Evening star., 1933-10-01
Special Dispatch to The Star.
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| Special Dispatch to The Star.
n \ ANASSAS, Va, September 30
| M Pompous tribute to the COW
| W goddess of the Egyptians was
| 1 i paid here today when thou
sands of persons from North
ern Virginia gathered to witness the
flare of pageantry depicting 1000 years
of history, which eliminated in the
crowning of another Queen of the
Milky Way. Regina II. Each stage OF
the pageant was preceded with an in
terpretative dance, the concluding fea-
| ture of which brought the pageant
right down to the present day. with
| a dance, The Spirit of the N. r. A.
From early today until late into the
night, when the festival was concluded
| with the queens ball in the high
school. thousands thronged the streets
of this Northern Virginia town and
participated in the festivities, which
| included a long parade, full OF at
tractive floats entered from counties
| throughout this section of the State,
many of which sent their school chill
dren to take part in this annual milk
| festival.
Senator Byrd Crowns Queen.
The pageant was preceded by a cor
| onation ceremony, in which Senator
Harry Flood Byrd of Virginia crowned
Miss Mary Stevens Jones of Culpeper
County. The ancient ritual was read
by Rev A. S. Gibson, pastor Of the
! Trinity Episcopal Church of this place.
AS a guard of honor Miss Stevens
had a company of the famous Rich
mond Blues, commanded by Capt. Bu-
ford Rose.
The Partner estate, Annaburg, was
- {hn v1f IN rrJp
Mrs. BeatriX Hawkes. and Mrs. Cath
crime Arlington drilled the Prince Will
liam County school children in the
historical sketch. After carrying the
story through ancient history, Colonial
times were exemplified in Capt. Miles
Standish and Daniel Boone. whose
| friends. the Shawnee Indians, appeared
| with them. The modern days were
j brought down through the Western
| migration, as shown by prairie
schooner, to the present-day life. Two
pantomimes of special interest were
the display of the nations, where a
child dressed to represent each nation
took his place with Uncle Sam and
the idealization of health, as acted by
Miss Mary Lynch, whose corps OF at
school students dressed in Autumn
colors and carrying Autumn flowers.
Each stage of the pageant was pre-
ceded by an interpretative dance by
Miss Ellen Bison, a senior student
at Manassas High. Her finale. THE
Spirit of the N. r. A." was heartily
applauded.
Lord Of Cows Acclaimed.
Music was rendered by a military
band and there was singing by a group
of Glee Club girls from the State
Teachers College at Fredericksburg.
A section of this club also gave Dutch
folk dance in costume. with included
wooden shoes. The last feature Of the
pageant was the acclaiming OF Allen
Greene as Alden, lord of the COWS.
E. r. Conner and Melvin e. HaZen
were marshals. There were 10 bands,
25 instructive and attractive floats. sew
eral hunt clubs in regalia, IL fire de-
partments in full uniform, and numer-
Gus delegations from All Clubs, civic
and fraternal and patriotic orders and
commercial bodies. both in Prince Will
| liam and in other counties.
Thousands Attend.
Included in the line of march and
| in the total number of visitors were
at least 5000, and probably 10000, peo-
pie. The line of march required about
As minutes to pass any given point.
| The entire line of march was about
| miles in length, beginning on the An
| naburg estate and leading through the
| main business and residential thor
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