Virginia attractions you may have overlooked this year
A guide to lesser known Virginia sights across the Eastern Shore and Tidewater. Highlights include the Assateague pony drive, Chincoteague treasure lore, Tangier Island tours, Virginia Beach beaches, and unusual museums such as the Spider Museum and Stoner's Store. Also notes quirky sites like Eel Farm at Colonial Beach, Dalí garden at Hampton Manor, and the Armada sculptures in Yorktown.
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Assateague Pony Drive
Chincoteague Island
Charles. Wilson
Tangier Island
Chesapeake House
Tidewater
Virginia Beach
Atlantic Avenue
Norfolk
Chrsyler Museum
Hampton
Cannon B. Rice
Hampton Institute Museum
Workhorse Museum
Paeonian Springs
Spider Museum
Powhatan
Historic
Stoner’s Store
Fredericksburg
Stoner’s
George Robrecht
Colonial Beach
Middleburg
Meredyth
Hampton Manor
Bowling Green
Salvadore Dali
Miesenheimer
Williamsburg
Spring Grove
Virginia
Belle Grove Farm Craft Days showcase old time crafts and music
Belle Grove Farm Craft Days drew thousands as craftsmen from Maryland Virginia West Virginia Pennsylvania Delaware Missouri Tennessee and beyond demonstrated log cabin kits tin smithing barrel making and axe collecting while dulcimer banjo and fiddle tunes filled the grounds. Organizers credited good weather and wide participation including Belle Grove staff Polly Scott and Ed Watson for a successful nostalgic festival.
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Star
Andrew Boarman
James DePoy
Polly Farmer
Alice Eckert
Paula Stoner
Don Vines
Frederick County
Virginia
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Missouri
Tennessee
Frank Lee
Belle Grove Farm
Lee
Shenandoah Valley
Hal McMullen
Shenandoah
Donald White
Salisbury
Dennis Ridings
Cather and Minghini to Speak at Winchester Lions Luncheon
Cather, Cather Jr. of Potomac Edison will address the Winchester Host Lions Club July 24 at 12 45 p m at Lions Shelter Winchester Recreation Park on energy conservation. Minghini 1979 graduate of tere High School will discuss her Lions Scholarship and plans to become a teacher.
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C. Irvine Cather Jr
Potomac Edison
Winchester
Lions Club
Lions Shelter
Winchester Recreation Park
Cather
VPI & SA
U.S. Air Force
Branner Drive
Patricia
Chidren
Debra Lynn Minghini
Tere High School
Minghini
Randolph Macon
Scouts to Enter National Public Speaking Contest
Two Scouts from Shenandoah Area Council will compete in the local 1979 Reader's Digest-Boy Scout of America National Public Speaking Contest. Local winner advances to area and regional stages with national finals in Washington, D.C. in February 1980.
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Shenandoah
Boy Scouts of America
Reader’s Digest
Boy Scout of America
Scouting Service Center
Winchester
Council Advancement Committee
Robert Stieg
Charles H. Grim
Braddock Street United Methodist Church of Winchester
Raymundo A. Q. Marcelo
Alderton-Dawson American Légion Post
Berkeley Springs
Wva
Reader’s Digest Association
Washington, D.C
Boy Scouts Offee
Ziploc Bag Shake Test Draws TV Spotlight
A Dow developed Ziploc sandwich bag showcases a resealable zipper like seal that survives being shaken upside down. An announcer proclaims you can shake it but not break it, while a chorus sings about tuna and meatloaf in the scene.
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St. Petersburg
Dow
Ziploc Bags Pass Shake Test With Sandwich and Apple
A Dow Chemical spokesman notes weight does not affect seal integrity. In tests a six ounce meatloaf sandwich remained sealed when shaken upside down, while a seven ounce apple caused the bag to rip at the grip end. The store price for a 50 pack was $1.38.
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Dow Chemical Co
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Associated Press
Wilson
Atlantic Ocean
Walter Miesenheimer
Yorktown
Walter Flax
Flax
Petersburg
Charlie Fields
Polka Dot Charles
Fields
Polka
Big Cedar Creek
Belle Grove
Sylvia V. Long
Madeline MacNeil
Poy
DePoy
Oon Mt. Crawford
Morgan
Cedar Creek
Community Oil Co
Ed Watson
Polly Scott
Lorry Sutin
Winchester Evening Star Living
Infe
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Charles W. Minghini
Debra Minghini
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