Time Machine: 1942, 2010, 1939, 1917.

August, 1942

                                                                                       Worcester Democrat

(The above is a cut of the school building at Stockton which reveals a very attractive educational plant and one which up to the close of the 1941-42 session included a high school department; but owing to a shortage in enrollment, this will be discontinued and the pupils will be transported to Snow Hill and Pocomoke.  Prof. G. Ewell Dryden was for many years principal at Stockton, but he is now enlisted in the service of his country in an effort to win this war.) 

Note "Clarke Photo" notation in lower left-hand corner of the picture. J. Dawson Clarke was a professional photographer during this era in addition to his association with the Marva Theater. In later years he also operated the WBOC Pocomoke radio studio on Willow Street and was Pocomoke City's longtime mayor.

May, 2010

Daily Times (Salisbury)

December, 1939

The Morning News (Wilmington)

October, 1917

The Evening Journal (Wilmington)

1952  ..  New  homes at Pocomoke Heights are nearing completion. 

(more on Pocomoke Heights next Sunday)

1969  ..  Gas is costing around 35-cents a gallon.  

The Time Machine is a weekly feature I've enjoyed researching and compiling on The Pocomoke Public Eye since 2011.  I have fond memories of growing up in Pocomoke City and welcome reader contributions we can share about things you've read, remember, or were told relating to our Pocomoke/Eastern shore area...a sentence, a paragraph, or more all fine. Just email it.

Time Machine Preview

This Sunday here at The Pocomoke Public Eye:

1942  ..  Time's up for this southern Worcester County school.

2010  ..  A lower Eastern Shore seed and basket business makes it almost to the century mark.

1939  ..  Remembering Dr. Walters.. patriarch of a well known Pocomoke family and pioneer in the development of early Pocomoke City.  

1917  ..  

Hogan Says Maryland Public School Openings Are Okay With State.

(WMDT)

View news article:
https://www.wmdt.com/2020/08/breaking-every-county-school-system-in-maryland-authorized-to-begin-safely-reopening-gov-hogan-says/

WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE CENTENNIAL WAS CELEBRATED WEDNESDAY IN POCOMOKE CITY

Read Pocomoke news item:

https://www.cityofpocomoke.com/news/womens-suffrage-centennial-celebrated-pocomoke-city

August 27th Concert

Pocomoke City's Updated Website Welcome

See welcome message from Pocomoke City's new Mayor:
https://www.cityofpocomoke.com/


(Reader comments)

 Anonymous said...

Congratulations to Susan; I have known her well since she was in Mrs. Duncan's class in first grade. Her first job is to fix the City's webpage. When I clicked on the link it said, "You are not authorized to access this page."



 Anonymous said...

It still says "ACCESS DENIED".

Is it true that Susan was denied access to the Mayor's Office last week?


tk for PPE said...

I've updated the link and it should work okay for all now.
https://www.cityofpocomoke.com/

TIME MACHINE: 1940, 2011, 1895, 1899, 1937.

February, 1940

The Baltimore Sun 

(Author of above article)

(Baltimore Sun- June, 1944)

September, 2011

 

(While guests tour the recently renovated Pocomoke High School, advanced placement chemistry instructor Anita Harte, left, uses the times to review some classwork with students junior Jessie Todd, 16, and senior Annah Brittingham, 17.)

(Pocomoke High School social studies instructor Meme Suznavick, right, demonstrates a smart board in her classroom. The technology allows her to project for her students what she sees on her computer screen. Watching from left are Helen Schoffstall, a history teacher at Snow Hill High School, junior Luquesha Brittingham, 16, and Gail Gladding, an alternative instructor at Pocomoke.)

Daily Times (Salisbury)

September, 1895 

The Times (Philadelphia)

October, 1899

Peninsula Enterprise

Footnote: According to the old newspaper reports the County Seat towns of Accomac and Eastville each wanted the monument but with a bid of $350 by the town of Parksley the Harmonson-West Camp, Confederate Veterans voted to have their monument placed there.  CURRENT STATUS: A public hearing for selling the statue and property was scheduled for August 10th, 2020, but was cancelled after research by the town's attorney revealed that Parksley does not own it. In mid-August vandals defaced the monument, and other locations around town, with slogans and profanity.  

(Picture above from WESR/Shore Daily News)

July, 1937

The Morning News (Wilmington)

1978  ..  

1984  ..  Movie memories:

The Time Machine is a weekly feature I've enjoyed researching and compiling on The Pocomoke Public Eye since 2011.  I have fond memories of growing up in Pocomoke City and welcome reader contributions we can share about things you've read, remember, or were told relating to our Pocomoke/Eastern shore area...a sentence, a paragraph, or more all fine. Just email it.