Early Bird Morning Fitness

Worcester County Recreation And Parks...

Early Bird Morning Fitness 

Early Bird Morning Fitness class includes a warm-up, cardio activity, strength training, dynamic stretching, and balance activities for older adults.

Days: Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays

Dates: July 6 - September 25, 2015

Times: 8:00 a.m. - 8:40 a.m.

Location: Worcester County Recreation Center

Open To: Ages 45 & older

Cost: $40 per person

Contact: Lea Cataggio at 410-632-2144 x109 or lcataggio@co.worcester.md.us for more information.

FROM OUR CITIZENS TO GOVERNOR HOGAN..

Don't forget this Friday evening in Pocomoke..

TIME MACHINE ... 1880, 1958, 1897, 1867, 1976.

"Friendliest Town On The Eastern Shore."  Our tradition runs deep.  Excerpt from a letter to the editor from a visitor to Newtown, (former name of Pocomoke City) published in the Baltimore Sun, April 28,1847.

This place (Newtown) is a pretty snug little village, containing about 500 clever and hospitable inhabitants; it has good wide streets, quite clear of that "eye sore," known mostly over the Peninsula by the name of "deep sand"; the houses, though built of frame, are generally built substantially and with some discretion and taste; there are two neat, new, and quite handsome frame churches in it; as for the merchants of the place, suffice it to state that they are very clever and hospitable.  F. Mezick, Esq., the landlord with whom I stopped, and his very obliging and jolly assistant, are richly deserving of a passing notice, for the good treatment and the extension of the many civilities to "the stranger."


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January, 1880 (Time Machine archive)
The New York Times

Baltimore, Jan.7. -  Advises from Pocomoke City note a curious sequel to the sensation caused a fortnight ago by the scandalous charges brought by Mrs. Polk against ex-State Senator Aydelotte, of entering her house during the absence of her husband and attempting to violate her person.  Aydelotte is a conspicuous pillar of the Presbyterian Church.  The Rev. Mr. Brown is an eloquent speaker and popular Pastor of the Presbyterian flock, having accepted a call from the West to take the Pocomoke City charge.  The congregation has been violently agitated by the charges against Aydelotte, and a split is threatened.  On Sunday the church was crowded, but in place of a sermon the Rev. Mr. Brown gave from the pulpit a scathing diatribe, denouncing Aydelotte and the whole community.  He came there, he said, supposing he was coming into a Christian, moral, community, but found himself among a people without principle or morality, lost to all sense of shame, rotten to the core.  He was ashamed to acknowledge his residence there, and recently in Philadelphia he could not acknowledge to a brother clergyman that he belonged to Pocomoke.  He ended by resigning his pastorate, and the congregation dispersed in high dudgeon. The excitement throughout the county is intense. 



May, 1958
The Salisbury Times

Prizes Awards At Deal Island High

DEAL ISLAND-  During the Deal Island High School graduation held in St. John's Methodist Church in Deal Island last night, the Luther Webster Memorial Scholarship awards were presented by Mrs. Vernon Jones, chairman of the awards committee.

Miss Kate Anderson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dewey Anderson of Deal Island, and Miss Rebecca Abbot, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Abbot of Deal Island received the awards.

There are two awards of $300 each presented each year by Richard C. Webster, owner of Somerset Seafood Co. The awards are given on the basis of character, scholarship, leadership (in school and community) and perseverance and are to be used by the winners for the purpose of furthering their education in any field of related or advanced learning.

Miss Anderson is planning to enter a State Teachers College or take a business course.  Miss Abbott is planning to go to State Teachers College.

The Rev. John E. French, DD, Superintendent, Salisbury District Methodist Church,  addressed the graduates.  



July, 1897..

                                                                           The Evening Star (Washington, D.C.)


August, 1867 (Time Machine archive)
The New York Times

(News from Maryland's constitutional convention)

A new county to be called Wicomico, is authorized to be formed on the Eastern Shore, out of portions of Worcester and Somerset, should the majority of the people within the bounds of the proposed county declare for it by their votes.


June, 1976..

