THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, September 14, 1995 TAG: 9509130148
SECTION: SUFFOLK SUN PAGE: 17 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY FRANK ROBERTS, STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: COURTLAND LENGTH: Short : 40 lines
So what's old? Tractors, cars, engines, a sawmill, toys and more.
They can be seen Saturday at the Rochelle-Prince House and the Southampton Agriculture and Forestry Museum during the fourth annual Heritage Day, sponsored by the Southampton County Historical Society.
The two locales are a half mile apart, and visitors can go back and forth via hay wagon.
The cost is $2 for adults, $1 for children.
Crafts will be demonstrated and sold, there will be a gasoline engine show, and a 1920s ground sawmill will be operating.
Antique tractors, cars and toy cars will be on display, and Father Time Clock will show how he repairs timepieces.
The Bee Man will offer a honey of an exhibition, peanuts will be picked and cooked, cotton will be ginned, faces will be painted.
There will be pony rides and buggy rides. Young animal lovers can enjoy a petting zoo, and there will be a visit from Smokey Bear.
Entertainment will be provided by the Franklin Line Dancers.
Crafts include duck and bird carving, tatting, quilting, whittling, hominy making, rug weaving on a 1900 loom, butter churning, chair caning, basket making, old-fashioned rug hooking, pine needle weaving, lye soap making, broom making, cider making.
There will also be dulcimer making and dulcimer playing.
Barbecue, hot dogs, homemade snacks and soft drinks will be available. ILLUSTRATION: Photo by FRANK ROBERTS
Edna Simmons and her goat will be at the fourth annual Heritage
Day.
by CNB