Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-09-14
MISS CARMEN
PUMAREJO TO
Be CROWNED
Picturesque Ceremony
To Inaugurate OPP
ening of Independ-
ence Day Celebration

Opening the three day celebra-
ton of Diez v Seis. (Sept. 16). the
Mexican national independence
day. Queen Of Fiestas Carmen III Is
TO be crowned at the historic Teatro
Reforma In Matamoros Saturday
night.
Homage will be paid the queen
and her court in elaborate cere-
mony marking beginning of the fes-
tivities To be staged in connection
with the l20th anniversary of Mex
icos independence. Parades Of
decorated floats, speeches. musical
programs. a KermeSse and many
other entertainments will crowd tile
program of Sunday and Monday.
Miss Carmen Pumarejo. who was
chosen to be queen Of the Fiestas
in a spirited election lasting sew
eral weeks. prominent society girl.
will leave her home in the parade
honoring her at 8 ID. m. Saturday
opening the festivities. The parade
will leave the Pumarejo home on
Matamoros and Seventh streets,
traverse Seventh to Hidalgo street.
turn into Sixth and 60 to the the
ater.
Guard or Honor
The queen will be escorted by q
guard of honor commanded by Lieut..
Col. Salvador Dimas and another
group Of officers of the 68th regi-
ment, and will be followed by a
squad Of "charros," horsemen in
colorful costume.
The queen will be accompanied
by three pages III her car and this
will be followed by second guard
or mounted men.
Next in the line of parade viii
come an automobile bearing Miss
Oralia Castro, the princess. and two
pages. This win be followed by a
car bearing Miss Consuelo Zolezzi,
who has been named Miss Mata-
moros. and her chamberlain. The
queens maids and chamberlains
will occupy the next two cars In the
parade and these will be followed
by two cars bearing Miss Browns
vile and her escort.
Miss Brownsville
Miss Consuelito BoIado has been
named Miss Brownsville. Her maids
Of honor are Miss Sallie Russell and
Miss Virginia Cara.
After this various committees
representing civil and military au-
thoritieS. the chamber of COM
merce. Masonic organizations, the
Rotary club and other societies will
ride in cars.
The King Of Arms, Rodolfo Zol-
ezzi, official announcer to the
queen. will announce Her Maiesty's
arrival at the theater. She will be
preceded on her entry by the pages.
one of which will bear her crown.
an elaborate headdress, on a white
satin cushion.
The queen will be received at the
door by the various committees and
the city commissioners. She and
her court will enter as the band
plays the march from Aida"
Salutati0n TO Queen
Guillermo Shears. mayor. will
crown Miss Pumarejo Her Majesty,
Carmen III. Queen OF the Fiestas.
and will present to her keys to the
city.
Following the coronation. Miss
Brownsville and her maids will be
presented to the gathering and
Ernesto Urtusastegui, as the queens
chancellor, will deliver a salutation
to Queen Carmen III.
Other events on the program are:
Carmen III March," written BY
Jose Barrientos. played by the band.
Address by Fernando Lizard.
member Of Her Majesty's parlia-
ment.
Typical Mexican songs by Manuel
Colsa and PriSciliano Hernandez.
Celebration On
Or. Manuel Rodriguez Braida viii
read poem be has written and
dedicated TO Queen Carmen.
"Militaire Polonaise." Chopin,
played on the piano by Miss Geno-
veba Andarza.
Mexican National Anthem sung
by the queens court and the audi
ence.
The queen and her court will
leave the theater as the band plays
Tanhausser March.
Following the ceremonies the
queen will return To her home and