                                                                                    The Eagle (Bryan, Tx)



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TIME MACHINE ... This Sunday's Preview

1880.. Sequel to a Pocomoke scandal; 1958.. Award winners at Deal Island high school graduation; 1897.. Incoming train arrivals stir excietment in Ocean City; 1867.. A new county could be carved from  Worcester and Somerset;  1976.. Astrodome hosts Triple Championship night with baseball, boxing, and wrestling champions- top ticket price is $4.50.

It's this Sunday right here at The Pocomoke Public Eye!

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IT'S THIS WEEK!

    Events schedule here:

      http://pocomoke.com/cypressfestival/schedule.shtml

TIME MACHINE ... 1941, 1967, 1916, Early 1940's; 1895.

"Friendliest Town On The Eastern Shore."  Our tradition runs deep.  Excerpt from a letter to the editor from a visitor to Newtown, (former name of Pocomoke City) published in the Baltimore Sun, April 28,1847.

This place (Newtown) is a pretty snug little village, containing about 500 clever and hospitable inhabitants; it has good wide streets, quite clear of that "eye sore," known mostly over the Peninsula by the name of "deep sand"; the houses, though built of frame, are generally built substantially and with some discretion and taste; there are two neat, new, and quite handsome frame churches in it; as for the merchants of the place, suffice it to state that they are very clever and hospitable.  F. Mezick, Esq., the landlord with whom I stopped, and his very obliging and jolly assistant, are richly deserving of a passing notice, for the good treatment and the extension of the many civilities to "the stranger."


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May, 1941..

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, NY) 

Circa late 1800's, early 1900's.

"The Pocomoke River" by Charles C. Kensey (1967)

(Excerpt)

RIVER BOY

The writer was born in Snow Hill, Maryland, one block from the banks of the Pocomoke River in 1884. As I grew to manhood, I was always closely associated with the river for forty-five miles of its length. From ten years of age, always owning a row boat, I spent most of my out of school hours in my boat going up and down the river. When I reached fourteen, my father bought me a used steam boiler and engine which we installed in my boat. My friends and I had a lot of fun and pleasure with this steam boat for a couple of years, towing four or five other boats loaded with boys behind us on the river. Later when I was eighteen, the Pocomoke Steam Boat Company hired me as an engineer on their river steamers. They owned three of these steamers known as "The Highland"- 65 feet, "The Countess"- 55 feet, and "The Vivian"- 40 feet. For three years I served on these boats carrying passengers and freight daily between Snow Hill and Pocomoke City. The company also had the mail contract carrying the United States mail daily between these towns. These steamers were used as tug boats, towing schooners and other sail boats, lighters, etc., up and down the river. Quite often they went out into the Pocomoke Sound to pull a loaded sailboat loose which had become stuck in the "Muds" at the mouth of the river.

(From recollections of Charles C. Kensey who grew up along the banks of the Pocomoke River and was associated with the river during his adult life.)



(Whatever became of...?)

July, 1916 

The  Sunday Star (Washington, D.C.)

September, 1953 (Time Machine archive)  

At the 'ol ball game!

During the days of a 1953 protest by Pocomoke City's baseball team in the Central Shore League over the postponement of a play-off game between Pocomoke and Crisfield legendary Salisbury Times Sports Editor Ed Nichols recalled an incident from more than a decade earlier:

"One memorable night years ago the tool shed at the Pocomoke City ball park was getting a battering. 

Inside was an umpire, Ed Toach, we believe, who the hostile fans wanted to get their hands on.  He'd done 'em wrong they screamed.

The chief of police extinguished the hot tempers finally by having the fire siren blown loud and long.  The only fire blazing in Pocomoke then was around that tool shed.  This mournful screeching stimulated the curiosity of the angry crew.  Off they hustled up town to find out they had been tricked.

But it was too late.  Toach was hustled out of town, saved by the fire bell.

They were the old blood and thunder days of the Eastern Shore (D) League, 1937-1941." 



August, 1895 (Time Machine archive) 
(The Daily News- Frederick, Md.)

