Ram’s sports investment; Dr. Winn moves onto Philadelphia; Cannabis laws may change
Virginia appears on its way toward finally having a legal recreational cannabis market, but during the weed-unfriendly legal landscape of the 1970s, a smuggling operation like something out of an episode of “Miami Vice” lit up Hanover County.
This March 25, 1977, clipping from The Times-Dispatch shows the “pot plane” as it landed in Hanover, just after skidding off the runway.
This March 25, 1977, clipping from The Times-Dispatch shows the inside of the “pot plane” and its valuable cargo: 7,000 pounds of marijuana with a street value of $4.2 million.
01-02-1955 (cutline): This generator is one of the few pieces of modern machinery.
01-02-1955 (cutline): Marker lists names of Tangier’s war dead.
08-01-1971 (cutline): Women seated at the table inside building pick out crab meat. Company pays them for amount of work they do: 50 cents a pound.
01-11-1955 (cutline): Tangier Islanders leave the Dorelena II for a morning’s shopping in Crisfield. The mail boat skipper, Eulice Thomas, watches their departure from the deck above.
01-07-1955 (cutline): Swain Memorial Methodist Church is center of most Tangier Island social as well as religious activities. Islanders (right) shown at song during regular weekly prayer meeting, important in the lives of some.
10-27-1968 (cutline): Unlike others its size, combine school at Tangie is accredited. Five-room addition dedicated recently was built by island.
05-05-1985 (cutline): Six of seven seniors at Tangier Combined School horse around as they line up for a class picture. They are (standing from left) Maria Pruitt, Marty Crockett, Lisa Charnock, Bev Parks, Rose Marshall and Tommy Eskridge (kneeling). The seventh classmate, Laura Parks, was absent on photo day. Enrollment in the school totals 122, K-12th grades.
Year unknown (cutline): About 900 people live on Tangier Island in Chesapeake Ba. Cleanup plans have been delayed by bureaucracy, says Mayor Robert Thorne.
01-02-1955 (cutline): This small car has just enough room to negotiate a bridge.
02-27-1978 (cutline): Sherman Pruitt (right) hands boxes to Jeff Yuhas. Pruitt owns boat that carries groceries.
02-27-1978 (cutline): Night watchman Thomas Bryant observes boat leaving private pier at Reedville. Groceries for Tangier are loaded from wharf owner by New Jersey-based firm.
05-04-1980 (cutline): There may be no palm trees and steel bands, but Tangier attracts tourists. Motorized and manpowered bicycles carry islanders through narrow streets.
02-14-1957 (cutline): The Rev. Oscar J. Rishel seeks equipment for Tangier clinic.
04-22-1979 (cutline): Two residents share transportation. Mopeds, bicycles are common on island.
08-01-1971 (cutline): W. Ray Crockett (left), Marshall Buy Catch; Plant in background. Excess crabs will be taken by boat in the afternoon to Crisfield, Md.
10-27-1968 (cutline): Tangier children on dock watching all the people go by.
06-29-1969 (cutline): This church cemetery on Tangier Island is enclosed by familiar picket fences.
“From the Archives” is a series of stories exploring the history of Richmond and the region through the files of The Times-Dispatch. Have a topic you’d like us to check out? Email reporter Jeff Terich at jterich@timesdispatch.com and visit richmond.com to see more from our archives.
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Ram’s sports investment; Dr. Winn moves onto Philadelphia; Cannabis laws may change
This March 25, 1977, clipping from The Times-Dispatch shows the “pot plane” as it landed in Hanover, just after skidding off the runway.
This March 25, 1977, clipping from The Times-Dispatch shows the inside of the “pot plane” and its valuable cargo: 7,000 pounds of marijuana with a street value of $4.2 million.
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