Northern
Neck Club Oyster Feed
by Bill Burton
The Urbanna Oyster Festival
was recently held with the help of the Northern Neck
Club which has been selling oysters there for over
10 years now. The menu is OYSTERS, either fried, roasted
or raw. Crackers, condiments and soft drinks are available.
The club grossed over $21,000 this year, which is about
what has been raised each of the recent years. The
net will be close to $12,000, plus or minus. It is
a major project as most of Thursdays is used loading
up the tables, cookers and supplies and then initial
setup on the site, which is on Main Street across from
the fire house. A crew is on hand by 8:00 AM Friday
for final preparations and the opening at 10:00. Sales
go on all day Friday and Saturday, followed by cleanup
on Sunday. Equipment is back in the storage compartment
in Kilmarnock by Monday noon. Pictured putting up the
sign are Bob Norman, on left and Ronnie Crockett outside
with Jim Godwin inside.