BLESSINGS IN DISGUISE

From The LaPlata Crescent

A spark from a cigar dropped in a stable in Berlin, Worcester County, last Sunday evening, reduced to ashes the business portion of the town and destroyed over $250,000 worth of property. Though the losers by the fire may not be able to look at it in that light, the conflagration, so far as the town is concerned, may not be an unmixed evil.  Many of the now flourishing towns on the "Shore" date their present era of prosperity from some more or less disastrous fire.  Salisbury, Snow Hill, and Pocomoke City have in recent years all sprang Phoenix-like from their own ashes, and the new town has in each case far out classed the old.  There is no reason to suppose that Berlin cannot or will not do likewise. 


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50 Years Of NASA Spacewalks!

June, 1965. Edward H. White II becomes the first American spacewalker, floating outside Gemini IV. NASA

See the best photos from 50 years of NASA spacewalks:

http://www.wired.com/2015/06/nasa-spacewalking-50-years/

Remembering..

A year of events never attended.. a year of pictures never taken.. a year of stories never written.. a year of life's personal and public enjoyments denied. 

The Pocomoke Public Eye fondly recalls our late colleague, Brenda, - "JMMB" - whose passing was a year ago this week.
                                          ~     ~    ~ 

TIME MACHINE ... This Sunday's Preview.

1941.. (It's only just begun!) Delmarva is attracting more and more motorists; 1967.. Worcester County man recalls his turn-of-the-century era life along the Pocomoke River; 1916.. Ad- Atlantic City, Md.;  Early 1940's.. Things heat up at Pocomoke Ball Park, ump is rescued; 1895.. Optimism for Berlin, Md. following major fire. 

It's this Sunday right here at The Pocomoke Public Eye! 

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Free Concert in Pocomoke!

For Summertime Fun!

Discounted Amusement Park Tickets on Sale at Worcester County Recreation Center

Amusement park tickets can now be purchased at the 

Worcester County Recreation Center in Snow Hill at a 

discounted price! Purchase your tickets before heading 

out of town to save your family some money and time

waiting in ticket lines.

We offer tickets to all of your favorite Mid-Atlantic parks. 

Busch Gardens, Diggerland USA, Dutch Wonderland, 

Hershey Park, Kings Dominion, Sahara Sam's, Six Flags

America (MD), Six Flags Great Adventure (NJ), and 

Water Country tickets are all available. 

All ticket prices are discounted below the price you

would spend purchasing the tickets at the gate. Tickets 

can be purchased Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m.; cash only. 

Visit our website at www.WorcesterRecandParks.org for 

a complete list of prices. For more information and 

availability, contact Lisa Gebhardt at (410) 632-2144 ext. 

100 orlgebhardt@co.worcester.md.us.

TIME MACHINE ... 1906, 1919, 1975, 2003, 1899.

"Friendliest Town On The Eastern Shore."  Our tradition runs deep.  Excerpt from a letter to the editor from a visitor to Newtown, (former name of Pocomoke City) published in the Baltimore Sun, April 28,1847.

This place (Newtown) is a pretty snug little village, containing about 500 clever and hospitable inhabitants; it has good wide streets, quite clear of that "eye sore," known mostly over the Peninsula by the name of "deep sand"; the houses, though built of frame, are generally built substantially and with some discretion and taste; there are two neat, new, and quite handsome frame churches in it; as for the merchants of the place, suffice it to state that they are very clever and hospitable.  F. Mezick, Esq., the landlord with whom I stopped, and his very obliging and jolly assistant, are richly deserving of a passing notice, for the good treatment and the extension of the many civilities to "the stranger."

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May, 1906  (New rules for the road)..                                                                                                 

                                                          (If)

                                      (Peninsula Enterprise, Accomac)                                         

                                    

July, 1919 (Time Machine archive)

The Charlston Daily Mail (Charlston, South Carolina)

PROHIBITION MAKES BERRY PRICE HIGHER

Strawberries In Great Demand for Soft Drink Trade; 

Prices Are Unprecedented 

Philadelphia, July 26.-  Prohibition indirectly produced an extraordinary condition in the strawberry market this year.  Prices went higher than ever before because a Chicago packing house opened what was said to be the largest fruit preserving plant in the world in the heart of the strawberry district in Delaware and the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and bought the product of great berry producing fields virtually without regard to cost to meet the tremendous demand for ice cream and soft drinks produced by the "dry" period.

