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% tfc. ‘ Gloriours Oriental Water II; Pageants • Brilliant floats, carrying beautiful Princesses and their Princess Persia, Pirncess China, Princess Egypt, Princess escorts, will stage a unique Oriental pageant on beautiful Japan and numerous others will be represented in this Horseshoe Lake at Ft. Brown. No expense has been gorgeous Orietal presentation. Expert decorators and spared to make this one of the most outstanding pageants designers have been working for weeks to make this one of ever witnessed on the border. the most beautiful pageants ever staged. - ■ "N /"--— vio’ W*9 ■>o'» 0*e h*'*,«*« * V> **V'« t *X>& -' ~ ■ V* tOC0^e ‘ \iM’ Daring stunt fliers from various parts of the country will perform almost alt day at the Brownsville Municipal Airport. ! his hol'day will also be an opportunity for “up-the-Valley” folk to see the giant Pan-American mail and passenger planes arrive and depart on their regular schedules. wHMMb ijjSja mmmmmm Queen’s Ball In the evening after the gigantic fireworks dis play, the colorful Queen’s Ball will be in full swing at the spacious El Jardin Hotel ballroom and patio. The ball will be in honor of the Queen and her attendants. You’re invited. • • , # PARADES Weeks of labor by the various committees work ing on parade festivities point towards Browns ville and Valley people seeing something real ly worthwhile when the brass bands, leading the first parade, blcre forth the first morning announcement of Brownsville’s great Independ ence Day celebration. 0