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54th Urbanna Oyster Festival
November 4 & 5, 2011

Parking and
street closings
On Friday, the Oyster Festival
begins at 10 a.m. and closes
at midnight. On Saturday, the
festival runs from 8 a.m. to 6
p.m.
Under the Oyster Festival
plan, the town will be closed to
motor vehicle traffic as a safety
precaution on Friday from 6 to
8 p.m. for the Fireman’s Parade;
and on Saturday from about 8
a.m. to 8 p.m. There will be no
exceptions. Town residents and
guests are urged to make their
plans accordingly.
The town streets may also
be closed to motor vehicles on
Friday as pedestrian conditions
dictate.
Official Oyster Festival
parking prices on both sides of
town will be $10 on Friday and
$20 on Saturday. Handicapped
parking is at the corner of Virginia
Street and Red Hill on the
west side of town, and is operated
by the Central Middlesex
Volunteer Rescue Squad, which
benefits from the handicapped
parking fees. Follow the signs.
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and lunch
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2 • Southside Sentinel • Urbanna, Va. • Nov. 3, 2011
TOWN OF URBANNA
PUBLIC NOTICE
2011 OYSTER FESTIVAL
STREET AND PARKING RESTRICTIONS
The Virginia Department of Transportation has approved the following 2011 Urbanna Oyster Festival Street and Parking Restrictions pursuant to a Resolution
of the Urbanna Town Council:
Parking Restrictions
Parking restrictions will be in effect within the corporate limits of the Town of Urbanna between 2:00 AM, Friday, November 4, 2011 and 11:00 PM, Saturday,
November 5, 2011 in order to ensure pedestrian safety, safe movement of police, fire and rescue vehicles as well as safe parade operations. Certain streets
will be opened for parking earlier than 11:00 PM Saturday depending on the progress of cleanup crews. Parking restrictions for Prince George Street will be
in effect from between 12:00 PM Thursday. November 3, 2011 and 11:00 PM Saturday, November 5, 2011 to accommodate concessions setting up in the road
right-of-way.
No Parking areas will be designated as Tow Away Zones and towing will be at the owner’s expense. The no parking-tow away zones for both sides of
the streets in Urbanna include:
Urbanna Road from the bridge to Watling Street. Watling Street from the traffic triangle to its western end. Cross Street from Watling Street to West Avenue.
Prince George Street from Cross Street to Virginia Street. Virginia Street from Oyster Road to Lord Mott Road. Oyster Road in its entirety. Marston Avenue
from Cross Street to Rappahannock Avenue. Bonner Street from Rappahannock Avenue to Linden Avenue. Grace Avenue from Virginia Street to Bonner Street.
Rappahannock Avenue from Virginia Street to Kent Street. Kent Street from Rappahannock Avenue to West Avenue. West Avenue from Kent Street to Cross
Street. Park Street from Rappahannock Avenue to Linden Avenue. Upton Lane by the Post Office in its entirety. Hilliard Street in its entirety.
Parade Routes and Times
The Friday, November 4th, Fireman’s Parade will begin at 7:00PM on Virginia Street west of town and proceed east on Virginia Street, north on Grace Avenue,
east on Bonner Street, north on Rappahannock Avenue, east on Marston Avenue, south on Cross Street, and west on Virginia Street to disband out of town.
The Saturday, November 5th, Oyster Festival Parade will begin at 2:00PM on Virginia Street in front of the old Urbanna Lumber Co. and proceed east on
Virginia Street, north on Grace Avenue, east on Bonner Street, north on Rappahannock Avenue, east on Marston Avenue, south on Cross Street, and west on
Virginia Street to disband out of town.
Urbanna Street Restrictions
Prince George Street. At 12:00PM on Thursday, November 3rd. Prince George Street will be closed to routine traffic from Cross Street to the curve at Urbanna
Auto & Marine. This restriction will remain in effect until 6:00 PM, Saturday, November 5th. These restrictions are required to accommodate the concessions
to be located on Prince George Street.
Other Restrictions: On Friday, November 4th and Saturday, November 5th, law enforcement authorities may temporarily close selected streets to routine traffic
as crowd and public safety actions dictate.
Town Entrance Restrictions
Friday, November 4th, 5:00 PM. Friday evening November 4th, 2011 vehicular traffic entering or leaving the Town will be prohibited beginning at 5:00 PM
on the west side (Route 602) in the vicinity of Lord Mott Road and beginning at 6:00 PM on the east side (Route 227) in the vicinity of Urbanna Harbour
Subdivision for the Fireman’s Parade. These Routes will be closed to all traffic attempting to enter the Town of Urbanna except to facilitate the movement of
police and emergency vehicles. The Town of Urbanna will remain closed until 9:00 PM or later depending on pedestrian traffic.
Saturday, November 5th, 8:30 AM. On Saturday morning, November 5, 2011, or earlier if deemed necessary by law enforcement authorities, State Route 227
(Urbanna Road) will be closed in the vicinity of the Urbanna Harbour subdivision entrance, and State Route 602 (Virginia Street) will be closed in the vicinity
of the Lord Mott Road intersection to all traffic attempting to enter the Town of Urbanna except to facilitate the movement of police and emergency vehicles.
The Town of Urbanna will remain closed until 8:00 PM or later depending on pedestrian traffic.
At any time, law enforcement authorities may temporarily close the Town to routine traffic as crowd and public safety actions dictate.
10.27&11.03.11

