January, 1937
Democratic Messenger
(Reader Comment)
Anonymous said...
I can remember sometime in the mid-60s in Pocomoke High I was talking to Bill Buchanan and he was telling me he wanted to be a teacher because they were making over $5,000 per year now.
I also remember my father coming home from a meeting in Snow Hill and saying, "Worcester County has just hired a county manager and his name is John Yankus. He is set for life because his salary will be $7,500!"
I also remember my father coming home from a meeting in Snow Hill and saying, "Worcester County has just hired a county manager and his name is John Yankus. He is set for life because his salary will be $7,500!"
September, 2011
Daily Times (Salisbury)
October, 1884
The Baltimore Sun
If you were a teenager on the Eastern Shore in the 1960's your AM radio was probably tuned to a Top 40 radio station like WJDY in Salisbury, WCAO in Baltimore, WGH in Norfolk, and (night time) WKBW in Buffalo and WGN in Chicago.
August, 1968
We don't have the musical jingle but maybe some will remember it... "1470 on your radio, 1470 on your radio.. WJDY.. Salisbury, Maryland." WJDY's call letters stood for the name of the owner's wife- Judy.
1974 .. Pocket calculators start to appear in stores.
Pocket calculators started appearing before 1974. One day in 1972 Vernon Redden (father of Vernon Redden III) came into my office and showed his newest acquisition, a battery powered pocket calculator. It looked like something you could get for $4.99 now and only did addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. No percentages, no sine or cosine, just the rudimentary four functions. The price? Only $99.00. And that was in 1972 dollars!
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.
2 comments:
I can remember sometime in the mid-60s in Pocomoke High I was talking to Bill Buchanan and he was telling me he wanted to be a teacher because they were making over $5,000 per year now.
I also remember my father coming home from a meeting in Snow Hill and saying, "Worcester County has just hired a county manager and his name is John Yankus. He is set for life because his salary will be $7,500!"
Pocket calculators started appearing before 1974. One day in 1972 Vernon Redden (father of Vernon Redden III) came into my office and showed his newest acquisition, a battery powered pocket calculator. It looked like something you could get for $4.99 now and only did addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. No percentages, no sine or cosine, just the rudimentary four functions. The price? Only $99.00. And that was in 1972 dollars!
Post a Comment