Strawberries that normally sold from from 5 to 10 cents a quart were snapped up at from 30 to 37 cents.  The price to the consumer never went below 30 cents this season.  Strawberry syrup for flavoring soda water, formerly sold at 65 cents a gallon, is now quoted at $3.50 a gallon.

Farmers are elated.  Many of them made an average of $1,000 an acre on their strawberry crop, and they are looking forward to big profits next year.  The packers, when the strawberry season was over, sent their employees to other work and closed the factory.


October, 1975..

                                                                       (The Naples Daily News, Naples, Fl)


April, 2003
The Somerset Herald (Princess Anne)

Cheaper golf fees attract 150 new members

By Liz Holland

(Excerpt)

An effort to boost membership by reducing fees at Great Hope Golf Course has resulted so far in 120 new members, nearly doubling the numbers at the county-owned facility.

Harlyn Goldman, Great Hope's superintendent, said he was expecting even more new members to sign up this week because the annual membership cycle begins April I.

He also was expecting most of last year's 138 members to sign up again this year.

The bulk of the new members are from Somerset, Worcester and Wicomico counties, with a few from the Eastern Shore of Virginia, Goldman said.

Some are giving up memberships at other golf courses to take advantage of Great Hope's cheaper rates. Others have never been a member anywhere before, he said.


1899..

(History text below, courtesy of mrbreakfast.com)

Originally produced by Pillsbury-Washburn Flour Mills Co. Ltd. of Minneapolis, Minnesota. Vitos Wheat Food became Pillsbury's Best Wheat Cereal around 1908.

 Advertisements and packaging for Vitos pointed out that the cereal was sterilized. "Pillbury's VITOS, the ideal wheat food, is sterilized. Unlike other cereals, it does not have to be critically examined before using and none need ever be thrown away."

Vitos had many uses. It could be eaten as a hot breakfast (ala Cream of Wheat); it could be used in place of bread crumbs for batter frying meats and fish;  an ad from 1899 titled "An Autumn Morning Dish" described how Vitos could be used to make fried mush:

Pillsbury's VITOS, the ideal wheat food, can be prepared in the form of fried mush, but fried mush of unusual delicacy and ease of digestion. Fried mush made of Pillsbury's VITOS is neither greasy nor heavy. Served with maple syrup, it is an ideal breakfast dish for cool Autumn Mornings. 

In the early 1900's Pillsbury had a contest, giving away $680 in cash prizes for the best recipes for cooking with Vitos.


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PPE remembers JMMB

TIME MACHINE ... This Sunday's Preview.

1906.. Virginia automobile laws enacted, maximum speed is 15 mph; 1919.. Why Prohibition is credited for unprecedented strawberry prices on the Eastern Shore; 1975.. Reader reacts to possible gasoline price hike to $1.00 a gallon;  2003.. Somerset's county-owned golf course lowers fees to attract new members; 1899.. Have you had your Vitos today?

It's this Sunday right here at The Pocomoke Public Eye!


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Alien Saucer For Real?

UFO?

          Photo:NASA 


No, this is a saucer-like vehicle now being tested by NASA for possibly delivering astronauts to Mars.

Here's the scoop:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/northamerica/usa/11647651/Nasa-to-test-flying-saucer-for-use-on-Mars.html

Relay For Life In Pocomoke City

The American Cancer Society Relay For Life is the 

world's largest and most impactful fundraising event to 

end cancer. It unites communities across the globe to 

celebrate people who have battled cancer, remember

loved ones lost, and take action to finish the fight once 

and for all. Today, with the support of thousands of 

volunteers like you, the American Cancer Society is 

helping save more than 400 lives a day. And we won't 

stop until we finish the fight against cancer! 

Please join us!

