The Washington times., 1928-05-04
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. farmer. He leased. until recently,
an estate near Bluemont.
Guests Of Town
Samy Pasha himself made the
suggestion Of a diplomatic colony
in the Shenandoah Valley, and the
idea took root swiftly. Town Of
ficials and leaders in the Chamber
OF Commerce are seriously dis
cussing the issuance Of q general
invitation to the diplomatic corps
to visit Winchester as the guests
OF the, town. The idea of q per-
manent summer White House in
the valley also II under considera-
ton.
"Queen Shenandoah" and her
princesses, including Miss Adair
ChiIdress, OF the District of Column.
bia, motored today to the apple
orchards in the vicinity of Winches-
ter to see the blossoms in all their
radiance.
AS they assembled at the court
house for the trip, they were greeted
with explosive salutes. In the
north end of the city, attention was
attracted by airplane stunts over
Vine Field.
Railroad employees all uniformed
arrived by special trains today,
bringing with them bands in every
conceivable costume for the grand
feature parade to be held later to-
day when marching line of moro
than 20 900 will be reviewed by Gov.
Byrd and the festival queen.
Dances For Tonight
Daylight fireworks are on the
Afternoon program, and a number
CT dances tonight will conclude the
most successful apple blossom fes-
tfval Winchester has ever held.
Detective Sergeants Edward Kelly
and Thomas Sweeney, Of Washing
ton headquarters were mingling
with the dense crowds along main
street on the lookout for pick.
pockets.
A number of minor disturbances
were reported to the local police,
but no serious trouble with the
crowds has been experienced, police
said.
All over Winchester, the coIors
Of the apple blossoms predomin,
ated in every display. Through the
dren passed through the streets
clad in fanciful costumes, partici
pants in the great parade which
the queen of the festival is to
review later today at the Win
chester fair grounds.
$4,000 Attending
The city's population. swelled be.
yond all expectations overnight.
Chamber of Commerce officials es-
timated that the crowd of visitors
numbered close to $4,000.
Governor Byrd Arrives
The principal streets were roped
off from general traffic and pa.
trolled by State and town police
as the hour for the parade drew
near.
= Several hundreds Of visitors were
drawn away from the downtown
section during the morning to the
stadium of the Handley High
School. where the pageant, Spring
time in the Great Valley" was re
peated by the students cast Of more
than 300 which participated in the
great open-air program yesterday
Governor On Hand
Gov. Harry r. Byrd. who arrived
here by Army dirigible from Rich
mond yesterday, spent the night a
the home of Nelson Page. and earl!
today was receiving calls from boy
hood friends--for Harry Byrd Il
a Winchester boy, and proud of 1t
The festival opened yesterda.
morning with a crowd of abou
10000 in attendance. many avail
ing themselves of the free auto
mobile and bus rides to the bios
soming orchards in the neighbor
hood of Winchester.
The streets were already file
with sightseers when the appl
blossom special train from Bruins
wick, Md, and Charles Town, W
Va, puffed up t2 the station a