Keller Fairgrounds likely to be sold
According to a published notice, the stockholders of the Eastern Shore Agricultural Association met at the Keller Fair Grounds on Monday, Nov. 5, at 2:30 p.m. The purpose of the meeting was to approve or disapprove action taken by the board of directors. This action includes the following: To sell all of the real estate of the corporation and to liquidate all of the other assets.
— Eastern Shore News
Hope named to all-time football team
Accomack County Sheriff George C. Hope was named to the “all-time football team" of the University of Richmond. The announcement was made at Richmond’s homecoming celebration. Hope is considered to be one of the best linemen ever to perform on Virginia gridirons. He was named to one of the guard posts on the all-time team. He is well remembered on the Eastern Shore as one of the top athletes ever to graduate from a local high school. He graduated from Parksley High School when the town was a sports hotbed and graduated from Richmond in the class of 1934.
— Eastern Shore News
Nassawadox girl killed in crash with train
Kate Gibb, a 7-year-old Nassawadox child, was fatally injured and her mother and three other youngsters escaped serious injury when a passenger train smashed into their car at a Nassawadox crossing. The accident occurred as they were returning from Birdsnest at the crossing at the north end of Nassawadox.
— Eastern Shore News
