The Pocomoke Public Eye

Tuesday, May 9, 2023

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.

Firefighter's bill is signed

May 8, 2023

Pictured at the formal bill signing ceremony of Senate Bill 823 are (left to right standing) retired Salisbury firefighter Steve Mizell, Senator Mary Beth Carozza, and Maryland State Firemen's Association Legislative Officer, Chief Bob Phillips, and (left to right sitting) Senate President Bill Ferguson, Governor Wes Moore, House Speaker Adrienne Jones, and House Chief Clerk Sylvia Siegert.

Governor Wes Moore welcomes retired Salisbury firefighter Steve Mizell at the formal bill signing ceremony of Senate Bill 823 held in the Governor's Reception Room in the State House in Annapolis.

Sunday, May 7, 2023

Time Machine: 100 years ago this week in Pocomoke's newspaper, 2007, 2003, 1934.

February, 2007

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The News Journal (Wilmington, De)

Anonymous said...

I have sailed the Chesapeake Bay for over 60 years and can assure you that mean water levels have not risen. Shorelines may be eroding, land may be subsiding but water level is not rising.

September, 2003

Somerset Herald

(Bobby Wetzel, 6, and his sisters Chelsea, 9, and Rosemary, 11, play Friday Sept. 19 in the flooded area along Maryland Ave. in Crisfield after Hurricane Isabel. The Wetzels, who were staying with friends, were among nearly 300 residents evacuated from their homes on Smith Island.)

May, 1934