Time Machine Preview

This Sunday here at The Pocomoke Public Eye:

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2002  ..

1910  ..

The Great Pocomoke Fair-

1924  ..

1942  ..

A call back in time- another page.

(1936)

A call back in time- another page

 

(1936)

A call back in time- another page

 

(1936)

(PPE note: On arriving at an out-of-town destination it was a common practice to avoid a long distance phone charge by calling home and asking for yourself as a signal that you had arrived at your destination and not actually completing a call.  Therefore, the phone company's "report charge" as noted above.)

We'll have more views from time to time of the old phone book pages here at The Pocomoke Public Eye.

A call back in time- another page

 

(1936)

We'll have more views from time to time of the old phone book pages here at The Pocomoke Public Eye.

A call back in time..

 

(1936)

We'll have more views from time to time of the old phone book pages here at The Pocomoke Public Eye.

 Anonymous said...

A number of names on this page are familiar to us older Pocomokians, i.e. Pearl Bratten (teacher), G.D. Bull (produce), Lesley Bunting (electrical repair shop), Griffin Callahan (merchant), Godfrey Child (lawyer), J.Dawson Clarke (Marva Theater owner, future mayor), Clinton Duncan (petroleum distributor), Lynwood Duncan (auto dealership).

 Anonymous said...

I can't believe I'm old enough to remember some of these people. Quince Ashburn lumber was a forerunner of Miles Building Supply and Benjamin Dryden owned the farm that later became the site of Roses, Pizza Hut and other businesses. His former house still stands at 514 Market Street.

 Anonymous said...

Dawson Clarke may have been the Marva manager in 1936 and bought it later. And later on he operated WBOC's Pocomoke radio studio on Willow Street.

tk for PPE says:  Dawson also was a professional photographer. In the early 1940s's he took separate portrait photographs of my sister and I and they're still displayed in my home. He was a talented piano player and sometimes performed at community functions.  As mayor Dawson was an avid and enthusiastic promoter of Pocomoke City.

1899- From courting to courtroom (4)

It made headlines on the Eastern Shore and beyond.

It's 1899 and spring is in the air but for a young Worcester County woman who was expecting to be a bride, she'll see the older gentleman who was her would-be husband in court and not at the altar.  

The following is the concluding article of four about the in-court drama. 

The defense filed an appeal of the court's decision.  Early the following year The Maryland Court of Appeals upheld the jury's verdict.  A win for Miss Tapman but lacking the monetary amount she pursued. Newspapers in June of 1900 reported that a Snow Hill attorney had been appointed bankruptcy trustee on behalf of creditors of Hiram J. Lewes. It was also mentioned that attorneys for Miss Tapman held a $1,500 breach of promise judgement against Lewis.  This was the last of any news found mentioning the court case.

1899- From courting to courtroom (3)

It made headlines on the Eastern Shore and beyond.

It's 1899 and spring is in the air but for a young Worcester County woman who was expecting to be a bride, she'll see the older gentleman who was her would-be husband in court and not at the altar.  

The following is the third of four articles about the in-court drama.   The next will be tomorrow.

1899- From courting to courtroom (2)

 It made headlines on the Eastern Shore and beyond.

It's 1899 and spring is in the air but for a young Worcester County woman who was expecting to be a bride, she'll see the older gentleman who was her would-be husband in court and not at the altar.  

The following is the second of four articles about the in-court drama.   The next will be tomorrow.

1899- From courting to courtroom (1)

It made headlines on the Eastern Shore and beyond.

It's 1899 and spring is in the air but for a young Worcester County woman who was expecting to be a bride, she'll see the older gentleman who was her would-be husband in court and not at the altar.  

The following is the first of four articles about the in-court drama.   The next will be tomorrow.

(Miss Tapman was from Good Will.  Mr. Lewis was from Snow Hill.)

1899- From courting to courtroom

It made headlines on the Eastern Shore and beyond.

It's 1899 and spring is in the air but for a young Worcester County woman who was expecting to be a bride, she'll see her former beau in court and not at the altar.  

Read the news articles here at The Pocomoke Public Eye and maybe guess your own verdict outcome.

Read it Monday, May 1st

Read it Tuesday, May 2nd

Read it Wednesday, May 3rd

Read it Thursday, May 4th

Does This Sound Familiar??

A headline from October, 1918 in The Democratic Messenger of Snow Hill.  It was called "Spanish Influenza" and was widespread throughout the nation and here on the Eastern Shore.

In The Beginning..

(Article excerpt on boys basketball playoffs)