Local watermen have been working the oyster grounds of the Rappahannock River and other
Chesapeake Bay tributaries to meet the demand at this weekend’s Urbanna Oyster Festival.
(Photo by Larry Chowning)
Bring your appetites and party
hats to the 54th Oyster Festival
The 54th annual Urbanna
Oyster Festival is set for Friday
and Saturday, November 4-5,
and once again good times and
a variety of delicious food and
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The Fireman’s Parade is at 7
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Pluck, Perseverance and Progress
p.m. Friday. The Oyster Festival
Parade will have about 80
units, and steps off at 2 p.m.
Saturday.
The Oyster Festival Queen
and Little Miss Spat will be
crowned on Friday, November
4, at 4 p.m. on the Festival Village
stage on Rappahannock
Ave.
More than 100 vendors will
be open for business when the
festival begins on Friday at 10
a.m. On Saturday, the festival is
open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Bring your appetite; an array
of foods will be available from
more than 40 food vendors.
The honored oyster is always
featured and in a variety of presentations—raw,
roasted, fried,
steamed, frittered and stewed.
In addition, visitors can
enjoy crab soup, seafood chowder,
clams, crab cakes, shrimp,
fish, corn dogs, sausages, hamburgers,
hot dogs, turkey legs,
roast beef, funnel cakes, kettle
corn, roasted nuts, ice cream,
cotton candy, snow cones,
candy apples and many other
goodies.
In addition to great food and
desserts, visitors will delight
in the variety of crafts and art
available throughout the town.
See photos of the 2011 Oyster Festival
next week at www.SSentinel.com
Nov. 3, 2011 • Southside Sentinel • Urbanna, Va.• 3

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Clementine Macon of
Middlesex is the U.S. Female
Oyster Shucking Champion.
Top female
shuckers
to battle
The official Virginia Oyster
Shucking Contest, sponsored
by Revere Gas & Appliance
and Rappahannock River Oysters,
will be held at 11 a.m. on
Saturday behind the firehouse.
Since Urbanna is the home
of Virginia’s “official” Oyster
Festival, it is only appropriate
that some of the best oyster
shuckers in the world practice
their trade near the town.
The top professional shucker
wins $300. The first-place prize
in each of the men’s and women’s
divisions is $100; second,
$50; and third, $25.
The winner is declared state
champion and advances to
compete in the National Oyster
Shucking Contest in St. Mary’s,
Maryland, in October of 2012.
Expected to compete are
reigning national women’s
oyster shucking champion
Clementine Macon and current
state champion and former
national champion Deborah
Pratt, who finished second to
Macon in the Women’s Division
at the National Oyster Shucking
Contest on October 16, 2011,
in St. Mary’s, Md. Both women
are from Middlesex County. In
the always-popular Amateur
Division the winner receives a
plaque and official Oyster Festival
t-shirts go to second and
third place finishers.

Longtime Deltaville boatbuilder is Oyster Festival Captain
by Larry S. Chowning
Willard Norris of Deltaville
has built wooden boats all his
life and also was an oyster
inspector with the Virginia
Marine Resources Commission
(VMRC).
Because of lifelong work with
boats and oysters, the Urbanna
Oyster Festival Foundation
named Norris the Captain of
the 54th annual Urbanna Oyster
Festival on November 4-5.
Norris can’t recall the first
time he wielded a foot adz to
build a boat, but he knows he
was mighty young. In 1927,
Norris was born to a boatbuilding
family in his grandfather’s
home in Deltaville. In fact, he
had boatwrights on both sides
of his family.
His grandfather, Ed Deagle,
built deadrise style boats on
the shoreline in front of his
Deltaville house, the house Wil-
lard was born in. His uncle, Pete
Deagle, specialized in repair of
Chesapeake Bay log canoes and
worked right next door. Another
uncle, Alfred Norris, built
deadrise boats on Lovers Lane.
“A many a time, I’ve watched
my Uncle Pete haul a log canoe
up at high tide on two logs and
put chunks (logs) in it,” said
Norris.
“I used to walk down the road
when I was a child and watch
[boatbuilder] John Wright build
65-foot-long boats with nothing
but hand tools—a foot adz,
hand planes, rip-saws—and that
was it,” said Norris.
“I can take you right down
the street and tell you who built
boats where. “John, Ladd, Tom
and Lewis Wright, Rob Dudley,
Hugh Norris, Willie Marchant,
Alfred Norris, all built boats
right here on Lovers Lane.”
Norris and his wife, Shirley,
live on Lovers Lane in
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When he was 16 years old,
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“I learned to set up and build
a boat from my Uncle Alfred
but I learned a great deal about
working with wood at Uncle
Lee’s,” said Norris. “There were
so many woodworkers there in
those days and they were all
willing to give you a tip on this
and that.”
Willard got married when he
was 18 years old and the first
thing he did was build himself
a round-stern boat to go patenttonging
for oysters. “I started
the boat in my backyard with
no shed or anything,” he said.
“John Wright was old then and
his wife, Blanche, was my wife’s
aunt, so he’d come by every
morning and help me out.
“I laid the boat out the way I
was taught but didn’t think the
stern looked just right, so I asked
Mr. Wright what he thought,”
said Norris. “John Wright said,
‘Let me tell you something, you
do it the way you think is right
and if you need to change it, you
can do it on the next one. But
if everybody tells you how to
build that boat, it’s going to be
a damn mess.’ ”
In the 1960s, Norris went to
work for VMRC but kept building
boats at night.
Over 20 years ago Norris
came down with pancreatic
cancer and doctors gave him
only months to live. Even when
he was sick, he went to the boatshed
and started building a skiff.
“I couldn’t stop and then, when
I beat the odds (of surviving
cancer), I wasn’t strong enough
for a long time to build anything
but a skiff.”
In 2001, Norris decided to
build one more deadrise and he
turned out a 32-footer that he
named “The Last One.”
Norris’s boatshed is the last
active old-style backyard boatshop
in Deltaville. Inside his
shop, he has old wooden handworking
tools that he has picked
up at yard sales and others he
has gotten from older builders
in retirement. A block and
tackle is attached to the rafters
for hoisting and flipping hulls.
Out back is the community boat
trailer.
Foundation board member
Charles Bristow said, “The
Oyster Festival Captain is
selected annually to honor the
heritage and culture of the area’s
oyster industry. The wooden
boatbuilding industry was an
important part of our oyster heritage.
We are honored to have
a true Deltaville boatbuilder as
our captain.”
Norris said, “I want to thank
the foundation for selecting
me. I feel there are others more
worthy but I’m honored to be a
part of the Oyster Festival.”
Nov. 3, 2011 • Southside Sentinel • Urbanna, Va.• 5

