Wednesday, August 31, 2016

The Old Fire House Building


News story on the old Pocomoke Fire House


                           (WBOC photo)

WBOC has a news story concerning the old Pocomoke Volunteer Fire Company headquarters.
http://www.wboc.com/story/32929164/pocomoke-city-leaders-struggle-with-what-to-do-with-old-fire-station

Tuesday, August 30, 2016

Meeting Announced

(This announcement was submitted by Citizens For A Better Pocomoke)


Citizens for a Better Pocomoke
will meet
Thursday, September 1st @ 7 PM
at the House of Love
815 Fourth Street, Pocomoke City
All are welcome to hear about how a curfew will affect us, the spring election, and updates on the ACLU law suit.
Even if you don't live in the City, these things will affect you. 
Please pass the word about this meeting. 
Get Involved!
For more information contact:
Monna Van Ess
410-726-0961

This Was A Big Event!

An estimated 25,000 people attended this Sunday afternoon event in Salisbury in the winter of 1959. It wasn't an entertainment or sporting event, nor a religious, or political event.  There was nothing for sale nor items brought in for exhibit purposes. What was the attraction?



Any guesses?

The answer on this Sunday's Time Machine posting here on The Pocomoke Public Eye. 

Sunday, August 28, 2016

TIME MACHINE: 1920, 1964, 1861, 1904.

(Reader-friendly viewing of news archives/historical archives material)


The Ocean City inlet that exists today was created during a 1933 hurricane but it wasn't the first time Mother Nature cut a channel from the Sinepuxent to the Atlantic.  But even with the benefits brought about by the creation of an inlet in 1920, it wasn't or couldn't be maintained.

April, 1920



The Evening Journal (Wilmington, De.)


June, 1964



The Daily Times

October, 1861


. The Weekly Standard (Raleigh, NC)

July, 1904


Peninsula Enterprise


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