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grounds, where Her Majesty was
escorted from her float to an espe-
cially built throne in the grand
ntand, from which point she re-
viewed the biz parade.
$4,000 Visitors
Police estimated that $4,000 vist.
tors arrived during the night ana
early today. The seven principal
highways entering the city were
crowded to capacity by cars bear.
ing license plates from practically
every State In the Union. This
crowd, for the most part, came 70
see the Trail Of the Pink Petals,
the grand feature of the last day
Of the tWo-day festival.
Headed BY ID. g. Legion
Heading the parade was the drum
and bugle corps Of the Vincent y.
Costello Post. American Legion, OF
Washington. D. @. AS the WASH
ington unit swung into Main street.
the buglers gave q flourish ana the
corps swung into lively march.
Soon after the Arlington Post, NO.
139, American Legion, of Arlington
Va, and Victory Post, NO. 4, Amer
lean Legion, Of Washington, also
represented by their drum ana
bugle corps.
Legion, Of Alexandria. also had It's
drum and bugle corps in the first
section Standing out was the rep
resentation from Front Line Post,
No 1901 Veterans of Foreign Wars,
Of washington, who entered their
drum and bugle corps, their, colors
and its color guard.
The second section was headed by
the Staunton Military Academy
cadet Band, which was the special
escort of Gov, William G.. Conley,
Sc west Virginia, Gov. Harry F.
l Byrd, Of Virginia, and F. A. shry'
ock. mayor Of Winchester.
Another military academy band
tha Massanutten Military Academy
cadet band and the cadet battalion
from the same school headed the
third section, which was the imme.
diate escort TO Her Majesty and the
princesses. Also in this section was
the HandIey High School cadet
band. the Shenandoah Valley Acad-
envy cadet corps and the University
{ Of West Virginia r. Q. T. G. band.
Historical Pageant
As the Queen was escorted
J. through the streets. the crowd broke
loose into wild cheering. The fes-
I tivai, which is being held to cele-
/. brate the arrival Of spring, was
visited today by spring.like weather,
which may have had something to
do with the volume Of cheering.
The largest single unit in the
parade was the History and Ro-
ssmance Of West Virginia." which
formed the second division. This
sunit was divided into twenty cpl
sodes dealing with the history OF the
state since its settlement more than
200 years ago. Betty Eckardt and
Martha Bonar, of the West Virginia
extension division, wrote and di.
rected the pageant. The Martins
burg City Band and the Terra Alta
High school Band furnished the
music for this division.
The third division was composed
] of military school bands, float
and the student body of the State
Teachers College at Harrisonburg.
Floats from the banks Of Winches-
! ter, from the Conrad Post, Ameri.
can Legion, of Winchester; the
! Lions Club, of Winchester; the So
scial Club, OF Stephenson, Va; Hand
1 ley High School, OF Winchester;
I Kiwanis Club, OF winchester; Civic
League and Chamber of Commerce,
OF Winchester; the Chesapeake and
Potomac Telephone Company, the
!. Rotary Club, Of Winchester; the
I Religious Society Of Friends, Of
winchester and Hopewell; the Blue
Ridge Club and Berryville Chamber
sef Commerce and the District
Nurses Association,
Transport Floats
The railroad and express COM
Spanies occupied the fourth division.
THE Baltimore & Ohio Railroad was
represented by three floats and two
bands: the Fruit Growers Express
iroad. q decorated car; Norfolk &
western Railroad Company, q band,
artistic float and decorated car;
Winston.S Salem Southbound Railroad
Company, decorated car. and the
Pennsylvania Railroad, two bands,
100 naarchers and an artistic float.
The fifth and sixth sections con.
sisted of bands, floats, decorated
ears and Boy Scout units. Many
firms of Winchester and Of other
cities doing business in Winchester
had floats and decorated cars in
these sections
The seventh division was the
4iremen's division. Volunteer fire
companies from towns throughout
Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland
and Pennsylvania participated.
The parade disbanded at the Fair
Grounds on the outskirts of the
city and at 4 o'clock the judges
were to make known who was to
3 be awarded the various prizes for
the best decorated floats.
At IL o'clock Queen Shenandoah
and her court were whisked away
to the orchards on the outskirts OF
the city where ceremonies in honor
OF the apple blossoms were held.
The princesses returned to The city
4 for reception and luncheon at the
I home, Of John M. Steck.
From 6 o'clock until midnight
Z there will be street carnival along
Main Street, which win be roped
of. and the residents and their
guests viii frolic along the ordi-
narily busy thoroughfare until the
eofficial closing Of the festival at
midnight.
The browning OF Miss Matthews
yesterday was the outstanding fea-
kure cf the day. The coronation
took place at the Handy High
! School stadium, q natural anpi-
theater for which the stately por-
tico OF the school building formed
perfect background
Escorted by Cadets
Miss Matthews was escorted from