
civic and service organizations from
the northern part of the Cumberland
! Valley in Pennsylvania to the end of
the Shenandoah Valley at Lexington.
while others were there from West
Virginia counties and from the Blue
Ridge Mountain section.
4 Besides the Presidents Own. these
bands were in line of march.
Citizens Band, of Winchester.
Comrey's Concert Band, of Martins
burg; Augusta Military Academy
| Band, Of Fort Defiance. Va; Staun-
ton Military Band, of Staunton, Va;
Cumberland Shops Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Band, of Cumberland,
Md; Brunswick Band, of Brunswick.
Md: Pennsylvania Railroads Cum
berland Valley Division Band. of
Il Chambersburg, Pa; Wayne Band, of
Waynesboro, Pa; Hinton Concert
Band Hinton, W. Va: Bridgewater
Band. of Bridgewater, Va, and Sarah
Zane Fire Company's Fife and Drum
Corps
Z The military and firemen's units
made a great hit in the parade. and
were enthusiastically applauded along
the line of march. These included
Headquarters Company. 10th Infan-
try. Virginia National Guard; Angus
Ia Military Academy Cadets, entire
regiment; Handley High School Ca
Diet Battalion, Shenandoah Valley
\ Academy Cadets. Massanutten Mill
tary Academy Cadets, American Leg
ion, Sarah Zane Drum Corps, Way
nesboro Hook and Ladder Company,
Strasburg Fire and Hose Trucks,
Sarah Zane Fire Company, South End
Hose Company, Friendship Fire Com
pany. Charley Rouss Fire Company,
Charley Rouss Company ladder truck,
Staunton Military Academy Cadets.
More than hudred allegorical
and historical floats decorated with
artistic skill in al lcolors of the rain
bow. furnished notable feature Of
the parade
| One Of the best floats in the par
AIDE, II not the best, was the float
from Harper's Ferry, which won first
prize.
One Of the most unique floats was
from Charles Town. representing JEFF
ferson county. This float presented
apple trees with their pink and white
blossoms, and in the branches and
around the tree following were
grouped. Nellie G. RELY, Catherine
Beltzhooyer, Dorothy Withers, Louise
Trapnell, Pauline Dutrow. Lima Web
ster. Lorna Shull., Sarah Brown, Mar
garet Rissler and Bernard Tharpe.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad
made splendid showing, with trucks,
engine, refrigerator car, and large
number of marchers of different or
CARNATIONS of the Company.
The judges at the close Of the
festivities announced the following
award of prizes:
For the Best Historical Float -
First, Harper's Ferry Gateway to the
Shenandoah Valley, 10000; Second,
Daughters of the Confederacy, Spirit
Of 81, $4,000: Honorable mention of
Red Cross.
For the Best Apple Blossom Float:
First, Heart of the Shenandoah VAL
| ley, $4,000; Second, A Rainbow,
$4,000; Honorable mention, Johnny
Apple Seed.
For the Best Decorated Private
rell, $4,000; Second, Mrs. Harry
Staufer. $4,000.
i For the Best Industrial Float ii.
"a III Goodwin, New York City. $50.
For the Military School making the