The Pocomoke Public Eye

Sunday, February 23, 2025

Time Machine: This week 100 years ago in Pocomoke's newspaper; 1965, 1888, 1954, 1942, 1933.

(excerpts)

August, 1965

Salisbury Times

June, 1888

The Morning Herald (Baltimore)

March, 1954

Salisbury Times

*June, 1942

*September, 1933

Worcester Democrat

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Saturday, February 22, 2025

Recollections from generations past. (Rodney Bounds-1)

(Rodney Bounds 1892 - 1990)

TRANSCRIPT OF 1979 INTERVIEW

RODNEY: Do you know where Dryden’s Hatchery is?

INTERVIEWER: Yes.

RODNEY: I was born there, of course the hatchery wasn’t there and the house

wasn’t there. My grandfather owned that place and he wanted to come to

town, come close by, close to town and father bought 20 acres there aside of

it and built a home on it and the three houses, you know in a row, one on the

back, and then takin’ in the one down there where, the 20 acres did. Then my

father bought a farm up in Queponco, then we moved up there and he sold

that place to Denmore Williams, and Denmore sold half of it to Irm Johnson

and Irm built the house that sits down further there. They built 2 houses, I’m

afraid I don’t know who, I think Nock’s owns it now.

INTERVIEWER: Yes, I think so. I’m not sure of that.

RODNEY: About that time we had dirt roads, you know, and sometimes we

would ride out to Newark and get on the train and go to Snow Hill.

INTERVIEWER: Okay. It was probably quicker, wasn’t it?

RODNEY: Especially when the roads was bad. I did that once, there was snow

on the ground, rode over there and hitched my horse…………

INTERVIEWER: And took the train to Snow Hill.

RODNEY: Got to Snow Hill around noon and came back again around 2:30,

something like that.

INTERVIEWER: Well I had never thought about that.

RODNEY: They had two trains a day.

INTERVIEWER: Okay, did you have two trains a day.

RODNEY: Ya, one in the morning and one in the evening. Well they both come

back from Philadelphia.

INTERVIEWER: Now were these regular passenger trains? Or was it a

passenger train and the cars in the back?

RODNEY: Both. The track run right through the farm. Right down this side of

the woods, right alongside the woods. A freight train goes there now.

INTERVIEWER: Right. Very seldom. How old are you? I need to ask so I’ll

know in years when you’re talking.

RODNEY: I was 86 last November.

INTERVIEWER: Oh my heavens. Well I hope I’m up and around when I’m 86.

RODNEY: I was born the 16th of November, 1892.

INTERVIEWER: And you were born in Snow Hill?

RODNEY: At the edge of town. One Mile Lane. Moved up there when I was

fourteen years old. My father bought that farm. I guess you don’t want all my

records, you want your records.

INTERVIEWER: Right, but sometimes the timing will help. When you first

moved up to Snow Hill, there wasn’t any Route 12, you know the road that we

go now from Salisbury to Snow Hill, the road that is there now was it there?

RODNEY: Ya. That’s what they called the Mile Lane. When that was there and

crossed one went to Pocomoke and the other towards Whiton. That part

hasn’t been changed.

INTERVIEWER: Right. I see because you go to Whiton this way and to

Pocomoke that way.

RODNEY: It went out that way a little ways towards Pocomoke and turned and

went that away…………

INTERVIEWER: Just like it does now………..

RODNEY: Since then the road had been cut straight through. That wasn’t

there when I was down there.

INTERVIEWER: There is a road now that isn’t used much but it’s called

Millville Road or Stagecoach Road that runs in from where Millville used to

be behind the Iron Furnace and then it comes on out and I think that was the

main road at one point. And it maybe would have gone into that.

RODNEY: This other one went up there you know where Norman Mariner

lives.

INTERVIEWER: Yes.

RODNEY: Well just before you get to Normans the road that runs to your right

and then it comes around by Old Nassawango Church. And that’s the old

Clayville farm, after you get through the woods, past the chicken houses.

And that……..it went around Nassawango and that other one cut through

there somewhere.

INTERVIEWER: Yes, and caught up from it.

RODNEY: Where Gerald Holloways.

INTERVIEWER: Yes it does. It cuts through right past his. On around behind

him.

