1907.. Red handkerchief around a lantern averts a local train disaster; 1870.. Name change for a Worcester County community; 1914.. Pocomoke City bank offers "Corn Club" boys cash prizes; 1991.. Losing a local tennis icon; 1943.. Who was that young navy pilot whose low fly-over frightened a circus elephant in Crisfield?; 1933.. Pocomoke's high school principal to marry.
Although you may not find all of these items in a history book, they are a part of our local history and you can read more about it this Sunday right here at The Pocomoke Public Eye!
Do you have a local memory to share with PPE readers.. such as a big snow storm, a favorite school teacher, a local happening, something of interest your parents or grandparents told you about? It can be just a line or two, or more if you wish. Send to tkforppe@yahoo.com and watch for it on a future TIME MACHINE posting!
Saturday, July 12, 2014
Friday, July 11, 2014
Pocomoketoberfest Beer, Wine and Art Festival- Saturday, September 6th, noon to 6 pm Cypress Park, Pocomoke
Yes, just like
Germany, we are holding our ‘Oktoberfest’ in September to kick off the harvest
season! Taste the Eastern Shore at this wine and beer festival. Bring your lawn chairs and blankets and get
ready to enjoy the day on shore of the scenic Pocomoke River. Early Bird Admission
is just $20 and includes a wine or beer glass and tastings. Admission at the
gate is $25 or for designated driver is just $5. Listen to live music while you
sample, play games, and enjoy shopping with local artists. New this year will
be Plein Air Pocomoke. Watch artists bring a canvas to life before your eyes in
historic Downtown Pocomoke on Friday and in conjunction with Pocomoketoberfest
on Saturday. For more information
contact pocomokechamber@gmail.com or 410-957-1919 or see Pocomoketoberfest.com.
Thursday, July 10, 2014
Pocomoke Plein Air Press Release
Contact: Jennifer Rafter
Pocomoke Chamber of Commerce
For immediate release
Pocomoke Plein Air
September 5th and 6th,
2014
Jennifer Rafter
Executive DirectorPocomoke Area Chamber of Commerce
www.pocomoke.com
410-957-1919
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
July is Independent Retailer Month
A dollar spent at an independent retailer is usually spent 6 to 15 times before it leaves the community. From $1, you create $5 to $14 in value within that community. Shopping with an independent retailer supports local traders, their suppliers and the people they depend on to run their businesses. Buying from an independent retailer boosts your local economy, rebuilding confidence in the community, enabling local businesses to prosper and grow.
For more information see independentretailermonth.
Sunday, July 6, 2014
TIME MACHINE... 1915, 1926, 1957, 1852,1944, 1938
(Reader-friendly viewing of newspaper archives/historical archives material)
November, 1915
The Washington Post
5,000 SEE MAN HANGED
Execution of Frank Grano in Woods at Snow Hill.
MANY CAMP THERE ALL NIGHT
Spectators Orderly But no Effort is Made to Hide Scene of Hanging from Huge Crowd- Paid Penalty for Murder of Mr. and Mrs. Robinson and Alonzo Redden.
Special to The Washington Post.
Snow Hill, Nov. 26- Trembling from hand to foot , but nerved before the ordeal, Frank Grano stood on the top step at the Worcester County jail and said "Good-by, boys," to the 500 persons who had gathered to see his departure for the place of execution.
He was executed at 9:15 o'clock.
At an early hour he partook of a slight breakfast and drank some coffee. By 7 o'clock all arrangements for the execution had been made within the jail.
Spectators began to arrive at Snow Hill as early as 9 o'clock last night, and from that hour until the time of execution there was almost a continuous passing of automobiles and all kinds of horse-drawn vehicles through Snow Hill.
Three hundred and ninety-six automobiles were counted in the woods adjacent to the execution. The Berlin state road was lined with automobiles and neighboring farmyards were the resting places of many more.
A conservative estimate placed the number of people who viewed the hanging and those around the courthouse at Snow Hill at 5,000. Many camped in the woods during the night, and the glare from the numerous camp fires presented a weird experience at an early hour this morning- it resembled a large detention camp.
This resemblance was made more realistic by the presence of women and children. During the night some campers would sing parts of a familiar hymn. The authorities saw early in the week that any attempt to exclude the public from witnessing the hanging would cause trouble, hence no precaution was taken to build a fence around the gallows and make the execution private. The crowd this morning did not interfere with the proceedings in any way.
On September 6 Grano shot and killed Mr. and Mrs. Levin P. Robinson and their farmhand, Alonzo Redden. He was jealous of the woman.
