Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise., 1939-04-14
QUEEN EASTERN
SHORE 5th SOON
TO Be CHOSEN
TO Reign At The Fifth Annual
\ Potato Blossom Fete June
= Seventh And Eighth
III. AMES DRUMMOND
DIRECTOR OF FESTIVAL
Communicated

Though we have won our freedom
created the United States into the
greatest democracy that ever existed
and though we are every one, thru
and thru true Americans, it is at this
time of the year, we feel the urge
to revert back to the days of our fore
father and "Hail the Queen" Each
year we have our own little kingdom
with its Royal Court, its pomp and
dignity, and we all bow in homage
to our princesses and eagerly await
their selection of their Queen.
This year it will be Queen Eastern
Shore v, but who will she be? that
is the question on the lips of everyone
who is interested in our Royal Court.
Only a few more weeks of waiting and
then well all know, for from the beau
tiful girls selected from the various
towns and districts on the Eastern
Shore of Virginia and Maryland and
Delaware will come the one who is
outstanding in personality, charm,
poise and beauty. And this one,
Queen Eastern Shore v will reign at
the Fifth Annual Potato Blossom Fes-
tival which will be held at the Ameri.
can Legion Recreation Park, at Tas-
ley, Thursday and Friday, June 8 and
o.
Fl. Ames Drummond, Director of
the Festival and Mrs. Carroll Mat
thews, Coronation chairman, this
week announced the princesses, whose
names have reached them already. 1t
is thought that complete list will
be available by the latter part of
next week.
The princesses names are: Miss
Paige Nottingham, Eastville: Miss
Virginia Walker, Franktown; Miss
Alma Beebe, Chincoteague; Miss Fay
Phillips, Wachapreague; Miss Pearl
Cropper, Accomac; Miss Marguerite
West, Gargatha; Miss Laura Emily
Silverthorne, Atlantic; Miss Virginia
Matthew'S, Parksley; Miss Evelyn
Guy, Onancock.
The selection Of Her Royal High
ness, Queen Eastern Shore v and the
Baby King and Queen will take place
Friday night, April 20, at the Acco-
mac High School, Accomac, beginning
at 500 o'clock. Mrs. Charlie Rogers,
program chairman, announced this
week that she was arranging an un-
usually interesting program which
would be fitting to the occasion. Sew
eral musical numbers already have
been secured. These affairs are al
ways filled with color, pomp, and
loveliness galore. The princesses, the
acme of Eastern Shore femininity will
choose their own queen. The baby
king and queen will be selected by
competent judges.
The complete list of the baby Prin |
cesses and Princes follows:
Boys: Bobbie Colburn, Onancock
Joe Eubank, Cape Charles; Jackie
Truitt, Onancock; Tommy Watson,
Onancock; Dale Guy, Tasley; Henry
Derby, Accomac; Herbert Barnes, Jr.,
Accomac; Ronnie Dobson, Whispering |
Pines; Jack Mason, Accomac: Lee
Scott, Onancock; Ames Drummond,
Jr., Accomac; Arthur j. Guy, Jr.,
TemperancevilEe; Bruce Cabot Ed
wards, Onancock; and John Roland |
Edwards, Onancock.
Girls: Peggy Chandler, Melfa; Doris
Turner Mock, Painter; Judy Borum,
Onancock; Sallie Eubank, Cape Char
les; Eva Sue White, -Onancock; Ear
line Watson, Chincoteague; Marlene
Ashby, Shields; Natalie Kaiser, Mel
IA; Peggy Mapp Nicolls, Keller; Jean
Caroline Bunting, Pungoteague; Sally
Ann Waterfield, Pungoteague Jean
Roberta Harris, Quinby; Pauline Tay-
lor, Exmore; Shirley Dennis, On
ley; Nanalou West, Tasley; Shirley
Fairfield, Whispering Pines; Lou Ann