Evening star., 1936-06-30
10000 WILL HEAR
ROOSEVELT SPEECH
.DED|CAT|NG PARK
Shenandoah Officials Make
Plans to Handle Traffic
Problems.
HIGHWAY WILL BE
0NE-WAY ALLDAY
Appeal to Mo orists to Start Drive
to Meadows Early Friday
Morning.

approximately $4,000 persons, max
ing a traffic column which will TAX
between five and six hours to pass a
given point, are expected TO attend the
dedication of the Shenandoah Nation
al Park next Friday, at which Pres
dent Roosevelt will be the prime p
speaker, it was announced today b.
the National Park Service.
= Although the ceremony is not ex-
pected to begin until 2:30 pm. Ffijay
the Park Service said it will be neces-
sary for traffic to begin flowing into
the Big Meadows area. where the ex-
ercises are to be held, as early as
z am, and to continue without inter-
ruption until the program begins.
The President and his party are to
arrive at Big Meadows, aStride the
crest of the Blue Ridge in the heart
of the new park. at 2:25 pm. and the
meeting will be called to ordor b;
Wilbur c. Hall, chairman of th@
Virginia State Commission on Consc.-
vation and Development, who will P.
side.
Mrs. Roosevelt in Party.
Mrs. Roosevelt and possibly Sec:
taries Ickes and Morgenthau an
Postmaster General Farley will aC-
company the President.
Mr.. Roosevelt will leave the White
House Friday at 10 am. under escort
of eight Virginia troopers. The party
will go to Cherrydale and then over
the Lee Highway through Warrenton,
Little Washington. Sperryville and
Panorama, arriving at picnic grounds
near Panorama at 11:45 am, where
lunch will be served in picnic style.
He IS to reach Big Meadosa at 2:25
pm.
The Presidents departure from the
park is set for $50 pm. by Swift Run
Gap for Charlottesville, where ne and
his party will be guests at the Farm
ington Country Club for the night.
At 9 am. Saturday he will tour the
University of Virginia grounds and
Charlottesville streets en- route to
Monticello. He will leave at II am.
after his address there under auspices
of the jefferson Foundation and
travel to Richmond by way Of Louisa,
being received at the Virginia capital
by the city officials at t2:45 pm.
At Richmond Mr.. Roosevelt will
board the yacht Potomac and dock
at jamestown Sunday morning to at
tend services at the historic Bruton
Parish Church, Williamsburg. He
will then motor to Yorktown, where
he will board the yacht for the return
trip to Washington.
Ickes and Peery to Speak.
Speakers at the Shenandoah cell
bration. in addition to the Pres
dent, will be Secret.ry of the interior
IckeS and Gov Peery of Virginia, WIN
will introduce the President. The in
vocation will be delivered by Right
Rev. H. St. George Tucker, Bishop OF
Virginia, and the benediction by Right
Rev. Peter L. Ireton, Bishop Of Rich
mond. There will be music by the
United States Marine Band, the Har-
risonburg Boys Band of Harrisonburg.
Va, and the Shenandoah Municipal
Band, Shenandoah, Va.
An appeal has been broadcast to
motorists driving to Big Meadows to
start early Friday. Skyline Drive will
be a one-way road to Big Meadows
from the north and the south en-
frances to the park from early Friday
morning to the time Of the exercises.
After the exercises the drive will be
a one-way road away from Big Mead
ows in both directions.
Under the plan of routing traffic
one way into the park before the dedi-
cation and one way out after the
celebration, it will be possible to ham
die the visitors without difficulty. pro-
vided those attending start arriving
about O'Clock in the morning, and
the traffic continues in an uninter-
rupted stream up to the time Of the
dedication" it was explained by park
officials. 1T is estimated that nearly
10000 people can pass over the en-
trance roads each hour so that to
handle a crowd of $4,000 people will
require between five and six hours Of
constantly moving traffic" :
Road to Be Improved.
The north portion of Skyline Drive,
between Front Royal and Panorama,
for which surfacing contracts soon are
to be awarded, will be treated with
dust-laying material for the occasion.
as possibly will be the road from Crig-
iersville to Rapidan, it was announced.
Virginia State police will handle
traffic, assisted by the National Park
Service and enrollees from Civilian
Conservation Corps camps in the park
area.
Arrangements have been made for
the sale of light lunches and soft
drinks from eight temporary booths at
Big Meadows. Gasoline and oil will
be sold there from tank wagons. The
Sd Army Corps is furnishing hospital
tents, tarpaulins and other equipment
and is detailing one company Of in
fantry to assist in the erection and
care of the flrst-aid stations.