Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-26
BR|LLIANF;;APPLE
FESTIVAL. IS ENDED
Queen Shenandoah VII and
Court Lead Gay and
CoIorfuF Parade.
BY ARMISTEAD w. GILLIAN.
s,aff Corresnondent of THE Star


stan Correspondent of The Star. +.
WINCHESTER, Va, April 26.--Its
two days Of pageantry and play attend
ant upon the coming into blossom OF its
staff of life--the apple tree-ended, the
Shenandoah Valley, realm of Miss SUI
- Zanne Pollard, Queen Shenandoah the
Seventh, bestirred itself today about
the prosaic task of helping nature bring
to- fruit the blooms Of million apple
trees
Facing shorter crop than last years
because of the freeze which Wednes-
day night and Thursday morning nip
ped the buds and blossoms OF the trees,
Valley orchardists were consoling them
selves with the belief that the shorter
crop will, by reason of higher prices,
bring more money into the Valley than
did last years crop.
-. g. $4,000 Visitors.
winchester, center of the celebration
marking the crowning Of Queen Shen-
andoah the Seventh, gave approximate
" $4,000 visitors from every State in
the Union a great show yesterday.
Triumphantly, Queen Shenandoah
the. Seventh, in gorgeous seashelf float.
rode into Winchester yesterday after
noon at the head of her court and hum
dreds who had come from Virginia,
West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania
and the District of Columbia to march
behind her banner and do her homage
The parade, which started at O'CLOCK
Yesterday afternoon and for more than
two hours wound its gay and colorful
way through the principal streets OF
winchester, was the climax OF bright
and colorful celebration in honor OF
Queen Shenandoah the Seventh and
her master, King Apple. Clad in golden
silks and ermine, coronet OF platinum
and diamonds on her brunette head,
Mjss Pollard looked and acted every
inch a queen. Her float followed the
Uhssed States Navy Band, Lieut.. Charles
Bef1ter. leader, at the head of the pro-
cess!on. Immediately behind Queen
Shenandoah the Seventh came, in two
huge green and white floats, the As
princesses of the apple realms OF Viz
GINA. West Virginia, Maryland and the
District Of Columbia.
Guard of Honor.
Queen Shenandoah the Seventh and
her court were attended by special
guard of honor from Washington, the
Veterans of Foreign Wars Band, Drum
and Bugle Corps.
Then came the smartly clad cadets
OF The military schools of the apple
realms. In line were the bands and
cadets of Augusta Military Academy,
Staunton Military Academy, Massanut-
ten, Military Academy. Randolph Macon
Academy and Fishburne Military Acad-
envy.
The prize contingent of the parade
followed the cadets, the Harrisonburg,
Va, State Teachers College float and
marchers in profuSion OF the apple
blossom pink.
In the second division of the parade
were the floats of Shenandoah Valley
business and civic organizations, the
schools of winchester, and floats OF
orohardists. %s
The third division was made up of
floats Of the Valleys railroads, the Penn
sylvania, the Winchester & Western,
the Fruit Growers. Express, the Nor
folk g. Western, the Winston Salem
Sollthbound, the Southern, and the Bal
tinaore & Ohio.
Comic Floats in Line.
The Handley High school Band and
the school pupils led the, fourth divi-
sion, made upset artistic and comic
floats and marehec& Advertising floats
followed this sesk56n s ~. - z.s
In the last dieision were more Indus
Last night ths relebration ended with
the Queens ben. an invitation affair.
dL tne SlendnOk3aM talty AcAotk1h9y- Uu
the Northwestern Grade. Just outside
i was a briuiant social event, at
tended by the Querie and all her court,
her father, the Governor OF Virginia:
Gov and Mrs. &. q. Hardman of Geor-
gia former Cog Harry Flood Byrd, the
Valleys largest apple grower, and host
Of other notabfss.
PRICES Awarded.
Parade judges last night awarded
patade prizes assfollows: - -.
Artistic floats, Harrisonburg State
Teachers College, 5000; Handley High
School, Winchester, 500; Banks of
winchester. SIS; Lions Club. Winches-
Commercial floats. winchester Cold
Storage Co. $50; Northern Virginia
Power Co., $25.'
Decorated cars, Girls Athletic Asso-
citation. SITS; Stouffer Pony Car, $40;
Mrs. William L. Irwin, $25.
Veterans Of Foreign Wars, grand prize
for any musical organization, District OF
Columbia Department, Washington,
$50; first prize. Henry Hart Post, Cum
berland, Md, $125.
American Legion, Morris Frock Post,
Hagerstown. Md, $l25: American Legion
Post, Baltimore, SIS; Farrady Post,
Frostburg, Md, $50.
Military Schools. Augusta Military
Academy, Fort Defiance, Va, 500;
Washington-Lee High School, Claren-
don, Va, $50.
Boy Scouts. Hagerstown, Nd, troup
silver cup. ..x