[Mays & Valentine, L.L.P. letterhead]
(804) 697-1298 08847.051
email: [email protected]
October 4, 2000
VIA EDGAR and TELECOPIER (202)942-9528
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20549
File No. 000-19867 - Eskimo Pie Corporation
Withdrawal of Schedule 14C Filing/Preliminary Information Statement
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Ladies and Gentlemen:
On behalf of Eskimo Pie Corporation, a corporation organized under the
laws of the Commonwealth of Virginia (the "Company"), we hereby withdraw the
filing of the Company's preliminary information statement on Schedule 14C (file
No. 000-19867) originally filed with the Commission on August 17, 2000. The
filing related to a special meeting of shareholders of the Company which was
anticipated to be held in October, 2000. That special meeting has been
cancelled.
Please direct any questions or comments you may have concerning this
withdrawal to the undersigned at (804) 697-1298.
Yours sincerely,
/s/ Elizabeth G. Hester
Elizabeth G. Hester
784415
cc: Mr. David B. Kewer
