Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1935-05-24
LARGE CROWDS
EXPECTED AT
BLOSSOM FETE
First Eastern Shore Potato Bios
som Festival Has Big
Programme
POCOMOKE REPRESENTED
BY ALLEGORICAL FLOAT

1t is conservatively estimated that
btween twenty and twenty-five thou
sand people, including Eastern Shore
men and off-Shore visitors will be in
at the first Eastern Shore
Potato Blossom Festival which will
be held Wednesday and Thursday,
May 29 and 80 at the Keller Fair
Grounds. Many inquiries from resi-
dents of nearby states have been re-
ceived and the festival has been given
widespread publicity.
A complete program has been ar
ranged by the committees in charge Of
the festival and there will be some
thing doing every minute of the time.
On Wednesday the program will begin
at 100 o'clock p. M, and on Thursday
at loo o'clock p. M; each day the
gates will open at 1000 o'clock a. m.
The opening feature of the first day
one which promises to be spectacular
and colorful, will be the "Baby Par
ade," in which from rs to 100 chill
dren of the Eastern Shore will partici-
pate. Many beautiful floats have been
arranged and will be a part of the par
ade. This feature promises to be high
ly entertaining and amusing.
In the evening of the same day
Wednesday, the coronation ceremony
will be held. An elaborate stage set
ting has been arranged and will be
occupied by the Queen, Miss Adelaide
Ames; the Maid of Honor, Miss Ger
trude Chance and the Princesses and
the Maids of the Court, composed of
the prettiest girls from each of the
districts, Incorporated
towns and high schools of the East
ern Shore. Throughout the ceremony
soft melodious music will be played
by a well-known orchestra. Extrava-
ganza and splendor, such as has never
been witnessed on the Shore prior to
the festival will be major feature
of the event.
Later in the evening the Coronation
Dance will be held at the Onancock
Armory with music furnished by the
popular orchestra of Vic Vickers.
On Thursday, May 3Oth, the pro-
gram will begin promptly at one
o'clock p. m. The first event Thurs
day afternoon will be a pageant de-
picting historical events of the East
ern Shore. School children from Ac-
comack and Northampton schools will
enact the parts of the characters. Con-
siderable time has been put on this
feature and it promises to be highly
and beneficial to those
this picture of the passing
of time on the Eastern Shore.
At 500 o'clock the grand parade
will be held. This parade promises
to lack nothing in eloquence that will
be placed in the makeup of either the
''Baby Parade" or the Coronation cere-
mony. Towns and firms have been
busily preparing floats; bands have
been brushing up their uniforms and
tuning their instruments; drum and
bugle corps have been giving the fin
ishing touches to their drills; the boy
scouts have been preparing; all is in
readiness for the "Grand Parade"
This will possess all the splendor and
granduer of similar events held in
various cities at expositions and CEN
tennial celebrations.
In the evening drill contest will
be held between the visiting drum and
bugle corps. Last year an event of
this nature was held at the Memorial
Day celebration at Keller and was
thoroughly enjoyed by everyone, in
fact many requests were submitted to
hose in charge of the Festival for a
feature of this nature.
During both Wednesday and Thurs
lay afternoons horse racing and base
,all will intersperse the other features
# the program.
Thursday night at the conclusion of
he program at Keller, the "Potato
Blossom" Dance will be held at the
)nancock Armory. Again the rhyth-
mic tunes of Vic Vickers and his or
hestra will lead the dancers through
IN entertaining evening of merriment.
Be sure to be at the Keller Fair
Wednesday and Thursday,
lay 20 and 80, and be there early to
meet vnnr friends and have q oood