Friday, August 16, 2019

TIME MACHINE PREVIEW

This Sunday here at The Pocomoke Public Eye..

2006..  A Pocomoke City youth group travels across the border from El Paso, Texas into Mexico to help the poor.

1930..  A forest fire claims over 3,500 acres in Worcester County.

1934..  (Ad) Prices start at $64.50 for a new electric or gasoline Maytag Washer at Harry B. Shaw's in Pocomoke.

1947..  Pocomoke City, Snow Hill, and Berlin have had enough of Daylight Savings Time and are returning to Standard Time before the rest of the state.

Thursday, August 15, 2019

Pocomoke Safe Place Initiative

(WBOC)

POCOMOKE CITY, Md--Pocomoke City leaders are working to develop safe spaces for its community. It's all a part of the city's goal in making neighbors feel comfortable while reporting a crime. 

(See video news story)
http://www.wboc.com/story/40924394/pocomoke-city-launching-safe-place-initiative


Monday, August 12, 2019

Wallops Launch

(shoredailynews.com)






There was another successful launch from Wallops this morning. The Rock Sat-X launch from the NASA Wallops Flight facility went off successfully at 5:45. The launch contained experiments from colleges around the country. The payload was launched aboard a Terrier-Improved Malemute rocket. It splashed down in the Atlantic Ocean 20 minutes later and has been recovered.

Sunday, August 11, 2019

TIME MACHINE: 1906, 2007, 1937, 1940.



November, 1906

 The Morning News (Wilmington)


October, 2007

 Daily Times (Salisbury)



February, 1937

 Worcester Democrat


September, 1940
Salisbury Times





1965..  It's the debut of "Days Of Our Lives" on NBC.

1977..  A wicked Delmarva winter.



The Time Machine is a weekly feature I've enjoyed researching and compiling on The Pocomoke Public Eye since 2011.  I have fond memories of growing up in Pocomoke City and welcome reader contributions we can share about things you've read, remember, or were told relating to our Pocomoke/Eastern shore area...a sentence, a paragraph, or more all fine. Just email it.