
Newsoms Independence Day Parade Ruined
NEWSOMS—Brave residents from Newsoms, Windsor, Franklin and as far away as Como, N.C. came out to Main Street, Newsoms for what they thought would be a good time in the 9th Annual Fourth of July Parade.
Preliminary events included softball, a hot dog, sweet corn, and watermelon eating contest, where the winner, Tammy Dawkins downed 3 full-sized watermelons. It caused quite a stir among several children, after it was reported she had eaten several seeds, causing one little girl to cry out, “She’s gonna have watermelons growing in her belly now, and she’s already bigger than Grimace at the McDonald’s!”