RODNEY: And I reckon there was somewhere about a half dozen different

roads started out to go to Salisbury.

INTERVIEWER: But they were all dirt.

RODNEY: Ya, all dirt road, and I’ve heard people say that, people said they

never started Salisbury what they didn’t get on the wrong road, or get lost or

something, wind up a different way.

INTERVIEWER: Well I can do that today. Cutting through from Salisbury back

to Snow Hill through the forest, I’ve gotten lost, at least twice and ended up

in Princess Anne, which I didn’t want to be there at all, but I was.

RODNEY: Well I think I’ve been on them roads enough, I don’t think I’d get

lost but, when they put hard roads why they changed them, straightened

them out. Makes it a lot different than what it used to be.

Continues next Saturday here at The Pocomoke Public Eye.

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

Truck crashed on Bridge Tunnel.

Normal traffic flow was restored before noon Wednesday on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel following a tractor trailer crash shortly before 2a.m. Wednesday.

(Shore Daily News)

Around 1:45 a.m. on February 19, a southbound tractor trailer carrying frozen chicken parts was involved in a single vehicle accident on Two Island at Thimble Shoal Tunnel of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge-Tunnel. The tractor trailer became fully engulfed by fire as a result of the accident. Thankfully, no fatalities or injuries have been reported as a result of the accident.

Firefighters from Virginia Beach, Cape Charles and Cheriton responded to the accident.

The tractor trailer has been cleared from the scene. There was no structural damage to the facility as a result of the fire.

(The tractor trailer was loaded with frozen chicken which spilled onto the roadway.)

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Oh my, after nine+ decades: OC's Alaska Stand out, Thrashers in.

The Alaska Stand, a Boardwalk staple since the 1930s, is about to disappear.

(View news story:)

Alaska Stand ends 92-year run on Boardwalk | Premium Content | octodaydispatch.com

Blueprint session just Virtual-

UPDATE: Due to this week's inclement weather forecast, the Blueprint Learning Session for Pillars 1 & 3 will now take place virtually only. Join us for the live virtual event on Wednesday, February 19, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. at https://worcesterk12.zoom.us/j/3713916265?omn=86073487797. Thank you for your patience and understanding!

Monday, February 17, 2025

Ebony and Rex-

The Worcester County Animal Control has two dogs available for adoption! Meet Ebony and Rex!

Ebony is a charming female Labrador Pit mix. She has a fondness for treats and affection.

Rex is a captivating male Pit mix distinguished by his stunning eyes and agreeable disposition. Rex is characterized by his laid-back nature and appreciation for treats.

If you are interested in scheduling a meeting with Ebony or Rex, please call Worcester County Animal Control at 410-632-1340 or visit during business hours, Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.🐾

Be WEATHER SMART!

When weather is in the news there's prone to be many sources of misinformation such as word of mouth, be it in person or on some social media outlets.

Check reliable sources such as news & weather on-air media or their online pages.

The link below is to the National Weather Service forecast for Pocomoke and the lower Eastern Shore.

https://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?lat=38.0722&lon=-75.5638

Somerset shooting involved MSP Trooper.

(WBOC)

(View news story:)

Suspect Shot During MSP Investigation in Somerset County | Latest News | wboc.com

Sunday, February 16, 2025

Pocomoke man was crash fatality.

(Delmarvanow.com)

Pocomoke City man dies in early morning Worcester County crash on Route 113

Maryland State Police are investigating a fatal single-vehicle crash that occurred early Sunday morning, Feb. 16, in Worcester County.

The front passenger of a Honda Accord is identified as Forest Eugene Crippen 3rd, 34, of Pocomoke City, Maryland. He was pronounced dead on the scene by Pocomoke City emergency medical services personnel. The driver, identified as Yakia Shree Brittingham, 35, of Berlin, Maryland, was transported by ambulance to TidalHealth Peninsula Regional for treatment of her injuries.

Shortly after 1:30 a.m., troopers from the Maryland State Police Berlin Barrack responded to the area of southbound Route 113, south of Blades Road, for a report of a single-vehicle crash. According to a preliminary investigation, the Honda was traveling south when for unknown reasons, it traveled off the roadway, subsequently striking a tree. Police believe that impairment may have been a factor in this crash.