THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, September 12, 1996 TAG: 9609110171
SECTION: SUFFOLK SUN PAGE: 21 EDITION: FINAL
SOURCE: BY FRANK ROBERTS, STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: COURTLAND LENGTH: 49 lines
The old days will be back Sept. 21, when the Southampton County Historical Society presents its fifth annual Heritage Day.
One of the event's primary goals is ``to show our young people how the older generations made the items they used in their homes and on their farms,'' said Lynda Updike, a Society member.
They will be able to see not only that grandma and grandpa made a lot of what they needed in those pre Wal-Mart days but how they made things.
There will be demonstrations of butter churning, lye soap making, hominy making. A spinning wheel will be in action, rugs will be woven on a loom.
Crafts people from Virginia and North Carolina, many in period costumes, will demonstrate the old crafts and have items for sale, Updike said.
Other crafts include duck and bird carving, chair caning, corn shucking and shelling, cider pressing, pine needle weaving and basket making.
A blacksmith will exhibit his skills in a shop just built at the Agriculture Museum.
There will be reproductions of old games and toys from the pre-battery days. For music lovers, dulcimer music will be tied in with dulcimer making.
Many working items are part of Heritage Day, including gasoline engines and antique cars and tractors.
Pots of herbs and other plants will be on sale.
``Country living and farming methods from the early 1900s are displayed,'' said William H. Howell Jr., director of the Agriculture Museum.
Transportation will be provided between that locale and the nearby Rochelle-Prince House. Some Heritage Day transportation will be provided by buggy and cart, and there will be pony rides for the children who will also enjoy the petting zoo and a visit from Smokey the Bear.
There will be plenty to eat with barbecue and hot dogs cooked on the site. Homemade snacks and soft drinks also will be available. ILLUSTRATION: Photo
Betty Jean Everett will demonstrate butter churning at Heritage Day.
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AT A GLANCE
What: Heritage Day
When: Sept. 21, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Where: Southampton Agriculture & Forestry Museum, Heritage Lane;
Rochelle-Prince House, Main Street, both in Courtland.
Tickets: $2, adults; $1, children.
Call: 654-6785. by CNB