December, 1926
The Denton Journal
(Excerpts)
THE CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE
That It Will Pay From the Start Is Believed by Many Experts.
Indicating the need of a bridge across the bay, traffic authorities of the Eastern Shore estimate that 131,500 automobiles made the detour by way of Elkton across the Susquehanna river to Baltimore, during the year 1926.
This vehicular traffic originated from all points on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Delaware. It is maintained that the erection of a bridge across Maryland's inland sea is a real need, and that the advent of motor traffic in larger volumes and the advancement of engineering knowledge, have brought this problem within the realm of practical business.
According to estimates just made public, the cost of taking a passenger automobile from Chestertown to Baltimore by way of ferry is $4.50; by way of Elkton and Havre de Grace, $5.10, while by way of the proposed bridge from Bay Shore to Rock Hall, it would be but $3.10.
The scale of toll rates proposed by the Chesapeake Bridge Company, which corporation is expected to erect the bridge, and upon which the rates are based, are as follows: Passenger vehicles, §1.25; light trucks, §1.50; heavy trucks, $3; passengers, other than driver, 15 cents. These are said to be maximum tolls proposed.
December, 1957
(The Kentucky New Era- Hopkinsville, Kentucky)
MARYLAND STATE IN ORANGE BLOSSOM BOWL
PRINCESS ANNE, Md. (AP)- Coach Skip McCain heads for Miami tonight with a Maryland State football squad seeking revenge against Florida A&M in the Orange Blossom Bowl.
Three years ago, three Maryland State linemen were hurt and McCain had only 27 players to take to Miami. Florida A&M romped to a 67-19 victory, by far the worst licking suffered by McCain in 10 years.
This time, he'll be in better shape for Saturday's game with 33 hearty players. His 10 year record is 73-7-3.
April, 1852
The Daily Dispatch (Richmond, Va.)
A Duel Prevented in Maryland. —Hon. Edward Long and the Hon. John W. Crisfield, both ex-members of Congress, and residents of Somerset county, Md., have been held to bail at Princess Anne to keep the peace, in the sum of $10,000 each, by Judge Spence, on the ground that a challenge had passed between them to fight a duel. It is said the affair grew out of a previous personal rencountre.
Footnote: Attorney John W. Crisfield was the founder of Crisfield but he never lived there. He resided in Princess Anne.
October, 1944
A 4-H Club member from Pocomoke City took top honors at the Sixteenth Annual Baltimore Stock Show. The grand champion individual steer was an Aberdeen Angus raised by 18-year-old Ralph Lankford.
February, 1938 (Time Machine archive)
(Uniontown Morning Herald- Uniontown, Pa.)
LETTER TRAVELS MANY MILES TO NEARBY VILLAGE
SNOW HILL, MD., Jan 31. (AP)- For only three-cents, a letter travels 130 miles en route from Snow Hill to Girdletree- just seven miles away.
Here's how it works:
A Girdletree letter mailed here goes by a bus star mail route to Stockton- passing through Girdletree without a stop.
Another bus takes it from Stockton to Pocomoke City to meet a northbound train.
Train mail clerks unlock the pouch, sort the mail and toss the Girdletree letter into another pouch, which is tossed off the train to be picked up by a southbound train.
The pouch returns to Pocomoke City by train and another bus takes it to Stockton.
Another bus picks it up there and takes it four miles to Girdletree.
Do you have a local memory to share with PPE readers.. such as a big snow storm, a favorite school teacher, a local happening, something of interest your parents or grandparents told you about? It can be just a line or two, or more if you wish. Send to tkforppe@yahoo.com and watch for it on a future TIME MACHINE posting!
"Somewhere over
the rainbow
Bluebirds fly..."
Flying on for JMMB
November, 1915
The Washington Post
5,000 SEE MAN HANGED
Execution of Frank Grano in Woods at Snow Hill.
MANY CAMP THERE ALL NIGHT
Spectators Orderly But no Effort is Made to Hide Scene of Hanging from Huge Crowd- Paid Penalty for Murder of Mr. and Mrs. Robinson and Alonzo Redden.
Special to The Washington Post.
Snow Hill, Nov. 26- Trembling from hand to foot , but nerved before the ordeal, Frank Grano stood on the top step at the Worcester County jail and said "Good-by, boys," to the 500 persons who had gathered to see his departure for the place of execution.
He was executed at 9:15 o'clock.
At an early hour he partook of a slight breakfast and drank some coffee. By 7 o'clock all arrangements for the execution had been made within the jail.
