On July 1, 1968, U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Henry J. “Hank” O’Kusky, 20, of Craddockville, was killed in action while on a reconnaissance mission during the Vietnam War. O’Kusky posthumously received the Distinguished Service Cross — the U.S. Army’s second-highest military decoration, awarded for extraordinary heroism in combat.
On July 1, 1962, Julian Scott, W. Leonard Hamilton, and W.I. James began their terms as members of the Northampton County School Trustee Electoral Board after being reappointed by Judge Jeff F. Walter.
On July 1, 1960, W.A. Lewis, elementary supervisor of Accomack County Schools, began work in the position of general administrative assistant for the school system.
On July 1, 1958, the Eastern Shore Public Library officially became the property of Accomack and Northampton counties. “The Eastern Shore can also feel rightfully grateful that it is no longer among the 60 counties in Virginia which have no public library service,” the Peninsula Enterprise reported.
On July 1, 1949, William A. Matthews, Accomack County agricultural extension agent, resigned to accept the position of associate professor of horticulture at the University of Maryland. His headquarters were at the Salisbury, Md., experiment station.
On July 1, 1948, Rita Jarvis, daughter of Mr. And Mrs. George Jarvis, of Machipongo, was selected Miss Eastern Shore 1948 in the beauty contest held at the Palace Theatre in Cape Charles. Martha Cosby, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. W.L. Cosby, of Painter, placed second.
On July 1, 1948, Mary Grace Mears of the Atlantic 4-H Club and Milton Phillips of the Bloxom 4-H Club were given the highest honor bestowed on 4-H youth when they were formally selected for the Virginia All-Star Chapter at the annual State 4-H Short Course in Blacksburg.
On July 1, 1946, agriculture teachers began work at Central and Onancock high schools for the first time in two years. John J. Whittington was named the teacher at Central and John G. Rogers was the teacher at Atlantic.
On July 1, 1943, U.S. Army Pvt. Milton Lee Hopkins, of New Church, died while stationed in Hawaii. Hopkins’ remains are interred at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii.
On July 1, 1939, members of the bar associations of Accomack and Northampton counties had a social meeting at the Accomac Hotel and adopted a resolution for the merger of the two groups into one organization. Committees were to study the matter.
On July 1, 1938, the annual Cape Charles Fireman’s Carnival opened for a run through July 12.
On July 1, 1936, W.M. Gose, of Charlottesville, succeeded S.D. Crute as the state highway department’s resident engineer for the Eastern Shore of Virginia.
