Evening star., 1946-05-03
$4,000 Attend
Final Day Of
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Vondegrift to Lead
Parade to CIimux
Winchester Event
By Alex R. Preston
Sfor SfoH corrsspondsnt

By Alex R. Preston
stor stoH Correspondent
WINCHESTER, Va, May 3.-Gen.
A. A. Vandegrift, commandant of
the Marine Corps, was to lead the
biggest parade in the history Of the
Shenandoah Apple Blossom Fes-
tival today, climaxing the two-day
fete here.
An estimated $4,000 visitors were
here for the final program on what
has been designated as "Vandegrift
day." Under clearing skies this
morning, the festival got under way
after rain forced postponement Of
their pageant yesterday shortly
after Miss Nancy Anderson, daugh-
ter of the Secretary of Agriculture.
was crowned Queen Shenandoah
XIX by Admiral Chester w. Nimitz,
Chief of Naval Operations.
Today's events included presen-
tation OF the pageant "Our Herit.
age" at Handley High School this
morning.
A band from the Middlesboro
(Kyo High School was to give sew
eral concerts.
Band Concerts Scheduled.
The Warren County High School
Band from Front Royal is sched-
uled to play in the City Hall Pa
vilion this morning and another
concert is slated for noon in the
city square.
This afternoon, a band from the
Quantico Marine Base will give a
concert at the City Hall Pavilion.
It will be followed by the grand
feature parade"
Festival officials estimated YES
terday's visitors at $4,000.
The pageant was interrupted by
rain yesterday shortly after Miss
Anderson's coronation. Participants
and spectators accepted the eIe.
ments In good humor until finally
the narrator, School Supt. Garland
K. Quarles, announced that the re-
mainder Of the program would be
called OF, even though most of the
spectators had remained in the sta.
dium.
Queen Richly Gowned.
Miss Anderson, gowned in much Of
the finery Of any queen, had fol-
lowed her maids of honor and prin-
cesses down the steps of the high
school to the strains of Sir Edward
Cigars march, "Pomp and Circum-
stance"
Representative Robertson, Demo-
crat, Of the 7th congressional dis
trict assumed the role of minister
OF state for the coronation.
Earlier, Miss Anderson and her
20 princesses motored to Berryville,
the home of E. Blackburne Moore,
member of the House of Delegates
and the administrators spokesman
in the General Assembly. Her mo-
torcade was led by State Trooper z.
c. Trice and Capt. E. j. McDermott
of the Virginia State police.
go Torchlight Parade.
winchester assumed a festive air.
last night when the princesses and
visiting flremen staged a torchlight
parade followed by a fireworks dis
play at the Handley High School
bowl. Gas-filled balloons and souve.
Mrs were prominent on every street.
Neither President Truman nor
Gov. Tuck, both of whom had been
extended invitations, could be pres
ent.
Miss Anderson's maids of honor
were Dorothy Degrange and Irene
Johnson, both of Winchester. Her
junior maids were Lucinda Ann Full
ton Of the Maryland Horticultural
Society; Frances G. Ninninger, Vir-
ginia Horticultural Society, and
Bette Sloan Williams, West Vir.
ginia Horticultural Society.
Princesses in the queens court
are Ann N. Revercomb, Stuart Hall
College, Staunton; Martha Chen.
weth, Potomac State College, Key.
ser. w. Va; Antoinette E. Wilcox,
Madison College, Harrisonburg:
Donna H. Lepper, William and Mary
College; Margaret R. Marshall, st.
Mary's Female Seminary, st. Marys
City, Nd. Barbara j. Bond, Rad
ford College; Vivian L. Akinson.
Wilson College. Chambersburg, Pa:
Barbara A. White, Shepherds COL
lege, Shepherdstown, w. Va; Nancy
A. Breuning, Stratford College, Dan.
vile; Eliza R. Smith, Salem College.
Winston-Salem, N. c.; Margaret D.
Fitch, Warrenton Country School.
Warrenton; Ann G. Purdy, Shenan-
doah College. Dayton; Martha S.
De Pass, Sullins College, Bristol:
Ora E. Robinson, Mary washington
College, Fredericksburg.
Martha G. Wells, State Teachers
College, Farmville; Anne H. Early.
Mary Baldwin College, Staunton:
Ferne L. Hughes, Greenbrier College:
LeWlsburg, w. Va; Virginia Lee
Grant, Handley High School; Jean L.
Woodson, Averett College, Danville:
Carolyn Boham, Marion College.
Marion; Janet H. Eustis, Southern
Seminary College, Buena Vista:
Miriam Morgan Atwood, Blackstone
College, Blackstone; Norma j. Hud-
son, Fairfax Junior College.
Waynesboro; Betty R. Bloch, West
hampton College. Richmond; Gloria
Dorsey, Virginia Woolen Mills, VIM
chester, and Lucy Mitchell, Berry.
vile.