RELAY FOR LIFE 2015 Saturday, June 6, 2015 4:00 PM - 12:00 AM Cypress Park Schedule of Events Campsite Set-Up     12 - 4 PM Survivor Registration     3:30 - 4:30 PM Opening Ceremonies     4:30 PM Survivor Reception     5:00 PM Luminaria Ceremony/Slide Show/Performance by Catrina Satchel     9:00 PM Performance by The Acoustic Creek Band     9:30 PM DJ/Karaoke/Line Dancing     10:30 PM Late Night Buffet     11:00 PM Send Off     12:00 AM

Pocomoke City's New Solar Electric Generating Plant

The Mayor and City Council of Pocomoke City held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for their new Solar electric generating plant on May 27.

The ceremony was held at the project site on Dunn Swamp Road, 1/4 mile south of the Pocomoke Beltway. City officials were joined by officials from Worcester County, and partners Standard Solar, LLC, and SunEdison, Inc. for the ceremony. 

The new Solar array was built on approximately 10 acres of property owned by the City, and includes over 6,300 new solar panels producing 2.1 Mega Watts of electricity. 

The electricity produced will be virtually credited to all of the City’s electric meters, and will result in a reduction of the City’s electric bills by approximately 16% ,or over $40,000/year. Several local non-profit groups have also joined the City’s new network and will realize similar reductions in their electric bills. These include the Delmarva Discovery Center, MARVA Theater, Samaritan Shelter, and the Worcester County Developmental Center in Newark, Maryland.

The City has entered into a 20 year lease for the site and a separate Power Purchase Agreement with SunEdison, which owns the new Solar Array on City property. Standard Solar Co. built the project and will be responsible for all future management and maintenance at the site.

http://www.cityofpocomokemd.gov/news.html

Delmarvalous!

Enjoy..

"Wetland Grasses" - Smith Island, Md.

One of the top five entries in the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's 2015 Save The Bay photo contest.

Courtesy: Chesapeake Bay Foundation
http://www.cbf.org/events/photo-contest

TIME MACHINE ... 1942, 1954, 1988, 1937, 1982, 1885

"Friendliest Town On The Eastern Shore."  Our tradition runs deep.  Excerpt from a letter to the editor from a visitor to Newtown, (former name of Pocomoke City) published in the Baltimore Sun, April 28,1847.

This place (Newtown) is a pretty snug little village, containing about 500 clever and hospitable inhabitants; it has good wide streets, quite clear of that "eye sore," known mostly over the Peninsula by the name of "deep sand"; the houses, though built of frame, are generally built substantially and with some discretion and taste; there are two neat, new, and quite handsome frame churches in it; as for the merchants of the place, suffice it to state that they are very clever and hospitable.  F. Mezick, Esq., the landlord with whom I stopped, and his very obliging and jolly assistant, are richly deserving of a passing notice, for the good treatment and the extension of the many civilities to "the stranger."


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May, 1942 
(Evening Times- Cumberland, Md.)

SHO' STRAWBERRIES BRING BIG PRICES

Ranging From $2 to $5.10 Per Crate, One Of Eastern Sho's Highest Markets

Princess Anne, Md., May 22. (AP)-  Strawberries selling through the farmers' cooperative auction block here are bringing from $2 to $5.10 per crate, which some growers said made the block one of the Eastern Shore's highest markets.

Prices to farmers are expected to go higher next week when later, sweeter varieties of strawberries such as the Big Joe, Candy and Chesapeake, come into market.

Nearly 25,000 crates were sold on the block in the last eight days, with growers trucking in berries from Oak Hall, *Beaver Dam, and New Church in Virginia; Stockton, Snow Hill and Pocomoke City in Worcester county, and from sections of Somerset and Wicomico counties.

Meanwhile, the Bureau of Agricultural economics at College Park reported that smaller harvest of strawberries and asparagus are anticipated in Maryland this year than in 1941.

*Beaver Dam, Maryland (there is a Beaver Dam, Virginia on the western shore).