Hali Valadez and
Allison Crittenden
Seven high school seniors seek title
of Urbanna Oyster Festival Queen
The selection of the
Urbanna Oyster Festival
Queen is a long-standing tradition
that dates back to 1960,
the year before Urbanna Days
became the Urbanna Oyster
Festival. The first Festival
Queen was crowned on a flatbed
trailer on the day of the
festival.
The tradition of crowning
a Festival Queen and Little
Miss Spat began in 1966.
As the Oyster Festival
evolved over the years, so has
the selection process for the
Queen and Little Miss Spat.
It originally was a type of
beauty pageant, but is now a
scholarship competition for
the Queen contestants. The
judging is based on a community
service project, grade
point average, a judges’ interview,
a written response to a
random question, and overall
participation.
The Queen competition
Alyssa Mitchem and
Jessica Dixon
starts early in the summer
and extends until the crowning
takes place on Friday of
the Oyster Festival.
The crowning of the
Queen at the upcoming 54th
Urbanna Oyster Festival will
take place on Friday, November
4, at 4 p.m. at Taber Park
on Rappahannock Avenue.
The Urbanna Oyster Festival
Queen Scholarship Competition
awards scholarships to
the top three Queen finishers
and Miss Congeniality.
Queen contestants must
be a high school senior and
a resident of Middlesex
County. Each Queen contestant
selects a girl in the first
grade to compete as her Little
Miss Spat. (A “spat” is a baby
oyster.) The Little Miss Spat
finalists are selected independently
of the Queen and are
judged based on their participation
at an ice cream social,
a judges’ interview, overall
6 • Southside Sentinel • Urbanna, Va. • Nov. 3, 2011
Lindsay MacKay and
Iesha Lee
participation, and written
response to a question, which
they also illustrate.
The judges are not residents
of Middlesex County.
The seven Oyster Festival
Queen contestants are Allison
Crittenden, Jessica Dixon,
Iesha Lee, Lara Lucas, Felicia
Marsh, Emily Moore and
Joey Stinchcomb.
The eight Little Miss Spat
contestants are Adrian Austin,
Courtney Harrow, Lindsay
MacKay, Alyssa Mitchem,
Abigail Smiley, Hali Valadez,
Catalina Warren and Sydney
“Gracie” Wynberry.
A total of $11,500 in scholarships
will be awarded in the
Queen competition. Savings
bonds will be awarded in
Little Miss Spat competition.
Queen Scholarship sponsors
include, in alphabetical order,
Bethpage Camp-Resort, Bon
Secours Health System, Bristow-Faulkner
Funeral Home,
Courtney Harrow and
Lara Lucas
C&F Bank, Colonial Virginia
Bank, Dr. C. Ben Lennon
DDS, EVB Bank, Grey’s
Point Camp, Rappahannock
Concrete Corp., Rosegill
Development LLC, and Thurston
Properties.
Little Miss Spat sponsors
are Ryman’s Heating & A/C,
and Unique Golf Carts.
Catalina Warren and
Felicia Marsh
Adrian Austin and
Joey Stinchcomb
Past Oyster Festival Queens
1960- Jean Stone
1961- Tommy Lou Cusimano
1962- Mary Kay Mercer
1963- Chalie Pierce
1964- Sandra Ward
1965- Frances Marie Hall
1966- Barbara Davis
1967- Julie Marshall
1967- Joyce Bowen
1968- Patrice Thrift
1969- Sheila Moore
1970- Debra Marshall
1971- Susan Harrow
1972- Sandra Hogge
1973- Carolyn Norton
1974- Sharon Harrow
1975- Susan Crittenden
1976- Kathy Redmon
1977- Shannon Warren
1978- Leslie Pugh
1979- Diana Durham
1980- Tammy Jackson
1981- Michele Mankowski
1982- Tara Fuccella
1983- Sandra Brahn
1984- Noele Mankowski
1985- Kelly McMurtrie
1986- Sara Townsend
1987- Gloria Mercer
1988- Lisa Handley
1989- Connie Wright
1990- Stephanie Henley
1991- Genessa Dail
1992- Tammy Lynn Jackson
1993- Jennifer Wright
1994- Addie Rowlson-Hall
1995- Katie Rothery
1996- Jenny Walters
1997- LaNae Briggs
1998- Crystle Felthouse
1999- Hannah Chowning
2000- Ashley Rowe
2001- Kelly Proctor
2002- Casey Haynes
Abigail Smiley and
Emily Moore
Sydney “Gracie”
Wynberry
2003- Lily Smith
2004- Brittany Jones
2005- Charlee Eades
2006- Kenleighe Longest
2007- Maggie Ballantyne
2008- Ashley Figg
2009- Kendall McNamee
2010- Lauren Figg
2011- Who will it be?
See List of former
Little Miss Spats
on page 9. Th e
2011 crowning
will be at
4 p.m. Friday
in Taber Park.

