The globe-independent. (Hagerstown, Md.) 1943-19??, 1949-08-11
Beauty Contest Won
BY Baltimore Girl
Eugenia Crow Crowned Miss
Maryland Of 1949 At Inn
pressive Pageant Held Here
Friday Night - Jane Strevig,
Of Hagerstown, Is Second.

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Friday Night - Jane Strevig,
Of Hagerstown, Is Second.
Eugenia Crow, Miss Baltimore of
1949, was crowned Miss Maryland
on Friday night at the Hagerstown
High School, before an audience of
500 people
Miss Crow led in all four com
petitive divisions, which included
/ personality and poise; bathing suit,
talent and evening dress, with a
total of Sc points. Miss Jane Sire
Wig, of Hagerstown, placed second
with total of Sc points. and Miss
Patricia Morgan, of Frostburg,
placed third with a score of "A.
Miss Maryland of 1949 is a most
attractive 23-year-old brunette. She
is a registered nurse at the Marine
Hospital and studies modelling at
the Walters Academy in Baltimore.
1t is her ambition to become a
clothes designer.
For her talent, Miss Crow mod
eled two of her creations, assisted
by Mrs. Loretta Morgan, who was
Miss Hagerstown of 1947. Miss Sire
Wig sang Zone Kiss" by Romberg,
accompanied at the piano by Mrs.
Julia Belle Westphal, and Miss Nor
gan also modelled clothes.
Others competing were: Betty
Bayliss, Miss Towson; Nadine At
kinson, Miss Cumberland; jeanette
Hahn, Miss Mt Airy; and Dorothy
Mcclure, Miss Ocean City.
All the winners of the various
Miss Maryland contests held in the
state took part in the pageant with
the exception of Miss Betty Drew,
who won the Miss Annapolis con-
test. When the pageant committee
found that the sponsor Of the Miss
Annapolis contest, through a mis-
understanding, had failed to have
Miss Annapolis here, on Thursday.
the pageant committee got busy
Immediately and telephoned An
napolis in an endeavor to have Miss
Drew flown here in time for the
pageant itself, but unfortunately she
was visiting in Washington, D. c.,
and it was impossible to locate her.
Barbara Joe Walker Humnel,
Miss America of 1947, assisted in
the coronation ceremony and also
sang two vocal solos, accompanied
at the piano by Mrs. Fred Burk-
holder. Last years Miss Maryland,
Juanita Lookabaugh of Cumberland,
placed the rhinestone crown on the
winner.
Dick Harp's orchestra furnished
music throughout the evening and
also accompanied Lorraine Parker,
of the Henry Daye Trio, in the
singing of several selections. Ray
Birely, vocalist for the orchestra,
was also featured in several num-
berS.
Art Livick, of Radio Station WEI,
interviewed each of the contestants
in the Personality and Poise section
of the contest, while the genial mas
( ter of ceremonies for the entire
program was DR.. Vernon B. Kellet,
headmaster of ST. James School
Mildred Fields, we'll known for her
fine portrayals with the local Po-
tomac Playmakers, directed the
pageant.
The judges were: Mrs. Nancy
Love, of Alexandria, Va, organizer
and commanding officer of the
WA.FS., and wife of the president
of All American Airlines; Mrs. S.
T. Byron, of Mercersburg, Pa, SUBJ
shutting for Miss Lucille Garrison;
George H. Scragg, director of adj
vertising and sales promotion for
the White Motor Company, Cleve-
land, Ohio; Col Bennett H Crit
fin, director of the National Air
port, Washington, D. c.; and Scott
James, prominent eastern business
man formerly of New England, now
residing in Waynesboro, Pa.
The pageant was sponsored by
the Hagerstown Junior Chamber of
Commerce, who deserve a world of
credit for the fine manner in which
it was conducted, and too much
credit cannot be given to the Jay
Gees Miss Maryland committee,
chairman Of which was c. L. KEEP
hart.