Evening star., 1927-04-27

white costumes bedecked with yellow
and green and garlanded with real
| ample blossoms, the children started
| off. headed by the United States Navy
| Band and escorted by nine other
| bands. The parade moved north on
| Cameron street to Piccadilly street,
west to Loudon, south to Cork, west
| to Braddock, north into Piccadilly
again. west to Washington and south
| into Cork street, where it broke up
| into half 81 dozen sections, which
marched a few blocks and disbanded.
Between 5000 and 1000 children
were in line, according to estimates.
| They came from all parts of the Val
| lev. from Berryville, from Boyce, from
Middletown, from Stephens City, from
Gore, Mount Carmel, Woodbine, Mill
wood. White Acre, Valley, Miller,
Brucetown, Bryarly, Whitepost, Cross
Junction. Kaufman and other places
innumerable. The parade lasted more
than an hour.
The first event on the afternoon s
program was the ''Maytime pageant"
given by students of the John Kerr
School in the Handley School Stadium.
1t was scheduled to begin at o'clock,
but, because of the weather. it was
not expected to get under way until
later this afternoon. The pageant is
under the direction of Edna Eighney.
Music is by the Handley High School
Band.
Immediately after the pageant a
concert by the United States Navy
Band, under the direction of Lieut..
Charles Benter, was scheduled. Fol
lowing the concert cadet school bands
of the Shenandoah Valley schools were
to engage in a musical contest. Fish
burne, Augusta, Shenandoah, Green
brier, Woodstock and MasSanutten
Military Academies were to compete.
The climax of the day will come at
5 o'clock, when Mrs. Isabelle Tyson
Gilpin will be crowned Queen Shenan-
doah. Mrs. Gilpin is the wife of
Kenneth n. Gilpin of Kentmore and
daughter of Senator Lawrence d. Ty-
son of Tennessee. She will be sur
rounded by her royal party of prime
esses and attendants. A tiara of
jewels will be placed on her head by
Hanford MacNider, Assistant Secre-
tary of War.
Key Made of Historic Oak.
Princess Frederick, Miss Mary Eliza
beth Smith, will present the queen
with the official key to the city, which
was made from oak wood taken from
Fort Loudoun, built by George Wash
ington.
About 1000 persons will take part
in the ceremony. They will include
so princesses from Virginia, West Vir-
ginia, Maryland and the District of
Columbia; maids of honor, attendants
of Princess Frederick; cadet battalions
of the Handley High School and Shen-
andoah Valley Academy, 400 musi-
girls, heralds and pages. The queen
al members of her family and her
guest, Mrs. Woodrow Wilson of
Washington, who Wee guests of Mrs.
Robert r. Barton for luncheon, will
be escorted to the stadium by band
and battalion of Shenandoah Valley
Academy Cadets. A squad of the
Monticello Guards Of Charlottesville
win form a special bodyguard along
the road.
Queen. shenandoahs attendants
were:
Virginia-Misses Gladys Valken-
burgh, Appomattox and Ann Neblett,
Fredericksburg, princesses at large;
State senatorial district prineesses,
Anne Costin Wilkins, Eastville; Vir-
ginia Crocker, Clarendon; Jean Watts,
Lynchburg; Mary Cornelia Baldwin,
guerite Lacy, Halifax: Elizabeth Secu-
Ter, Chilhowie; Frances Jones, Chat
ham; Virginia Umberger, Wytheville;
Katherine Funkhouser, White Post:
Emma Griffith, Emmerton; Sarah
George, Charlottesville: Katherine
Perry, Staunton; Helen Roulette, Dick
erson-Spout Spring; Catherine Jones,
Polly thinner, Peters
burg; Alice Vail Ware, Williamsburg;
Marguerite Fenson, Richmond; Anne
Wise Chaplin, Newport News; Frances
Wallace, Chase City; Roberta Cridlin,
JonesvilIe; Elmah Perkins, Blackstone:
Mary Monroe Penick, Lexington;
Nancy Rial Massie. Clifton Forge; Vir-
ginia LartreIl, Richmond Evelyn
Tucker, Roanoke: Lucille Halsey, Inde-
pendence; Mary Kate Anderson, Hope
well; Dorothy Page Joyner, Ports
mouth; Dorothy Porter, Louisa; Par
thenia Stubbs, Saluda; Virginia Reilly,
Harrisonburg; Ida Jones, TazeWell;
Eliza p. Causey, Suffolk; Josephine
Parrott, Roanoke; Elizabeth Heath,
Lovingston; Harriette Alexander Ca
perton, Richmond; Edith Caroline Nes-
bit, Warrenton; Elizabeth Smith, Win
chester: Virginia Pittman, Luray, and
Margaret Olmstead, Front Royal.
Miss Berry Is Honored.
District of Columbia, Miss Margaret
Berry Chevy Chase.
Frederick County, Nd, Miss Helen
Abel Conley; Washington County,
Md, Miss Jessica Bays, Hancock;
Berkeley County, w. Va, Miss Marga-
ret Stewart; Jefferson County, W. Va,
Miss Virginia E. Shirley, Charles
Town: Pendleton County, W. Va,
Miss Mary Thacker, Franklin; Grant
County, w. Va, Miss Katherine Nc
Coy, Mooreheld: Hampshire County,
w. Va, Miss Leafy Zeilor, Romney;
Mineral County, w. Va, Miss Frances
Bell, Keyser.
Tonight at o'clock the spectacular
Pageant of Progress will be pre-
sented on the Winchester fair
grounds, If it does not rain. 1t will
show the march of progress in the
Shenandoah Valley. The pageant will
be preceded by a musical program by
the United States Navy Band. Stimuli
taneously with the pageant the Acca
Temple Shriners from Richmond will
put on a specially arranged program
in the Handley School auditorium.
The first days festivities will come
to a close with a huge apple blossom
ball tonight at 9:45 o'clock in the gold
room of the George Washington Hotel.
Queen Shenandoah and her court are
expected to grace the ball with their
presence. Dancing will continue far
into the night.
Hotels Are Packed.
Crowds began arriving for the fes-
tivaI early yesterday. Hotel accom-
modations had been sold out weeks in
advance and there was hardly a room
available in Winchester by last night.
Private houses were taxed to capacity
and people were sleeping in automo-
biles.
The pilgrimage of motor cars began
pouring into town at dawn this morn
in~ Undaunted by the threat Of rain,
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