Henderson daily dispatch. (Henderson, N.C.) 1914-1995, 1938-09-03
CHURCH SOCIETIES
ANNOUNCEMENT
PROGRAM IS READY
FOR LEAF FESTIVAL
South Boston Prepares For
Gala Occasion Two Days
Of Next Week

South Boston, Va, Sept 3-The
program for the fourth annual Ma
tional Tobacco Festival to be held in
South Boston, Va, on Thursday and
Friday, September and 8, is COM
plete. The highest form of entertain
ment and information is offered the
thousands of visitors from every State
in the Union who will trek to this to-
bacco capital of the world
On the opening day the first Off
cial tour of southern tobacco planta-
tons will begin the days activities.
This tour will include such planta-
tons as Berry Hip, Green's Folly"
"Seaton", "Black Walnut, and CLARK
tom. In addition, the finest collec-
ton of Virginia antiques ever put
on display will be offered the public.
This collection will be shown at
"Greens Folly, in room formerly
used as a courthouse and will be
guarded night and day by state police
and will be heavily insured
At 1890 a. m. typical tobacco auc-
ton will be staged. This will be fol-
lowed at 2:30 by the Queens Military
Review, which will feature eleven
junior drum and bugle corps, ten mill
tary units, senior bands and other
features. This parade will be wit
messed by Queen Erma Castillo Ma,
jera, daughter of the Mexican AM
bassador to the United States. which
will mark her first public appearance
here.
At 500 p. m. at the pageant grounds
the queen will be officially presented
with appropriate ceremonies. This
will be followed by the first showing
of the colorful pageant-masque,
Salute to Tobacco, which will be
shown in an outdoor amphitheatre,
and will feature 1000 actors, who will
perform on $50 foot stage, lighted
with every facility known to an GU
door stage. At 1890 p. m. the Ha,'-
vest Ball will be staged in hall Of
$4,000 square feet of floor space. and
will feature the Cross Roads SYM
phony. one of the nations outstanc-
ing string orchestras. The. queen viii
award the prize to the best Big .Appse
dancers, and the king and queen CT
"jitterbugs" for the south will he
crowned.
On the final day, the plantation
tours will again open the days ;
tivities, followed at 2:3O p. m. by tie
feature float and band parade. which
will be fully four miles long, and fea-
turing fully 500 of the prettiest girls
from seven tobacco-growing states,
who will man the elaborate floa; !.
A specially constructed queens flo t,
will lead the parade, followed ii :
mediately by three floats adorned ~
the 100 official princesses, selected IT,
governors, mayors, and civic. organ =
cations.
At 800 p. m. at the pagea 1t
grounds, the coronation exercises W II
be- held, at which time Oscar Little
ton Chapman, assistant secretary If
the Interior, will place the crown =
on the head of the beautiful Mexico 4
senorita, Erma Castillo Najera. r. e
final showing of the pageant will thu a
take place, followed by the Coron y
ton Ball, known as Americas lar
gest ball. which this year will featu e
Hal Kemp and his band, the nations
headliner.
Producers of the pageant are T.
Beverly Campbell and Howard South
gate, who have staged 33 successfl ii
pageants in the United States, aid
who produced three former tobacco
pageants. Conducting the chore o.
graphies are Howle Fisher, form er
premier danseur with metropolitan
Opera Company, and Anette id,
recently with the st. Louis Munich I'll
Opera Company. Handling the pro-
perties and scenery are Charles Frost
and Bob Stone. The parade is in
charge of Watkins G. Hunt, inter-
national parade master