Visitors warmed by Down Home Day
Published 12:57 pm Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Two-year-old Melody McClenny pets Fudge the goat, as Melody’s grandmother Heather Dooley, center, and Cindy Carr help Fudge stay still. (Photo by Titus Mohler)
Gathered on and around the porch of one of the buildings in the Southampton Heritage Village are, from left, Jessica Carr, Jeremiah Cheek, Valerie Cheek, Travis Carr, Sophia Carr, Kendra Powell, Kamille Rhyne and Beth Goss. (Photo by Titus Mohler)
David Cuthbertson enjoys Down Home Day’s Petting Zoo, playing with a goat named Marshmallow. (Photo by Titus Mohler)
Meadow Alewine holds still as Cassandra Joyner paints her face during Down Home Day. (Photo by Titus Mohler)
From left, Jason Cobb, Emery Cobb and Dominyque Cobb explore the Southampton Heritage Village on April 9 during Down Home Day. (Photo by Titus Mohler)
From left, Rosemarie Bland, Hunter Togger, Nick Togger, May Hosler and Sarah Morrison hold for a photo next to a small delivery truck they had been looking at during Down Home Day. (Photo by Titus Mohler)
Carolyn Epps, left, and Joe Epps pose for a photo in front of the Southampton Agriculture & Forestry Museum on April 9 during Down Home Day. (Photo by Titus Mohler)
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The rain cleared up on an increasingly cold Saturday, April 9, and allowed for the Southampton Heritage Village and Agriculture & Forestry Museum’s Down Home Day to move forward, with approximately 275 people visiting the village to take part in the festivities.
Though she was largely positive on how the event proceeded, village and museum representative Lynda Updike pointed to some factors that tempered turnout.
“There were numerous other events that drew part of our crowd, and the weather got increasingly colder as the day went on,” she said. “Still, those who came, wearing jackets to keep warm, had a great time touring the Ag Museum, watching the sawmill and grist mill in operation, as well as (visiting) in the Rebecca Vaughan House and Museum of Southampton History.”
She praised Travis Covington and Anne Bryant for doing an excellent job organizing the event, which she had noted is a stroll down memory lane for senior citizens and an education for children of all ages on what life was like growing up on the farm for their grandparents.
Updike was consistently occupied supervising her animals that were part of the event’s Petting Zoo.
“We stayed busy in the Petting Zoo, with many kids returning time after time,” she said.
She also recognized the volunteer workers that were on hand to help make the event possible.
