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Pocomoke City Volunteer Fire Company

We are proud to announce the results of our annual elections. Please join us in congratulating the following members on their new or continuing roles:

President: Adam Howard 

Vice President: Jerry Barbierri 

Recording Secretary: Marion Butler Jr.

Treasurer: Mike Shannon

Assistant Treasurer: Larry Fykes

Chaplain: Mike Dean

Board of Directors:

• Billy Sparrow

• Lucas Holland

Line Officers:

Chief: Eric Denston

Assistant Chief: Lucas Holland

Captain: Noah King

Lieutenant: Jimmy Englishmen

Lieutenant: Travis Cowger

Lieutenant: Josh Weichmann

Engineers:

Chief Engineer: Mark Speta

Assistant Engineer: Tommy Wall

Assistant Engineer: Christian Martin

Congratulations to all of our newly elected officers! We look forward to another strong year of leadership and service to our community.

Latest lower Eastern Shore weather info-

 January thaw headed our way-

(Link to forecast and advisories, lower E.S. Md:)

https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=38.0722&lon=-75.5638

(Link to forecast and advisories, E.S. Va:) 

https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=37.7108&lon=-75.742

Time Machine: 100 years ago this week in Pocomoke's newspaper; 1895, 1934, 1910.

 

February1895 

Morning Herald (Baltimore)

October 1934

Salisbury Times

August 1910

(Crisfield)

Crisfield Times

tkforppe@yahoo.com

Masks required at TidalHealth locations-

 (WBOC)

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←TRAVELing back←

 

(UPDATE) Time Machine Preview-

This Sunday here at The Pocomoke Public Eye: 

PLUS

1895  ..

1934  ..

(Used car ad.. more than two dozen listed)

Let me tell you about used cars. Sometime around 1960 Winnie

Williams and Toby Hallett came to town and decoded they wanted to get into the automobile business. Somehow, they ended up talking to C.K. Duncan of Duncan Brothers fame.

Winnie and Toby were angling to buy the dealership outright but Mr. Duncan was hemming and hawing and just wasn't sure. One day the three of them took a ride out Dividing Creek Road to Mr. Duncan's farm where he had literally hundreds upon hundreds of used cars stockpiled, hoping for an automobile shortage so he could make lots of money. Finally, C.K. says, "Well I guess we probably won't have another war anytime soon, so I guess I might as well sell the whole thing." And that is how the Midway General Motors dealership came to be, and the rest is history.

Your friend,

Slim

(Slim- was reference above to C.K. or Lynwood? tk)

Now that you mention it, I do believe it was Lynwood that Toby and Winnie were negotiating with. Obviously, I was not there for the conversation, but this is how it was told to me by Winnie.

Slim

tkforPPE says:

Slim- I wasn't aware that CK was involved in the dealership, but you would know more than me about it.

Below is from a 1963 newspaper ad:

 

 

(In later years Winnie was imaged as "General Winnie.")

(From a 1970's ad)

1910  ..

(New Crisfield entertainment center opening...)