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‘Life savers’ are honorary grand marshals
by Larry S. Chowning Harrow, a certified Emer-
The Urbanna Oyster Festival
Foundation has named Allison
Payne and Greg Harrow
as Honorary Urbanna Oyster
Festival Grand Marshals for
the 54th annual festival.
The foundation is honoring
Payne and Harrow for their
efforts in saving the life of
5-year-old Sean West, son of
Bonnie and Eugene West of
Deltaville.
On August 5, Sean jumped
into the Deltaville Pool—at
the wrong end where the water
is more than five feet deep. He
slipped under water unnoticed
by his parents and grandparents,
who had been keeping
an eye on Sean and his sister
Abigail.
When Sean was spotted
in the pool, lifeguard Allison
Payne, a 16-year-old
Middlesex High School junior,
jumped in and pulled the boy
to the surface. Sean was not
breathing.
gency Medical Technician
(EMT-B), assisted Payne by
administering chest compressions,
which brought the boy
back to life.
Sean was flown by helicopter
to VCU Medical Center in
Richmond where he was kept
in intensive care overnight for
observation. He came home
the next evening.
“We felt that these two young
people did a wonderful thing in
saving that young boy’s life,”
said foundation board member
Charles Bristow. “We just felt
that this was a way of honoring
them for what they did.”
Harrow and Payne said they
were honored to be selected as
Honorary Grand Marshals, but
felt what they did was what
anyone would have done in a
similar situation. “We do thank
the foundation,” said Harrow.
Payne and Harrow will ride
in the Fireman’s Parade at 7
p.m. on Friday, November 4,
and in the festival parade at 2
p.m. on Saturday, November
5. They also will participate in
the dinners and events associated
with the festival.
Payne has one brother,
Allison Payne and Greg Harrow
Avary, and is the daughter of
Wendy and Anthony Payne of
Saluda. She maintains above
(See Honorary, page 8)
Nov. 3, 2011 • Southside Sentinel • Urbanna, Va.• 7

World-class oyster shucker is festival grand marshal
by Larry S. Chowning World Oyster Shucking Cham-
Middlesex County oyster
shucker Deborah Pratt has been
named grand marshal of the
54th annual Urbanna Oyster
Festival.
Pratt has represented the
United States four times in the
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pionship in Ireland and finished
second in the world in 1997.
She grew up in Middlesex
and first learned to shuck oysters
by watching her sister, Clementine
Macon, another master
oyster shucker. Since then, Pratt
has represented the State of Vir-
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ginia and the Urbanna Oyster
Festival numerous times in the
United States championships at
St. Mary’s, Md.
Pratt is one of only two U.S.
shuckers to ever place in the top
three in the international competition,
which she did in 1994
and 1997, both times in Galway,
Ireland. The only other Virginian
to place in the international
competition was Middlesex’s
Sara Hammond who finished
third in 1984.
Urbanna Oyster Festival
Foundation member Charles
Bristow said Pratt has represented
Virginia and the United
States “with style and class” at
the international oyster shucking
contests and various other competitions
across the country.
“Deborah has been selected
grand marshal because of what
she has meant to the Urbanna
Oyster Festival,” said Bristow.
“She has been a great ambassador
for the festival and Urbanna.
We just felt that she deserved
the honor.”
Pratt also was named honorary
captain of the festival in
1995.
Pratt is an annual competitor
at the Virginia Oyster Shucking
Championship at the Urbanna
Oyster Festival—a competition
she has won numerous times.
She normally “steals the show”
Honorary . . .
(Continued from page 7)
a 4.0 GPA, is president of her
class, and editor-in-chief of
the Middlesex High yearbook.
Harrow, a former teacher,
is the maintenance director of
the Middlesex Public Schools
and also serves as golf coach
and assistant varsity baseball
coach. He is a member
of the Lower Middlesex Volunteer
Fire Department of
Deltaville.
He is the son of Garland and
Diane Harrow of Deltaville.
He and his wife, Jennifer, have
two children, Courtney and
Andrew, and live in Hartfield.
by taking the microphone and
interacting with the audience.
She will compete again this
year on Saturday, November 5,
at 11 a.m. behind the Urbanna
Firehouse.
“I want to thank the Oyster
Festival Foundation for honoring
me by naming me grand
marshal, “ said Pratt. “I love to
shuck oysters and I love to compete.”
Pratt is a professional shucker
who shucks oysters during the
oyster season at Walton’s Seafood
in Urbanna. She has been
featured in national and regional
publications such as Southern
Living, and a photo of her riding
an oyster shell is being used by
the State of Virginia to promote
tourism.
Pratt lives in Jamaica and has
three children and three grandchildren.
Deborah Pratt

