Show s. s s s s O SS SS' SS I Nearby and Yo Yonder d. d er u By T. T T. T MAXEY MAXEY s s s Service The Pageant of the Raisin Till raisin Industry of at America Isn is n daily limited to a II few tew coun counties hs h's in California where the climatic and IrrIgating Irrigating Ir Ir- conditions are Fresno Ideal Fresno county aunty producing the major portion of the crop or some pounds annually As s a 8 natural consequence the Ih city of Fresno determined to make muke the tho most t of ot the situation set Itself up us liS the Capital of or und an annually annually celebrates s the fact by hy holding he Pageant of the ln Pates ates were scratched hed histories I searched the tale tole of the tile raisin unearthed unearthed un un- and aull around It there was vas vo woven o n II story which reaches back buck to the Garden of If Eden The Intimates that old man manoah Noah ill planted the th first grape vine Ine near ML Mt Ararat The Tile first dried grapes or raisins of which accurate account was found fount likewise had bad to do with Armenia The valley of the San Joaquin reasoned reasoned rea rea- the Is The Garden of at the Sun Suu Therefore why not Dot I tf d pageant From Irom the Garden of Eden Edento to lu the tile Garden Gardn of the Sun SUII AccordIngly Accordingly Accord Accord- on en annual raisin day usually day usually during tile the latter part of April was April was decided upon anil the people of ut the valley alley set sN to bring the raisin and Irei Il iio Into their own When liar Grape drape preceded by the blare of bands and accompanied by hy his Ns followers arrived ed in Main Street Fresno reco hud had b bc ome bi ume ome the mecca mecco of so Sl ninny people who happened In to see what all 1111 the excitement nt was all nil about lint It scarcely knew what to do with them theiu Obviously the they did It again next year jear New GW most folks know that Fresno Is 11 the home of nf th Ih th raisin lc 1927 1127 Ve rn Nep Union |