Evening star., 1951-05-03
Coronation Rites
Begin Blossom
Festival Today
Secretary Marshall
To Grown Apple Queen
In CoIorfuI Ceremony
BY Mary Lou Werner
Stor Stoff CorreSpondenf

Star Stoff Correspondent
WINCHESTER, Va, May s.
Miss Curl Lie, daughter of United
Nations Secretary General TrygVe
Lie, today begins a two-day ten
ure as Queen Shenandoah of the
oath Apple Blossom Festival here.
| A light rain that had been fall
! ing early this morning cleared
away by $50 am, and the blue
sky was showing as the queen
elect and her 80 pretty princesses
embarked on a traditional tour of
the surrounding Frederick County
apple orchards.
The 87-degree temperature and
brisk breezes yesterday left most
of the apple trees blossomless, but
festival officials located four where
some of the pink and white
blooms remained
The comely 22-year-old ruler
will ascend the throne with the
assistance of Defense Secretary
Marshall and Miss Ann Carleton
Hadley, stepdaughter of Vice Pres
ident Barkley.
I Secretary Marshall will place the
crown on the queens tresses and
Miss Hadley. who was queen of
the festival last year. will give the
new queen her traditional scepter
of Office.
| Miss Hadley's appearance at the
festival is continuing something Of
a tradition for the Vice Presidents
family. In 1949, Mr.. Barkley
crowned Miss Margaret ThorS as
festival queen, and the succeeding
year he performed the same duty
for his newly acquired stepdaugh-
ter, Miss Hadley.
Coronation Today.
The coronation ceremony is set
for 2::30 pm. Eastern Standard
Time.
After receiving the trappings
of her royal Office. Miss Lie and
) the festival princesses are to
watch the annual pageant, Our
Heritage" performed in the Hand
ley Bowl.
The dress rehearsal of the
pageant yesterday drew about
900 spectators. More than 100.-
!, 900 persons were expected at
this apple growing capital of H.
900.
! Many lifelong Winchester resi-
dents, who made up most of the
dress rehearsal audience, agreed
the pageant was "just about the
best ever"
New Scenes in Pageant.
While some of the pageant acts
have been carried over from year
to year, with minor variations, this
:, years performance has several
= completely new scenes.
One is the slumber boat num-
ber, in which a fairy like Sailboat
is drawn across the Handley
= = School steps to the tune of "Baby'S
y Boats a Silver Moon"
The currently popular tune,
:. The Syncopated Clock" provides
the background for another new
d scene depicting the nursery rhyme,
> "The Mouse Ran Up the Clock. :"
The 75-minute pageant closes
5 on a patriotic theme, which is an
l other new touch. A large chorus
fills the sloping school steps in red
and white costume, and sings the
: national anthem as a huge Amer
lean flag is raised in the back
ground
; The pageant will be restaged
lat 1890 am. tomorrow.
! At 2 pm. tomorrow the grand
lfeature parade will march through
the city, led by Movie Star Esther
Williams as grand marshal.
Has a Busy Schedule.
Miss Lie has followed a busy
schedule since arriving here yes
Iterday afternoon.
Her first task was to pose with
"a 24-inch apple pie for news pho
ltographerS.
She cheerfully announced that
she knows how to bake an apple
Y pie, although festival officials had
S one ready for her to pose with
: when she arrived.
Y Besides the big pie, there was
= one of conventional size that
photographers wanted to picture
Miss Lie cutting. Eager to please,
!, the queen-elect cut slice out OF
the smaller pie as photographers
;, snapped their cameras. Then she
was advised by frantic festival Of
ficials that the pie was supposed
!, to be presented to H. B. McCor-
mac, jr., president of the 1851 fes-
: tival organization.
But Miss Lie showed that apple
! queens can use their heads for
something more than a parking
place for crowns. She carefully
r fitted the slice back into the pie
/, so that Mr.. McCormac could hard
, lly foil thot hiS knife wasn't the