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Past Oyster Festival
Little Miss Spats
1966 – Marie Barrett
1967 – Karen Strickland
1968 – Emma Jean Williams
1969 – Gwendolyn Major
1970 – Stacey Green
1971 – Linda Linthicum
1972 – Janna Fuccella
1973 – Stephanie Brill
1974 – Wendy Burch
1975 – Cathy Kirby
1976 – Allison Hight
1977 – Carrie Randall
1978 - Margaret Montgomery
1979 – Wendy Coulson
1980 – Jennifer Jenkins
1981 – Kate Gaskins
1982 – Farrah Schultz
1983 – Brooke Ailsworth
1984 – McKann Folliard
1985 – Catherine Woodard
1986 – Shannon Russell
1987 – Lisa Boone
1988 – Heather Wilson
1989 – Jennifer Reardon
Deltaville, Va.
1990 – Sharon Carole White
1991 – Jamie Mears
1992 – Blair Rainier
1993 – Patricia Tanksley
1994 – Kimberly Hayes
1995 – Abby Rose Cosimini
1996 – Elly Montague
1997 – Kristin Jessie
1998 – Maggie Hall
1999 – Christine Rodgers
2000 – Allison Crittenden
2001 – Sarah Grace Hurley
2002 – Sarah Goodrich
2003 – Lauren Bleeker
2004 – Maggie Bull
2005 - Hailey Walton
2006 - Emilie Smith
2007 - Sarah Walton
2008 - Hope Britton
2009 - Katie Brooke
2010 - Emma Fairheart
2011 - Who will it be?
Premier oysters
and wine tasting
Rappahannock River Oysters
(RRO) of Topping is
returning to Virginia Street
this year to bring the flavor
of their oyster tasting room,
“Merroir,” at Locklies Marina
in Topping.
RRO will host a boutique
oyster tasting at the wine tasting
area on Virginia Street
between the post office and
ABC Store, courtesy of IsaBell
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The taste of these aquaculture-raised
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vary from heavy salt, sweet,
or mildly salty, depending
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Their names give a clue to
their flavor, “Olde Salts,”
Rappahannock River oysters,
and Stingray oysters.
Chefs will prepare the RRO
oysters, pairing them with
local wines from Barboursville
Winery, Lake Anna Winery,
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Fireman’s parade and dance set for Friday night
‘Janitors’
to perform
at firehouse
More than 60 fire and rescue
units, beauty queens and dignitaries
are expected for Friday’s
Urbanna Fireman’s Parade at 7
p.m. The parade will follow the
same route as last year.
At the suggestion of the
Virginia State Police to ease
congestion, both parades will
finish by traveling west on Virginia
Street. The parade routes
are as follows: stage on the
The first Grand
Marshal of the
Urbanna Oyster
Festival was
Gen. Chesty Puller
in 1966.
west end of town and travel east
and turn left on Grace Avenue,
right on Bonner Street, left on
Rappahannock Avenue, right
on Marston Avenue, right on
10 • Southside Sentinel • Urbanna, Va. • Nov. 3, 2011
Cross Street, right on Virginia
Street and continue back to the
staging area. The judges stand
will be at the Urbanna Firehouse.
Immediately following the
parade, “The Janitors” will perform
classic rock music on the
stage behind the Urbanna Firehouse
from 8 p.m. to midnight.
Friday’s 7 p.m. Fireman’s Parade, sponsored by the Middlesex Volunteer Fire Department of
Urbanna, features flashing lights, sirens and over 60 fire and rescue units.
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Three historic workboats
open for tours at waterfront
The Oyster Festival waterfront
at the Urbanna Town
Marina will showcase the area’s
varied history and emphasize
the conservation and restoration
of the Chesapeake Bay.
Three historic oyster buyboats,
once used to transport
oysters and freight, will be open
for tours. They include “Elva
C.” from the Reedville Fishermen’s
Museum, “F.D. Crockett”
from the Deltaville Maritime
Museum, and “Propwash” (formerly
Agnes Sterling) from
Dumfries.
In addition, there will be
numerous hands-on exhibits.
The Chesapeake Bay Oyster
Company and Adirondack
Guide Boats are major contributing
sponsors to the Urbanna
Oyster Festival’s Marine Science
Legacy Program, which is an
educational outreach designed
to bring an understanding of the
ecology, history, heritage and
future of the Chesapeake Bay
to Middlesex County and area
public and private school students,
as well as to the general
public attending the festival.
Many students will attend
learning activities on “education
day” (Thursday, November
3) at the Town Marina at
Upton’s Point.
“Elva C.”
The restored Old Tobacco
Warehouse/Urbanna Visitor’s
Center on Virginia Street, just
up the hill from Urbanna Creek,
will be open both days of the
festival. Model boats and an
original John Mitchell map of
early colonial America will be
on display within this historic
building.
Nov. 3, 2011 • Southside Sentinel • Urbanna, Va.• 11

2011 Urbanna Oyster Festival Entertainment Schedule
Friday, November 4
10–1 1 a.m. Robert Keyes (Multi-facet
Solo Fingerstyle Guitarist) at the
Tobacco Warehouse
10 a. m. – 12 p.m. Jonathan Austin
(Juggler/Magician) in the Children’s
Area
10 a. m. – 2 p.m. Joe Maniscalco & the
ToucanJam Band (Pop/Rock-n-
Roll/Blues/Oldies) at Festival Village
10 a .m. – 3 p.m. Hollowell Twins
(Classic rock/Modern rock/Country)
at the waterfront
Robert Keyes Jonathan
Austin
12 – 1 p.m. Robert Keyes (Multi-facet
Solo Fingerstyle Guitarist) at the
Tobacco Warehouse
1 – 4 p.m. Jonathan Austin (Juggler/
Magician) in the Children’s Area
2 – 3 p.m. Robert Keyes (Multi-facet
Solo Fingerstyle Guitarist) at the
Tobacco Warehouse
4 p.m . Queen Crowning at Festival
Village
7 – 8 p.m. Fireman’s Parade
8 p.m . – 12 a.m. The Janitors (Top 40)
behind the Firehouse
Joe Maniscalco &
the ToucanJam Band
Hollowell
Twins
Saturday, November 5
9 – 10 a.m. Robert Keyes (Multi-facet
Solo Fingerstyle Guitarist) at the
Tobacco Warehouse
9 a.m. – 1 p.m. The Skipjack Band
(50s through 90s music) at
Festival Village
10 a.m . – 1 p.m. Rip Tide (Classic/
Southern Rock and New Country)
at the waterfront
10 a.m . – 1 p.m. Jonathan Austin
(Juggler/Magician) in the
Children’s Area
The Skipjack Band
11 a.m . – noon Robert Keyes (Multifacet
Solo Fingerstyle Guitarist)
at the Tobacco Warehouse
1 – 2 p .m. Robert Keyes (Multi-facet
Solo Fingerstyle Guitarist) at the
Tobacco Warehouse
1 – 5 p .m. The Janitors (Top 40) at
the Firehouse
2 – 3 p.m. Oyster Festival Parade
3 – 5 p .m. The Skipjack Band (50s
through 90s music) at Festival
Village
3 – 5 p .m. Rip Tide (Classic/Southern
Rock and New Country) at the
waterfront
12 • Southside Sentinel • Urbanna, Va. • Nov. 3, 2011 Nov. 3, 2011 • Southside Sentinel • Urbanna, Va.• 13