Spectators began to arrive at Snow Hill as early as 9 o'clock last night, and from that hour until the time of execution there was almost a continuous passing of automobiles and all kinds of horse-drawn vehicles through Snow Hill.
Three hundred and ninety-six automobiles were counted in the woods adjacent to the execution. The Berlin state road was lined with automobiles and neighboring farmyards were the resting places of many more.
A conservative estimate placed the number of people who viewed the hanging and those around the courthouse at Snow Hill at 5,000. Many camped in the woods during the night, and the glare from the numerous camp fires presented a weird experience at an early hour this morning- it resembled a large detention camp.
This resemblance was made more realistic by the presence of women and children. During the night some campers would sing parts of a familiar hymn. The authorities saw early in the week that any attempt to exclude the public from witnessing the hanging would cause trouble, hence no precaution was taken to build a fence around the gallows and make the execution private. The crowd this morning did not interfere with the proceedings in any way.
On September 6 Grano shot and killed Mr. and Mrs. Levin P. Robinson and their farmhand, Alonzo Redden. He was jealous of the woman.
December, 1926
The Denton Journal
(Excerpts)
THE CHESAPEAKE BAY BRIDGE
That It Will Pay From the Start Is Believed by Many Experts.
Indicating the need of a bridge across the bay, traffic authorities of the Eastern Shore estimate that 131,500 automobiles made the detour by way of Elkton across the Susquehanna river to Baltimore, during the year 1926.
This vehicular traffic originated from all points on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Delaware. It is maintained that the erection of a bridge across Maryland's inland sea is a real need, and that the advent of motor traffic in larger volumes and the advancement of engineering knowledge, have brought this problem within the realm of practical business.
According to estimates just made public, the cost of taking a passenger automobile from Chestertown to Baltimore by way of ferry is $4.50; by way of Elkton and Havre de Grace, $5.10, while by way of the proposed bridge from Bay Shore to Rock Hall, it would be but $3.10.
The scale of toll rates proposed by the Chesapeake Bridge Company, which corporation is expected to erect the bridge, and upon which the rates are based, are as follows: Passenger vehicles, §1.25; light trucks, §1.50; heavy trucks, $3; passengers, other than driver, 15 cents. These are said to be maximum tolls proposed.
December, 1957
(The Kentucky New Era- Hopkinsville, Kentucky)
MARYLAND STATE IN ORANGE BLOSSOM BOWL
PRINCESS ANNE, Md. (AP)- Coach Skip McCain heads for Miami tonight with a Maryland State football squad seeking revenge against Florida A&M in the Orange Blossom Bowl.
Three years ago, three Maryland State linemen were hurt and McCain had only 27 players to take to Miami. Florida A&M romped to a 67-19 victory, by far the worst licking suffered by McCain in 10 years.
This time, he'll be in better shape for Saturday's game with 33 hearty players. His 10 year record is 73-7-3.
April, 1852
The Daily Dispatch (Richmond, Va.)
A Duel Prevented in Maryland. —Hon. Edward Long and the Hon. John W. Crisfield, both ex-members of Congress, and residents of Somerset county, Md., have been held to bail at Princess Anne to keep the peace, in the sum of $10,000 each, by Judge Spence, on the ground that a challenge had passed between them to fight a duel. It is said the affair grew out of a previous personal rencountre.
Footnote: Attorney John W. Crisfield was the founder of Crisfield but he never lived there. He resided in Princess Anne.
October, 1944
A 4-H Club member from Pocomoke City took top honors at the Sixteenth Annual Baltimore Stock Show. The grand champion individual steer was an Aberdeen Angus raised by 18-year-old Ralph Lankford.
February, 1938 (Time Machine archive)
(Uniontown Morning Herald- Uniontown, Pa.)
LETTER TRAVELS MANY MILES TO NEARBY VILLAGE
SNOW HILL, MD., Jan 31. (AP)- For only three-cents, a letter travels 130 miles en route from Snow Hill to Girdletree- just seven miles away.
Here's how it works:
A Girdletree letter mailed here goes by a bus star mail route to Stockton- passing through Girdletree without a stop.
Another bus takes it from Stockton to Pocomoke City to meet a northbound train.
Train mail clerks unlock the pouch, sort the mail and toss the Girdletree letter into another pouch, which is tossed off the train to be picked up by a southbound train.
The pouch returns to Pocomoke City by train and another bus takes it to Stockton.
Another bus picks it up there and takes it four miles to Girdletree.
Do you have a local memory to share with PPE readers.. such as a big snow storm, a favorite school teacher, a local happening, something of interest your parents or grandparents told you about? It can be just a line or two, or more if you wish. Send to tkforppe@yahoo.com and watch for it on a future TIME MACHINE posting!