June, 1954  
Worcester Democrat (Pocomoke City)

Awards Presented At Graduation Exercises Here

Eight Pocomoke High School seniors received special awards during graduation ceremonies held in the school auditorium last Friday evening.

Sandra Kleger won three awards and David Smith two. The complete list follows:

Old Home Prize - David Smith; Salutatorian - Sandra Kleger; American Legion Award: first girl-Sandra Kleger; tie for second, Ellen Henderson and Gayle McAllister. First boy - Donald Tilghman; tie for second - Robert E. Parsons and Donald S. Parsons.

Sandra Kleger, David Smith and Gerald Bailey all won Goldey-Beacom College spelling winner awards.

The Complete Program

Prelude, Mrs. Bernard M. Taylor; Processional, Pomp and Circumstances by Elger; Invocation, Rev. Vander Warner; "After Graduation Day", Senior Class; Salutatorian, Sandra Kleger.

"My Task", Male Chorus; Flags of the Eastern Shore, Old Home Prize Essay, David Smith; "Memories", Mixed Chorus; Awards Presentation, Mr. Verlin C. Krabill.

Clarinet Solo, David Smith, accompanied by Bill Jewby; Presentation of Diplomas, Mr. Clayton Scarborough; Class Song - with Bill Jewby accompanying, Senior Class. Farewell, Donald Tilghman, President of Class.

Song-Alma Mater, Audience and Senior Class; Benediction, Rev. J. Powell Eaton; Recessional, March From Aida by Verdi.


June, 1988
Somerset Herald  (Princess Anne)

(Excerpts)

Rotary honors top students and
4-Way Test essay winners at CRS 

The Crisfield Rotary Club once again hosted it Honor's Banquet last Wednesday evening at the Captain's Galley. Held annually, this event honors the top four students in each grade attending Crisfield High School. 

From the 12th grade: Darlene Robinson with a 4 0 grade point average, Kathy Marshall- 3.96, Nicole Evans-3.96. and Stacy Wallace-3.93.

The 11th grade:Davita Matthews 3.64, Lee Ann Lawson 3.54, Buffy Lynn Landon 3.54 and Donna Hayman 3.47. The tenth grade was represented by five students as there were two ties: John Phoebus 4.0, Wendy Lawrence 4.0, Stacey Nelson 3.79, Tonya Evans 3.75 and Shane Deacon 3.75. From the Ninth grade: Charles "Tag" Landon 4.0, Brian Wroten 3.86, Garrett Wilson 3.79 and John Wood 3.65. The Eighth Grade was represented by: Lori Ward 3.86, Leslie Belloso 3.82, Amrit Rayfield 3.73 and Stephanie Wallace 3.67. 


 September, 1937 

Two former major league baseball players were managing teams in the Eastern Shore League.  Pitcher Vic Keen was managing as well as pitching for the Pocomoke Red Sox and infielder Jake Flowers was managing the Salisbury Senators.  A couple of years later Keen managed the Salisbury team and Flowers came to Pocomoke to manage. Both had rounded out their big league careers with the St. Louis Cardinals.  

Keen and Flowers had Eastern Shore roots. Flowers was from Cambridge and Keen's father, a minister, brought his family from the western shore to Snow Hill where Keen was a star pitcher on the high school team.  After his major league career Keen made Pocomoke City his permanent residence and was involved in the poultry business.

More on Vic Keen at:   

http://bioproj.sabr.org/bioproj.cfm?a=v&v=l&bid=1938&pid=7329



1982.. "Thinking Ahead For the 80's"

June, 1885
The National Tribune (Washington, D.C.)

Following is the inscription on the tomb of the first husband of Martha Washington at "Arlington," the original seat of the Custis family on the Eastern Shore of Virginia:

"Beneath this marble tomb lies ye body of the Honorable John Custis, Esq., of the city of Williamsburg and the Parish of Boston, formerly of Hanger's Parish on the Eastern Shore of Virginia, and the county of Northampton, the place of his nativity. Aged 71 years, and yet lived but seven years, Which was the space of time he kept a bachelor's House at Arlington, on the Eastern Shore of Virginia."



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PPE remembers JMMB.