Downtown Fun Friday!

TIME MACHINE: Marva Theater, J. Dawson Clarke.

  Our Little Corner In Space And Time    

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February, 1958

December, 1958

PPE Footnotes:

Word around town was that  Dawson would remove snips of film that he felt were not suitable for family viewing at the theater. 

Over the instrumental strains of his musical theme "My Happiness" the mellow voice of J. Dawson Clarke greeted his audience from WBOC's Pocomoke City radio studio located on the northeast block of Willow Street. 

His Monday through Friday mid-morning program began in 1950 and aired for more than twenty years. During Dawson's Saturday morning "Teen Town Record Club" kids from about five through early teens crowded the small studio for the live program and a chance for prize giveaways such as candy and records.

During the early days of local television Dawson accompanied Eastern Shore Of Virginia singer Brooks Russell on the piano on entertainment programs (Russell later started WESR radio in Tasley). 

Dawson moved to Pocomoke City from Dover in the 1920's and for many years did professional  photography.

He was a proud booster of Pocomoke City and was elected to nine terms as mayor serving from 1968-1986. He didn't run for a tenth term and passed away in April, 1986 less than a couple of weeks before his 81st birthday. Councilman Curt Lippoldt succeeded him as mayor.

J. Dawson Clarke

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Deserving Title

He could have been called "Mr. Pocomoke City."  It's on this Sunday's Time Machine here at The Pocomoke Public Eye!

Live Music This Week

TIME MACHINE: 1942, 1927, 2003.

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April, 1942 (Worcester county residents experience affects of the World War)

Above items from The Democratic Messenger (Snow Hill) 

October, 1927

The Evening Journal (Wilmington)

February, 2003

The Daily Times (Salisbury)

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Why Sand?

In April, 1942 the Snow Hill mayor and city council voted to have dry sand hauled and distributed to the town's residents. This wasn't due to any environmental issue but in response to a very serious concern.

Read about it on this Sunday's Time Machine here at The Pocomoke Public Eye.  

K9 Jet Dies

TIME MACHINE: 1995, 1934, 1904, Circa 1900.

     Our Little Corner In Space And Time    

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February, 1995

The Daily Times (Salisbury) 

September, 1934

The News Journal (Wilmington)

July, 1904

Peninsula Enterprise

Circa 1900

Worcester Democrat 75th Anniversary Edition. Photo from Roger Vincent collection.

Pictured is Pocomoke City's "Market Square" near the foot of Market Street. The building at left in the background is the approximate location of the present day Delmarva Discovery Center.

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TIME MACHINE: July 4th!

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**CELEBRATING THE FOURTH IN 1902**

The Peninsula Enterprise

July, 1943

Enlarged message text below..

Salisbury Times

July, 1976

July 4th, 2017

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Civic Center Fire Was 40 Years Ago

        (Photo from Salisbury Independent)

The original Wicomico Youth And Civic Center in Salisbury was destroyed by fire on June 25, 1977.

See article..
http://salisburyindependent.net/history/40-years-ago-civic-center-fire-changed-community/

"Katherine" Is Visiting

(The Virginian-Pilot)

If you are out drum fishing off Oyster, keep an eye out for Katherine.

The great white shark sent a satellite ping Sunday afternoon from a location about 10 miles off Cobb Island, one of the Eastern Shore barrier islands just east of the town of Oyster.

Katherine is one of the many sharks caught and tagged by Ocearch, a shark research organization.

Katherine last came to the surface of the Atlantic Ocean about 80 miles off Virginia Beach several weeks ago.

When she was tagged off Cape Cod four years ago, Katherine was 14 feet, 2 inches long and weighed 2,300 pounds.

Much bigger these days, she would be recognized by the large satellite tag mounted to her dorsal fin.

You can keep up with Katherine and all the other sharks at www.ocearch.org

(2013 photo of "Katherine" off of Cape Cod)