On July 6, 1961, the Peninsula Enterprise reported that Barbara Fitchett was named queen of the Melfa Fireman’s Carnival and Starr Warren was named runner-up.
On July 6, 1961, the Peninsula Enterprise reported that the Eastern Shore of Virginia Chamber of Commerce was sponsoring a contest to give an overall name to the islands off Virginia’s Eastern Shore. The person contributing the winning name would receive a $25 cash prize.
On July 6, 1958, Laura Carolyn Taylor, 13, was killed almost instantly when she was hit by an automobile in front of her home in the town of Bloxom. The incident happened on the road from Bloxom to Mears, several hundred feet north of the main railroad crossing. While exiting a vehicle and crossing the road, she was hit by an automobile driven by Crother Lang, of Assawoman, who was headed southbound.
On July 6, 1939, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a bill providing funding for the construction of a boat harbor in Cape Charles just east of the present railroad harbor.
On July 6, 1938, Leroy Stant was robbed at the grocery store he operated on the road from Makemie Park to Grotons. Two men, one an escaped convict from Delaware, were sought.
On July 6, 1938, Vernon Miles, of New Church, the runner up in the radio contest held at Central High School, was broadcast on the Watson Texaco Revue program over WTAR radio. Miles played Spanish guitar and sang.
On July 6, 1920, an engine-driven machine for digging potatoes was demonstrated on the farm of A.J. Thornton in Horsey. The demonstration was arranged by the Martin Hall Co., a farm implement dealer.