"Somewhere over
the rainbow
Bluebirds fly..."
Flying on for JMMB
Saturday, July 5, 2014
The Tyrant’s Boot
by Delegate Mike McDermott
For every oppressed people who yearn for freedom, there is always a counting of the cost. Freedom is not free. A “Declaration of Independence” does not secure liberty, but it most certainly will secure the wrath of the tyrant who is deposed. This was certainly the case with King George.
Sadly, most Americans have never read our “Declaration of Independence”. They may know certain lines that are oft repeated, but many confuse our Constitution and the Declaration. In doing so, they miss the essence of our oppression and the need for our rebellion.
Together, the Founders declared certain truths that they held as “self evident” for all people to view and comprehend. They proclaimed as fact that “all men are created equal”. They understood that God is the giver of “rights” to people, and the best any government can do is recognize this truth.
Most of the Founders would pay dearly for making such a declaration. For stating that people were the sovereign of their lives and not the king was an act of treason. Many would die for signing their names to this document. Most lost their lands and saw their families exploited and made homeless. Our liberty cost them all they possessed.
A people can be held together by many things. Most will not last the test of time. There are vows and declarations that are sacred, oaths that we swear by, promises that we endeavor to keep; the American declaration of Independence is one of those God inspired commitments.
You may error in your thinking if you believe the price for freedom has already been paid. It must be paid by each generation of Americans. Our resolve as a people must remain as stalwart as that of the Founders lest a future tyrant catch us slumbering at the wheel of freedom.
It was always said to those who seemed on their way to making it big in this life: “Don’t forget where you came from!” Many a starlet and ball player go on and forget this admonition at their own peril. It was President Reagan who reminded us that, “Freedom is a fragile thing and is never more than one generation away from extinction. It is not ours by inheritance; it must be fought for and defended constantly by each generation, for it comes only once to a people. Those who have known freedom and then lost it have never known it again.”
Today we celebrate our independence. May a tyrants boot never again find it’s place on the neck of any American, and may our people never forget the price of their freedom, so help us God!
TIME MACHINE ... This Sunday's Preview
1915.. 5,000 come to Snow Hill to see convicted murderer meet his fate; 1926.. Need for constructing a Chesapeake Bay Bridge being considered; 1957.. Princess Anne's Maryland State College is headed to a bowl game in Miami; 1852.. Duel between two prominent Somerset County men prevented; 1944.. Pocomoke City 4H-er takes top honors in Baltimore stock show; 1938.. It's just routine- a letter's long journey from Snow Hill to Girdletree.
Although you may not find all of these items in a history book, they are a part of our local history and you can read more about it this Sunday right here at The Pocomoke Public Eye.
Do you have a local memory to share with PPE readers.. such as a big snow storm, a favorite school teacher, a local happening, something of interest your parents or grandparents told you about? It can be just a line or two, or more if you wish. Send to tkforppe@yahoo.com and watch for it on a future TIME MACHINE posting!
Although you may not find all of these items in a history book, they are a part of our local history and you can read more about it this Sunday right here at The Pocomoke Public Eye.
Do you have a local memory to share with PPE readers.. such as a big snow storm, a favorite school teacher, a local happening, something of interest your parents or grandparents told you about? It can be just a line or two, or more if you wish. Send to tkforppe@yahoo.com and watch for it on a future TIME MACHINE posting!
Friday, July 4, 2014
FIREMENS BBQ CANCELED FOR FRIDAY
Pocomoke City Vol. Fire Co. Annual Chicken Bar-B-Que
July 3, 4, 5 Route 13 South of Pocomoke City
1/2 Chicken <> Baked Beans <> Potato Salad <> Roll
$7.00 Adults <> $8.00 at the door
Tickets available from most Pocomoke Fire Co. Members and
First Shore Federal on Market St. - Pocomoke City.
Thank you for your support!
July 3, 4, 5 Route 13 South of Pocomoke City
1/2 Chicken <> Baked Beans <> Potato Salad <> Roll
$7.00 Adults <> $8.00 at the door
Tickets available from most Pocomoke Fire Co. Members and
First Shore Federal on Market St. - Pocomoke City.
Thank you for your support!
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ATTENTION: Due to the impending severe weather we have canceled the BBQ for Friday. We plan to start back working on Saturday and may cook Sunday if supplies last. We'll keep you updated right here.
