Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-05-02
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ENDS W|THPARADE
100000 See Five-MiIe Pro.
cession-Prizes Are
Awarded.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
WINCHESTER, Va, May IA
grand feature parade brought VIM
chester's thirteenth Apple Blossom
Festival to close yesterday afternoon
with a stirring roll Of military drums
and a blaze of brilliant colors.
State police estimated at least
100000 lined the parade route to
applaud Queen Shenandoah XIII,
Miss Cornelia Anne Larus of Rich
mond; military and school corps and
40 lavishly decorated floats.
The crowd sweltered under a hot
sun. Several tainted, but none was
reported seriously affected.
CIimaxed Celebration.
The five-mile procession, most elabo-
rate of the city's ambitious parades,
provided fitting climax to two days
OF carnival celebrating the Towering
Of the valleys extensive orchards.
Drum and bugle corps representing
veterans organizations in Virginia,
West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsyl-
vania and the District of Columbia,
all varying the volume with their
music and the flamboyant colors of
their uniforms, led the way for the
queen and her escort, Richmonds
ite-plumed Light Infantry Blues.
Floats of schools and civic clubs
formed the second and third divisions,
followed by Scouts and other youth
organizations in the fourth.
History Unfolded.
History was unfolded by the fifth
section, which contained floats de-
scriptive Of the four governments that
have ruled the 184-year- city
England, the Commonwealth Of Vir-
ginia, the Confederacy and the United
States. D. F. Miller, 98-year- old vet
eran of the 33rd Virginia Infantry, In
stonewall Jackson's command. was the
central figure of the Confederate unit
The group symbolized the city's flag
and seal dedicated yesterday.
The sixth division, rear guard OF
the ITO units, contained commercial
floats interspersed with other high
school bands.
Practically all the floats were the
handiwork of E. o. Durdg, retired bus
mess man of Portland, Ind, who has
decorated the vehicles every year since
the festival began 10 years ago.
Pershing Horse in Line.
Roy A. Gather directed the parade
"the trail of the pink petals" and
DR.. L. M. Allen was the grand mar
shall Col Edgar Whiting of the Front
Royal Remount Depot, rode Kedrof
the mount presented Gen. Pershing
by the French Government.
The brunette queen occupied white
throne mounted high on white and
gold float. With her were her maids
of honor, Miss Winifred Cartwell
Browne and Miss Beall Bentley
Thomas, and her train bearer.
Senator John G. Townsend of Della
ware. who crowned the queen at cere-
monies yesterday, rode in car. The
SO princesSes from colleges in four
States and the District of Columbia
occupied tiers of large white float
which their pink and red costumes
beautifully decorated.
Pageant Presented.
After traversing the parade route,
Miss Larus and her court mounted
the reviewing stand and witnessed
the remainder of the procession.
Many of the visitors from more
than half the States in the Union,
who took every available room in
hotels and homes, left the apple cap
ital Immediately after the parade,
but others remained for three dances
in the queens honor.
A crowd of approximately 10000
saw the performance of the pageant,
Dawn" by 1000 Winchester school
children, on the broad terraces of
Handley High School yesterday morn
ing. The event was rained out Thurs
day afternoon following the corona
ton.
Supt. Garland G. Quarles of Hand
ley, who wrote the production, ex-
planned its meaning over an amplif1er
during the performance.
Awards Listed.
Awards we're as follows:
Artistic hoats-First, $500, Handley
High School, Winchester; second, $50,
Harrisonburg State Teachers College;
third, cup, Piedmont Virginia Fruit
Growers Association and the Char
lottesville Chamber of Commerce;
fourth, cup, Stephens City High
School.
Commercial hoats-First, $50, Viz
ginia Apple Storage, Inc, Winchester.
Military schools-First, cup, Massa-
nutten Military Academy; second,
cup, Randolph Macon Military Acad-
envy. Front Royal.
American Legion and V. F. w. Drum
and Bugle Corps-Grand prize, $3.50,
American Legion Post, Hanover. Pa.
Legion Drum and Bugle Corps-First,
SIPS, Duquesne, Pa, Post; second, SITS,
Hershey, Pa, Post; third, $50, Hunt
ingdon, Pa, Post.
Junior Drum and Bugle CORPS
First. 500, West Newton, Pa; second,
$50. Lynchburg. Va; third, s25,
Charles Town, w. Va.
V. F. w. Drum and Bugle Corps
FIRST, $l25, Harrisburg, Pa. Drum
Major Cup-V. F. w. Post, Cumber-
land, Md.