Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-25
SPRING SUN ROUTS
COLD AND CROWDS
SEE APPLE FETE
Warmer Weather Brings
Thousands to Winchester for
Second Days Festival.
AERIAL BOMBS SALUTE
QUEEN SHENANDOAH
Pageant Depicts Growth of Bios
SONS to Tune of Navy Band
in Handley Stadium.
BY ARMISTED w. GILLIAN,
Stan Correspondent Of The Star.


WINCHESTER, Va, April 25.-A
kindlier sun than yesterdays shone
down upon the second days celebration
of the Winchester apple blossom feS-
tival. Overnight Spring came again to
the Valley of the Shenandoah, and with
the coming of the warmer weather came
thousands who yesterday had dared not
brave the biting blasts to partake OF
Winchester's hospitality and join in fes-
tivitieS attendant to the croWning OF
the Queen of the Shenandoah.
Buses running in double and triple
sections, on expanded schedules; special
trains, even airplaneS brought gay
crowds and renewed enthusiasm to the
festival. Early this morning every road
leading into Winchester was damned
with incoming traffic.
Royal Salute to Queen.
Aerial bombs from planes high above
the city this morning fired royal salute
to Queen Suzanne Pollard, the first lady
of Virginia, opening the second and
final days celebration of the coming
into bloom of the apple trees. The sa-
lutte was fired at 10 o'clock.
At IL O'Clock the pageant that yester-
day afternoon followed the coronation
of Queen Shenandoah the Seventh was
continued in Handley Stadium, 500
school children from Handley High
School depicting the development OF the
apple blossom, the progress of America
and the history of Winchester. The
United States Navy Band, Lieut..
Charles Benter, leader, which has pro-
vided music for all of the official func-
lions of the celebration, provided music
for this mornings pageant.
The pageant opened with an over
ture by the Navy Band. Queen Shen-
andoah the Seventh occupied her silver
throne at the foot of the steps of Hand
ley Stadium, surrounded by her maids
of honor, Miss Mary Virginia Steck and
Miss Louise Baker Glass, and the As
princesses of the festival, who came
from the apple realms of Virginia, West
Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania and
the District of Columbia.
The overture was followed by a greet
ing from Winchester to the thousands
that lined the hillsides about Handley
Stadium. 1t was larger crowd than
yesterdays.
Theme-Dance Of Festival.
Then was. presented the theme dance
of the festival, The Buds and the
Blossoms" Little children in the pic
turesuue green. white and pink of the
apple blossoms In the gray of the
clouds, the white of the freeze and the
warm green Of the budding Spring,
dancing in pageantry the development
of the valleys principal product. The
Handley High School Glee Club sang
songs appropriate of the blossom festi-
val. Then was shown the development
of the valley in history, from the time
of the aboriginal Indians to the days
of machine harvesting Of apples. The
final presentation in the pageant pro-
gram depicted the development OF the
dance in America, square dance, a
minuet and the dances of today.
Receptions and luncheons to visit
ing princeSSeS followed the pageant.
At 2 o'clock this afternoon the grand
feature parade, "the Trail of the Pink
Petals" began winding its colorful way
through the streets of Winchester
Children in gay costumes, not today
darkened by the wraps that yesterday
took q great deal of color out of the
show, and gaily decorated floats formed
the parade.
There will be an aerial show at Win
chester airport this afternoon, and the
grand finale Of the festival will be the
queens ball tonight, beginning at $3.50
o'clock at the Shenandoah Valley
Academy.
Miss Pollard's nose got red and 50
did the noses Of lot Of little girls
who appeared in the pageant that for
an hour and half unrolled itself be-
fore her In Handley Stadium here yes
terday afternoon. The snow that yes
terday morning had left white blan-
ket upon the city Of Winchester had
been dispelled by the valiant efforts of
q Spring sun, but had nevertheless
left chill in the air that, blown across
the open valley Of Handley Stadium,
chilled to the very marrow the chill
dren that took part in the exercises
following the crowning of Queen Shen-
andoah VII.
Gold" Ceremony.
Frequently during those lengthy Of
ferings in pageantry depicting the de-
velopment of the apple blossoms Miss
Pollard drew about her shoulders
closely the regal, ermined robes of the
queen she had just become. AS a mat
ter of fact, so cold was the afternoon
Miss Pollard was clearly heard to re-
mark over the microphone that stood
before the tinseled throne especially
erected for the occasion of her coro-
nation, How long is this cold cere-
nony to last?" Miss Pollard's slip went
not amiss, however, for she valiantly
posed for half an hour after the coro-
nation for sound and still cameramen
scantily clad in only the gold stole in
dicative of her rank and her coronation
dress, on the WlndSWept steps OF Hand
ley Stadium.
All Winchester bundled itself in over.
coats yesterday afternoon and last night
as 1t went about the business of cele-
brating the coming of the blossom Of
King Apple. Winchester's streets were
. bare most of the day, as Valley resi-
dents and visitors to the famed apple
blossom festival confined their celebra-
ton Of the coming sign of the fruit Of
the Shenandoah to private parties in.
doors.
The more festive Of those partie:
were curtailed by the seizure during
the last two days of more than a thou.
sand gallons Of whisky and apple tacl
( by winchester and State policemen pa.
: trolling the roads leading into Win.
chester. Barrel after barrel of boarded
cheer for Winchester's big two days Of
celebration was gathered into the folC
'by police and ANONYMOUSLY dumped
down Winchester's sewers to flow anC
lningle with the waters Of Opequor
Greek.
Girl Again Disappears.
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