Time Machine: News in the Pocomoke newspaper 100 years ago; 1967, 1908, 1949; Feature: Long Ago But Not Far Away.

 

(Primary election results were in the spotlight in this edition.  Here are a few other items.)

(Syndicated feature elsewhere in the newspaper)

February, 1967

Democratic Messenger

July, 1908

Peninsula Enterprise

(Opinion: For some of us who remember the times prior to the mid-1960's the following August 23,1949 article from the Baltimore Afro American seems to present a view really too accepting of the environment in which most African American residents of Pocomoke City lived at that time. - The Pocomoke Public Eye) 

August, 1949

(owned by Stanley Kemp)

The Baltimore Afro-American 

LONG AGO BUT NOT FAR AWAY- THE ORIGINAL INHABITANTS OF OUR SOUTHERN PENINSULA 

From a 1951 feature article in the Norfolk Virginian-Pilot.  The author, Leonora W. Wood, (1892-1989) wrote articles of regional historic interest for Virginia newspapers and authored "Guide To Virginia's Eastern Shore" in 1952.  She was an inspiration for the novel "Christy" written by her daughter Catherine Marshall, a well-known author.  Mrs. Wood's husband was a minister who had served Holmes Presbyterian Church in Cheriton.

(This week: Article excerpt #7 of nine:)