Thanks to the sponsors of the 54th Urbanna Oyster Festival
The Urbanna Oyster Festival
is helped greatly by its corporate
sponsors, which include
in alphabetical order:
Bethpage Camp-Resort
and Grey’s Point Camp, RV &
Boat Show and queen scholarships;
Bon Secours Virginia
Health System, festival bro-
chure, rescue squad services
and queen scholarships; Bristow-Faulkner
Funeral Home,
academic achievement and
community service awards;
C. Ben Lennon, D.D.S., queen
scholarship; C&F Bank and
the family of Syd Thrift,
Oyster Festival reception and
14 • Southside Sentinel • Urbanna, Va. • Nov. 3, 2011
queen scholarships; EVB
Bank, Prince George Street
Community Row and queen
scholarships; GEICO, Festival
Village; Gloucester Toyota,
Festival Village Entertainment
Stage; Adirondack Guide
Boats and Chesapeake Bay
Oyster Company, Marine Sci-
ence Legacy Program; Kathleen
M. Hall CPA, Waterfront
Entertainment Stage; Radio
Communications of Virginia
is furnishing communication
equipment; Revere Gas &
Appliance and Rappahannock
River Oysters (RRO), Oyster
Shucking Contest; The Allen
Group, festival support services;
Virginia Lottery, Saturday’s
parade sponsor.
Queen Scholarship sponsors
include, in alphabetical order,
Bethpage Camp-Resort, Bon
Secours Health System, Bristow-Faulkner
Funeral Home,
C&F Bank, Colonial Virginia
Bank, Dr. C. Ben Lennon
DDS, EVB Bank, Grey’s Point
Camp, Rappahannock Concrete
Corp., Rosegill Development
LLC, and Thurston
Properties.
Little Miss Spat sponsors
are Ryman’s Heating & A/C,
and Unique Golf Carts.

Parade Route
Grace Ave.
Bonner Street
Library
Parade starts
at Firehouse
Parade Route
Festival
Village
Virginia Street
Urbanna Creek
Wine Tasting
Stage
Prince George Street
Watling Street
Rappahannock Ave.
Marston Ave.
Cross Street
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Service . . . Beyond The Numbers
Welcome to the 54th Urbanna Oyster Festival!
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Will be closed Friday, November 4th
Enjoy the Oyster Festival!
Regular Saluda hours:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 2–5 p.m.
(804) 758-2303
Emergencies may call
Tappahannock Veterinary Hospital
(804) 443-2878
Waterfront
Stage
Drinking
in public
prohibited;
beer gardens
available
Drinking alcohol in public is
prohibited. There will be areas
where alcohol is available,
including behind the Urbanna
Firehouse, at Urbanna Oyster
House Restaurant on Virginia
St. and at other town restaurants.
A wine tasting area will
be next to the Urbanna Post
Office.
The use of designated drivers
is encouraged. The Virginia
State Police usually has DUI
check points following the festival.
Variety of entertainment
awaits festival visitors
A variety of entertainment
has been booked for four
stages on Friday and Saturday,
November 4-5.
Live entertainment will be
on stages at Festival Village on
Rappahannock Avenue, which
is sponsored by Gloucester
Toyota. and the waterfront
stage, which is sponsored by
Kathleen M. Hall CPA.
There also will be live music
on the front porch of the Old
Tobacco Warehouse and on the
stage behind the Urbanna Firehouse.
Bon Secours Richmond
Health Systems is sponsoring
the Children’s activity area in a
tent across from the firehouse.
See the entertainment schedule
and photos of the performers
on pages 12-13 in this special
section.
Visit our website at www.ssentinel.com
Nov. 3, 2011 • Southside Sentinel • Urbanna, Va.• 15

Library’s new cookbook will be available at the Oyster Festival
by Sherry B. Inabinet ing for its booth on Prince complete with its name on it. two years to complete. This goods, please take them to the more information, please call
George Street (Community The highlight of this year’s cookbook of more than 800 Deltaville Library by 4:30 p.m. Sherry Inabinet at 758-1943 or
With the Urbanna Oyster Row). After many years of booth will be “Culinary Tales: recipes, including those of 50 on Wednesday, November 2, or 824-1346.
Festival just hours away, the struggling with an old canopy Recipes from the Bay, Rivah and well-known authors, features the Urbanna Library by Thurs- We look forward to seeing
Middlesex County Public that belonged to me, the library Beyond,” which is the library’s the art of local artist Kathleen day, November 3. All baked you at the 54th Urbanna Oyster
Library is very busy prepar- now has a nice new canopy, cookbook that has taken over Noffsinger on the cover and goods should be wrapped. For
recipe category dividers.
Festival!
Nationally recognized
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Operator Agreement needed to comply with new
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include David and Sharon
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rence Block, Ann B. Ross,
Diane Mott Davidson, Joanne
Fluke, Blaize Clement, Lisa
See and children’s authors Eric
Carl and Jan Brett.
Local authors include Brad
Parks, Ruby Lee Norris, Larry
Chowning and Carolyn Schott.
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The cookbook price is $22
each or the Oyster Festival
special of five cookbooks for
$100. We know you will want
many of these for Christmas
presents.
The library booth also will
feature the Chesapeake Bay
Christmas Company. In honor
Over white wine
sauce, drizzled with a creamy pesto
sauce and capers
of the festival, the company
has created a special Chesapeake
Bay Santa that will
complement its other beautiful
Santas. The company also has
a very popular line of nautical
ornaments featuring college
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Angus beef marinated in dark
beer and onions
and professional ball/hockey
teams. The library part of the
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Lost & found
locations listed
Lost and found services will
be at festival headquarters at
Virginia St. and Rappahannock
Ave. and at the town office on
Cross St. across from Marshall’s
Drug Store.
For reservations call
Your hosts
Don & Robi

