On July 8, 1958, the state of Maryland mailed a letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers protesting the construction of the proposed Chesapeake Bay-Bridge Tunnel. It had been predicted that Maryland’s port commission would object to the length of the tunnel.
On July 8, 1955, Tom Finney, 64, of Melfa, was killed while working in a field on the Hensel Spady farm on Old Town Neck, near Eastville. A dusting plane operated by Kenneth C. Pigit, 40, of Bridgetown, prepared to make a run over an adjoining field. Pigit struck telephone wires, which snapped under the tension and “cut Finney’s head off as cleanly as the stroke of a giant scalpel.”
On July 8, 1948, the chicken house of Ira Mason on the eastern side of Chincoteague Island and a garage he had just completed were burned.
On July 8, 1947, a completely new self-service Pender store opened in the lower floor of the new Masonic building adjoining the Royal Theatre in Parksley.
On July 8, 1938, the Peninsula Enterprise newspaper reported that Accomack County 4-H youth and sponsors at Jamestown 4-H Camp had a surprise encounter with Shirley Temple, the child movie star.
On July 8, 1936, Herbert Barnes of Lee District was elected chairman of the Accomack County School Board.
