Time Machine: 1985, 1882, 2011, 1919, 1921.

 

February, 1985

The Evening Sun (Baltimore)

(PPE reader comment)

Anonymous said...

Harry Kelley was deaf in one ear and, if you were telling him something he didn't want to hear, he would turn that ear towards you so he could legitimately claim he had never heard it.

 January, 1882

Back in the old days if you were living on the lower Eastern Shore and were going to make a visit to "the city," where would you likely be heading?  The answer can be found below according to this excerpt from a news article about railroads in that era.

Norfolk Virginian

October, 2011 (excerpt)

Daily Times (Salisbury)

August, 1919

Maryland Independent (Port Tobacco)

When Delmarva hears the 'S' word....

 

(Above forecast was for 2/6-2/7/21)

SUPER BOWLS in the rearview mirror

Click on link below for list.

Super Bowl Winners and Results - Super Bowl History - National Football League - ESPN

Our City Hall Women In Red

(Pocomoke City Facebook page)

The ladies of Pocomoke City Hall Go Red For Women to support the American Heart Association's national movement to end heart disease and stroke in women.

(PPE reader comment)

 Anonymous said...

Aren't masks wonderful? I recognize the lady in the middle of the front row only because she was my first girlfriend in Mrs. Duncan's first grade class but have no idea who the others are.

Time Machine Preview

 This Sunday here at The Pocomoke Public Eye: 

1985  ..  

1882  ..  Newspaper article says if you're living on the lower Eastern Shore and are going to travel to the city you're likely heading to ....

2011  ..  Pocomoke City's police chief for the past 16 years announces his retirement.

1919  ..  The new concrete State Road between Pocomoke City and Westover has been completed.

1921  ..  "The Social Season" is the subject of a January editorial in Pocomoke City's Worcester Democrat.

Snow Hill Restoring Riverboat, Adding Riverwalk

 (WBOC)

View video news story:

Snow Hill Restoring Riverboat, Adding Riverwalk - WBOC TV

Winter at the Salisbury Zoo

 (Salisbury Independent)

Salisbury Zoo website:

Visit Salisbury Zoo Salisbury MD FREE Family Attraction Things to Do

Maryland Department Of Transportation issues spam alert

 

Covid-19 Vaccination Update From Worcester County Health Department

 

New system designed to simplify the process and prioritize elderly

Snow Hill, MD– This week the Worcester County Health Department is updating how it registers individuals for COVID-19 vaccine clinics. There is now a single central waiting listing that includes all clinics operated by Worcester Health. To register for this waiting list, call 667-253-2140. Due to limited vaccine supply, we do not expect to post Worcester County Health Department clinics onto MarylandVax.org for the next several weeks.

Read more:

Worcester Health updates COVID-19 Vaccination Wait List

A Local Black History Month Highlight

 (Pocomoke City Facebook page)

Time Machine: 1995, Pre-1922, 1902, 1910, 1938, 1970, 1975.

 

December, 1995

Daily Times (Salisbury)

Not dated

(Location in picture below is Front & Market Streets. Buildings at left fell victim to the fire of 1922. The Empire Theater is across the street at right and survived. Building in shadow at right is approximate location of the current Delmarva Discovery Center.)

Democratic Messenger 1969 Centennial Edition  

December, 1902

Democratic Messenger

January, 1910

Crisfield Times

November, 1938

Salisbury Times

1970 ..  Can you believe it? The Beatles have split up!

  

1975  ..  Newcomer VHS challenges Beta.

Early Days Of TV Triggers Memory From Reader

Thanks to the Pocomoke Public Eye reader who shares the comment below after reading a July, 2019 story we posted about the early days of TV on the Eastern Shore.

RangerJ said...

Remember TV French class? Our school, Princess Anne Elementary, had one TV. When it was time, we trooped upstairs and watched a female teacher speaking incomprehensible English and Breton French, and later, a man talking about rolling r’s and saying “Watch my lips.”

This would have been c. 1960.

View the original article:

The Pocomoke Public Eye: WBOC-TV BEGINS BROADCASTING JULY 15, 1954.

(1/30/21 reader comment)

 Anonymous said...

WBOC started broadcasting Delmarva TV School in 1958 in conjunction with the Boards of Education in the surrounding counties. TV classes were offered in art, science, music and French. Each elementary classroom was equipped with a television on a rolling stand and classes were scheduled throughout the week, initially starting in early afternoon. Our second grade science class was first on the daily schedule and the preceding program was the Liberace show. (Anybody remember him?) Miss Julia Robertson was our teacher and also a big Liberace fan. About a half hour before our class was supposed to begin Miss Robertson would turn on the TV, "just to warm it up" and close the classroom door and warn us not to tell anyone what we were actually watching.

(1/30/21 tk for PPE says)  

Miss Robertson was my third grade teacher. She was a wonderful teacher and liked by everyone. Yes, I do have to admit that I'm old enough to remember Liberace.

Somerset Natural Gas Pipeline Gets Final Approval

 

View WMDT news story:

Md. Comptroller says Eastern Shore pipeline will serve as "bridge over troubled waters" - 47abc (wmdt.com)

Time Machine Preview

 This Sunday here at The Pocomoke Public Eye:

1995  ..  Reactions from the Pocomoke business community on Wal-Mart coming.

 Pre-1922  ..  (Picture & info) Pocomoke City's Public Square.

1902  ..  The passing of a "kind hearted, charitable old-time doctor" in Worcester County.

1910  ..  Prominent Crisfield doctor incurs painful mishap while making a house call.

1938  ..  Worcester Countians are urged to unite in boycotting German-made items. 

HEARING HELD ON CAROZZA-SUPPORTED SMALL BUSINESS PROTECTION LEGISLATION

 Annapolis, MD—The Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee (JPR) held a hearing on Senate Bill 210—COVID-19 Claim - Civil Immunity on Tuesday, January 26. Senator Carozza is the lead cosponsor of Senate Bill 210. 

Senate Bill 210 was introduced by Senator Chris West (R-Baltimore County) with bipartisan support. This bill would provide immunity from civil liability for claims related to COVID-19 for all who follow applicable federal, state, and local statutes, rules, regulations, executive orders, and agency orders related to COVID-19 (COVID-19 rules and regulations) so long as the person’s actions do not amount to gross negligence or intentional wrongdoing.

Senate Bill 210 has the support of the Maryland Chamber of Commerce; the Salisbury, Ocean City, and other Lower Shore Chambers of Commerce; the Maryland Restaurant Association; the Ocean City Hotel-Motel Restaurant Association; the Maryland Retailers Association; and the Maryland chapter of the National Federation for Independent Business.

Natural Gas For Somerset County?

 

Wetlands permit decision due on natural gas pipeline in Somerset County

ANNAPOLIS — The last major hurdle for the extension of natural gas into Somerset County rests with Maryland Board of Public Works which is being asked by Chesapeake Utilities Corporation to approve a wetlands permit so it can run an 8-inch pipeline from Eden to Westover.