The Secret Side of the Oyster Festival
by Vera England
Marine Science
Legacy Coordinator
Urbanna Oyster Festival
Parking at the Oyster Festival!
Everyone grumbles when
they fork out $10 or $20 to pay
the parking attendant—usually
someone from our local volunteer
services—but do you know
where that money goes?
Part of it helps support
things like the fire department
and rescue squad for our local
citizens; some goes to the general
fund to pay for things like
the street cleaning, the police,
the entertainment at the Oyster
Festival, maybe even part of
the Queen’s scholarship, and
some—largely unknown— supports
a year-long education program
for the school children of
Middlesex.
You may have noticed the
Chesapeake Bay Foundation
(CBF) deadrise Bea Hayman
Clark the past two weeks on
Urbanna Creek. Filled with
Middlesex County fourth and
seventh graders and Middlesex
High School and Christchurch
School environmental and
marine science students, after 5
years it has become as familiar a
sight as the spring arrival of the
osprey. Some of these students
have never been on the river
which borders their homes. The
Marine Science Legacy Program
(MSLP), the educational
outreach of the Oyster Festival
Foundation, pays for and organizes
the CBF program for
Middlesex schools.
Most of you probably haven’t
seen what happens at the
Urbanna Town Marina on the
Thursday before the festival (it’s
only for the school children)
but “Education Day” includes
even more exhibitors at the
waterfront than during the festi-
val—about 60 volunteers—and
brings historical, ecological and
environmental hands-on activities
to all the schools that serve
Middlesex County, including the
three private schools in adjoining
counties.
Friends of the Rappahannock,
an organization that participated
for the first time last year, wrote
that, “Overall, the event was
amazing and should be used
as a model for other events in
the region.” Superintendent of
Middlesex schools Dr. James
Lane, a strong supporter of the
program, added that he “found it
to be extremely educational and
overall, absolutely impressive.
Our teachers and students were
engaged in activities that provided
real-life opportunities to
learn about the watershed experience
and how it impacts local
industries. The scientific knowledge
that students gained is tied
directly to the Virginia Standards
of Learning and the program
in general has become an
important part of helping learning
become real to our students.”
Teachers have commented that
they plan their lessons around
what the students will encounter
on “Education Day.” This field
trip, organized and funded by the
Oyster Festival MSLP, may be
the only one some of these students
are able to attend that year.
Some years ago, when budgets
allowed, even buses were paid
for by the Oyster Festival.
It doesn’t end there. In addition,
on the water environmental
in-service programs are offered
to Middlesex teachers facilitated
by the MSLP. In June, the
Middlesex first graders descend
upon the Deltaville Maritime
Museum and Holly Point Nature
Park—and guess what—that
organization is assisted by the
MSLP of the Urbanna Oyster
Festival.
These programs are so
important to the Oyster Festival
Foundation Board that funding
is often designated first for
the students and second for the
festival-goers on Friday and
Saturday. Attendees luckily
benefit from what is planned
for the kids. But money is tight.
In addition to support from
the general fund, sponsorships
are essential. This year we are
pleased and grateful that Chesapeake
Bay Oyster Company of
Wake, a long time educational
contributor to Education Day,
has become a sponsor of the
MSLP, along with Adirondack
Guide Boats. But more support
is needed to continue. In
Dr. Lane’s words, “the partnerships
that MSLP has formed
between the school systems,
local volunteer organizations,
and the business communities
which reflect the collaborative
(See Legacy, page 21)
See you soon!
Nov. 3, 2011 • Southside Sentinel • Urbanna, Va.• 17

The award-winning Lancaster High School Marching Band is one of the favorites of Saturday’s
2 p.m. parade.
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Parade will
feature
jazz band
The Oyster Festival Parade,
featuring more than 80 entries,
will be at 2 p.m. on Saturday.
A special parade guest will
be the “James River Ramblers,”
a Dixieland Band of the U.S.
Army Training and Doctrine
Command Band of Fort Lee in
Petersburg. This seven-piece
band represents the original
New Orleans Jazz tradition,
performing works by legends
of jazz such as Louis Armstrong,
Jelly Roll Morton, King
Oliver and Sidney Bechet as
well as marching brass bands.
The parade, sponsored by the
Virginia Lottery, also will feature
Gary Clark, former Washington
Redskins wide receiver.
There will be several high
school marching bands, floats,
antique cars, and the Shriners
with their always-popular
bands, marching units, miniature
cars, floats and more.
RV & Boat
Show set
The Urbanna Oyster Festival
RV & Boat Show, sponsored
by Bethpage Camp-Resort and
Grey’s Point Camp, will provide
an excellent opportunity
for dealers to show off their
newest models and for potential
buyers to see all the latest
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‘Old World Santas’ quilt is raffle prize
The Middlesex County
Woman’s Club Quilt Group
meets every Wednesday and
has produced a beautiful quilt
titled “Old World Santas,”
which will be raffled off at 3
p.m. on Saturday, November
5, during the Urbanna Oyster
Festival at the Woman’s Club
clubhouse at 210 Virginia
Street in Urbanna.
The quilt is hand-embroidered
in what quilters refer to
as “redwork,” machine-pieced
and hand-quilted. “This lovely
quilt would make a stunning
addition to your home or a
well cherished Christmas gift,”
said a Woman’s Club spokesperson.
The talented quilters are
Jessie DeBusk, Marietta
Mowry, Peg Davis, Mickie
McCallum, Jean Kostesky,
Bebe Fritter, Nancy Simon,
Barbara VanAudenhove, Sandy
Todd, Vicki Murphy, Jacqueline
Kent and Jan Boyd.
Tickets to win this quilt are
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drawing will take place during the Oyster Festival. Tickets currently are available from any club
member. (Photo by Tom Chillemi)
may be bought at the clubhouse
during the festival. The
winner will be called at the 3
p.m. drawing, and the name of
the winner will also be posted
on the door of the clubhouse.
Tickets currently are available
from any club member or
stop by the clubhouse between
10 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Wednesdays.
For more information, call
Jan Boyd at 776-7001.
The oyster fritters of the Middlesex Lions Club are always a
crowd favorite. The Lions’ booth is on Virginia Street.
For more information, call the
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Nov. 3, 2011 • Southside Sentinel • Urbanna, Va.• 19

