, 1935-11-28

the throne over which was suspend
ed the Lone Star.
The queens blonde loneliness
was enhanced by her costume OF
petal pink tafetta threaded with
silver and adorned with a jewel
ed collar and girdle with matching
wristlets Of brilliantS. Her train
was OF pink satin heavily embroid-
cred i'm silver and banded with
rose velvet and having a jeveled
neck-piece.
Her flower girls. Jane Ellen
Mellenbruch and Nancy Ann VII
liams, wore Colonial ruffled cos
tunes with matching head-dress
and carried Silvered colonial baskets
filled with pink rosebuds. The
little train bearers, Lukardis Ernst,
Janette Heron and Guy Reichert.
were PoWned in similar frockS Of
pink crepe made empire style and
the crown bearer. Albert Lee Green
was dressed in a pastel Colonial
suit and carried the jeweled crown
on a pink satin pillow.
An array OF costumes marked the
presentation OF the queens court
representing Texas Products and
Industries and the various towns
Of the Valley as follows:
Gotten ~ McAllen 49, Miss Ruth
Griffen, Duchess. and attendants.
Misses Rosemary Clopton and
Dorothy Horne. all Of whom wore
all-white costumes as did the little
cotton bolls. Billie Jean Gilmore
and Joan Kimbrough. The duchess
train was OF cotton studded With
seduins.
Ol-Mission-Miss Anne Rees,
Duchess, was gowned In purple
with train OF silver cloth and
carried a staff mounted with q
miniature oil derrick. Attendants.
Miss Virginia Spillman wore
purple and Miss Mary Lee Yoakum
wore a frock OF gold crepe. Martha
Jean Lemburg and Betty Bontsen
represented drops OF oil In cos
tunes of green velvet.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Gather
inc Jennings. Duchess, wore peach
satin with silver train and carried
an arm bouquet OF peach blossoms
as did her attendants, Misses Has
IL Browning Foster and Jean
Phipps. and Peach Blossoms,
Martha Lois and Billie Lee Scheup-
bach.
Corn weslaco Miss Marjorie
Hale as duchess was gowned III
maize crepe with train OF en-
broidered velvet in matching shade.
Misses Aline Markowsky and Willie
Belle Robinson also wore maize
colored frocks and all carried staffs
OF cornstalks. Mary Jane Ratcliff
and Mary Martha Mackay. repre-
senting ears Of corn, wore frilled
frocks OF green net.
Aviation Olmito Miss Miriam
BRAY. Duchess. was dressed In misty
blue satin with train Of sky-blue
velvet and carried q staff sur
mounted with a 1ewelled flying
eagle insignia. Her attendants
Misses Sallie Box and Marjorie
Robbins likewise wore sky blue
with headdress OF the same insignia.
Little Marietta Stilwell and jim
mie Bennett wearing blue flying
suits and helmets. represented
aviators and carried miniature
airplanes.
Mineral waters - Pharr - Miss
Daisy Polk, Duchess, wore a striking
costume OF orchid with sparkling
cellophane train. Her attendants,
Misses Norma Britton and Pearl
Stotler and Crystals, Bette Polk
and Doris Britton, all wore trocks
OF sea blue with accessories OF the
same sparkling cellophane.
Natural Gas Edinburg Miss
Harriet Dinger and her attendants,
Misses Aneita Hollis and Ann Ellen
Hill, were gowned in frocks OF blue
grey with three-tone flame effects
shown In the duchess train. Her
Sparklets. Rose Marie Loisburg and
10 TIA Galloway, were coStumed IN
blue cellophane and carried lighted
torches.
Wool-San Benito. Miss Eznalee
Wells. duchess. was gowned in white
with train OF black velvet. Misses
Jane Bonner and Frances EtchiSon,
attendants. wore black and carried
nosesays OF white pompom chrysan-
themumS. John Franklin Ludden and
Jacqueline Ludden were dressed as
lambS.
Grape-San Juan: Miss Helen An
derson, duchess, in purple crepe with
train OF silver cloth. carried a cluS-
ter OF grapes made OF green velvet.
Her attendants. Misses Harriet
Doffing and Helen Bell, were gown
ed In psie blue satin and carried
purple grape clusters, fashioned o.
velvet.
Coal-Donna: Miss Betty Yerger,
duchess. and Misses Wanda Farris
and Nancy Ewing, attendants, were
gowned in coal-black satin and car
RED. as humps Of coal. realistic cello
Dhane replicas as did the little Goals,
Rita Chapman and Peddy Craw-
ford. who o. sashes and ruffs OF
black celophane.
Wheat-Mercedes. Miss Nan
Bates. duchess, wore with her golden
satin gown az train Of leaf green,
and carried "A sheaf Ct gilded wheat.
Her attendants. Miss Anne Fergu-
son and Verna Rose Gauch, and
wheaties. Billie Stuart and Sarah
Belle McLellsnd, were costumes Of
golden yellow and carried gilded
sheafs OF wheat.
TomatC-Rio Hondo: Miss Edith
Claire Mailernee, duchess, gowned
in tomato red crepe with train OK
green satin embroidered, was ac-
companled by Misses Elizabeth Bing-
ham, Geraldine Canville and Mary
Elizabeth Mize. similarly attired and
all carrying reproductions OF fruit
ful tomato vines.
Timber-Lyford: Miss Betty Given
Barlow. duchess. was attired IN dark
green velvet with train Of silver cloth
and carried a staff topped with a
forest spray. Her attendants. Misses
Maybslle Stewards and Katherine
Box and Margaret Owines and Bea-
trice Anne Bourne. as Little Trees.
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