Urbanna Harbor Gallery
creates Oyster Festival poster
Urbanna Harbor Gallery and
Art Services is still fresh out of
the box, but stitching itself into
the community’s tapestry as
rapidly and deeply as time and
personnel will allow.
Among their most recent
efforts, business owners Cloyde
W. Wiley III and his wife, Barbara
Hartley, have scored the
winning entry for the 2011
Oyster Festival poster contest.
Thrilled to have been
selected, Hartley explained the
efforts involved in readying the
winning image. “We waited
almost too long to get our entry
in,” she said. Just prior to Hurricane
Irene, Wiley had created
a photography set-up in
the back of the shop. He had
a fairly clear idea of what he
wanted to do, involving a collection
of antique oyster harvesting
items.
“All he needed was a halfbushel
of live oysters to include
in the shot,” Hartley said. “But
when he returned to the shop
after the storm, he discovered
he couldn’t purchase oysters
anywhere because of silt
churned up by the storm.”
Wiley thought about oysters
from the float at their dock in
Perkins Creek, but they were
too small and, thanks to the
hurricane, the dock was largely
destroyed and completely inaccessible.
Fortunately, he was able
to call on his friend, Larry
Chowning, and borrow oysters
from his float. After he shot several
versions, he downloaded
them to the computer. Hartley
then selected two of the photographs
to which she applied
her design expertise, augmenting
them with additional graphics
and finessing two different
poster versions for submission
to the committee.
Wiley and Hartley’s winning
poster will be available
for purchase for $15 at the 54th
annual Urbanna Oyster Festival
on November 4-5. Posters also
can be purchased now at the
Urbanna Oyster Festival Office
at 45 Cross Street (upstairs over
town office, blue door), or call
Pam Simon at 804-758-0368.
Background
Urbanna Harbor Gallery
and Art Services is a new busi-
20 • Southside Sentinel • Urbanna, Va. • Nov. 3, 2011
The 2011 Urbanna Oyster Festival Poster
ness at 202 Virginia Street, in
Urbanna.
Wiley, or “Will” as he was
known in his youth, taught
advanced photography and
other art classes at Central Virginia
Community College for
35 years.
Hartley admits to a more
checkered past. Before her
three children were born, she
was a music teacher. After a
semi-hiatus of several years she
returned to school and earned
an additional degree in communication
arts, leading to an
(See Poster, page 21)
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shucked fresh daily.
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and by appointment
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Jimmy Sollner, captain of the “Bea Hayman Clark,” shows students from John Porter’s
Middlesex High School classes how to “kiss the net” to ensure a good catch. The students
were on the river with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation to investigate the variety of marine
life in our area. All the fish netted were returned to the river after the students learned about
them. Trips for Middlesex schools are funded by the Oyster Festival Foundation through the
Marine Science Legacy Program.
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nature that is imperative in the
21st century learning community.”
The Oyster Festival Board
should be patted on the back for
its unwavering support of these
programs.
This year’s program will
include the buyboat Elva C.
from Reedville Fishermen’s
Museum, Deltaville Maritime
Museum’s F.D. Crockett, activities
which will involve children
in fishing and boatbuilding, the
soils, plants and processes of
the Chesapeake, the fundamentals
of our bay’s famous bivalve,
maritime safety and ecology and
our Eastern Woodland Native
American heritage. The highlight
of Thursday’s program will
be a concert by the Northern
Neck Chantey Singers, menhaden
fishermen who keep alive
the heritage of their years on the
bay.
The Waterfront will be closed
to all vehicles from 8 a.m. until
3 p.m. on Thursday for the
safety of the children. While the
program activities are for the
students only, people who are
interested are welcome to walk
down to see what’s happening
and join us for the concert at
1:30 p.m. No vehicles will be
permitted, including golf carts.
On Friday and Saturday,
November 4-5, the general public
is invited to come to the festival
waterfront, see the exhibits,
enjoy the music at the concert
stage, have a local farm-raised
oyster, and see what Middlesex
County’s children have been
experiencing.
Poster . . .
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extensive career in advertising
design and copywriting, commercial
printing, and publications.
Hartley and Wiley are both
award-winning artists, in both
fine art and commercial art.
“What could be more rewarding
than to form a successful
creative partnership with the
one you love?” asked Hartley.
Contributions to the Marine
Science Legacy Program, in
any amount, are welcome.
Please contact the Oyster Festival
Office at 804-758-0368
“Take a taste of
Oyster Festival
Home with you”
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Join Us at the Weigh-In Celebration
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Bar-B-Que provided by BUTT SMOKIN BAR-B-QUE
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Don’t miss the Virginia Oyster Shucking Championship at 11
a.m. Saturday behind the firehouse.
Antique cars, marching bands, Shriner units, beauty queens,
floats and more are all part of the Urbanna Oyster Festival
Parade at 2 p.m. on Saturday.
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Kiwanis Club booth on Virginia Street.
Mr. Oyster is always a crowd favorite in Saturday’s parade.
Enjoy a cup of oyster bisque and the foliage at the Middlesex
Woman’s Club building on Virginia Street.
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