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
POCOMOKE CITY POLICE BI-WEEKLY COM STAT MEETING
June 10, 2014 to June 23, 2014
Pocomoke City Police Chief Kelvin Sewell, Lt. Lynell Green and Lt. Brian Craven hold their bi-weekly Com Stat meeting to discuss the Officers performance and City wide crimes. During the past two weeks the Pocomoke City Police Officers issued 94 traffic citations, 49 warnings, completed 15 Criminal Adult Arrest, 8 Traffic Arrest, 227 Foot Patrols, 380 Patrol Checks and answered 220 calls for service.
31st Annual National Night Out
The
Pocomoke City Police Department is now planning our 31st Annual National
Night Out! We are looking for volunteers, groups and organizations that
would like to get involved in this Community event! This is a free
event, therefore we work with volunteers and donations. We are in need
of the vendors, face painters, people of all ages with talent, cooks,
clean up crews, business donations (such as food, party supplies etc)
and much more! If you or your group/organization would like to help in
anyway, please contact Angel Thornes or Gayle Waters at the Pocomoke
City Police Department, more updates to follow in a few days. Thank you!
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Legislative Luncheon Wednesday, July 9 12 pm- 1:30 pm at Don's Seafood and Chicken House
Speakers will include:
Mayor Bruce Morrison
MD Senator Jim Mathias
VA Delegate Robert Bloxom
MD Delegate Mike McDermott
MD Delegate Charles Otto
MD Delegate Norm Conway
Lunch will be $14 to cover the cost of the speaker's lunches.
Limited seating is available and RSVPs are required.
If you attend but have not sent an RSVP please allow those that have to be seated first.
Please RSVP to pocomokechamber@gmail.com or 410-957-1919with one of the menu choices below.
1-Flounder Sandwich w/Chips
2-Pork BBQ on Kaiser Roll w/Cole Slaw & Chips
3-Homemade Chicken Salad on Kaiser Roll with Lettuce & Tomato and Chips
4-Homemade Chicken Salad Cold Plate - Scoop of Chicken Salad, Scoop of Homemade Potato Salad with Tomato, Lettuce and Crackers
5-Turkey on Kaiser Roll with American Cheese and Lettuce and Tomato with Chips
6-Large garden salad
7-Large Caesar salad
The Tax You're Not Hearing About
by Delegate Mike McDermott
As we prepare to celebrate our Independence from British tyranny
and unrestrained taxation this week, it is disturbing that Marylanders now
face an automatic, annual Gas Tax increase every July 1st from here on out.
Our state has become so progressive that we no longer require any
legislation to increase taxes on our people. The liberals have placed
our taxing authority on autopilot.
This year the rate will continue to rise. The tax was set at 3.5
cents per gallon effective July 1, 2013. This tax was also indexed to
inflation, which accounts for the increase effective tomorrow. The tax will
increase by another 3.5 cents on January 1, 2015. Additional increases will
also occur well into the future. This constitutes a fuel tax increase of
33%, and it comes at a time when the cost at the pump continues to
rise.
To give you an idea of how devastating this taxing approach will
have on Marylanders, consider that the cost of gasoline would be over
$10.00 a gallon right now in Maryland if this tax had been implemented back
in the 90’s. This does not bode well for our economic
future.
William Paca, Samuel Chase, Thomas Stone, and Charles Carroll must
be rolling over in their graves! These Maryland signers of the Declaration
of Independence would be appalled that a government created “of
the people, by the people, and for the people” would take such a
cavalier approach to their taxing authority. The crown looks timid by
comparison.
Have you heard anything about this tax increase in the local media?
Not a word. Google “Maryland Fuel Tax” and you will see
articles from July of 2013 when the first tax increase was felt at the
pump. Hence the problem with a perennial tax:
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It often goes unnoticed by the public;
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It is easily dismissed by politicians who take no responsibility since it is “automatic”;
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It lacks the accountability of legislative process where taxes can be debated, deliberated, and carefully vetted prior to enactment; and,
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It will never end unless significant legislative action is taken.
Pennies and small percentages do not sound like much until you
consider their multiplied effect on our economy and your family wallet.
After all, every penny the government takes is coming directly out of our
local economy. When the folks have less money to spend, the loss is felt in
every sector.
When fuel prices rise, transportation costs increase. The vast
majority of goods on the Eastern Shore come via truck, and the added costs
are borne by the consumer. A rising tide floats all boats much like an
increased fuel tax is felt in every wallet.
State budgets that increase spending beyond revenues must be fed.
Under the current leadership in Maryland, government needs come first. This
was never the view of the Founding Fathers.
Our prosperity as a state is tied to the success of a private
sector that has been lashed and bound to an anchor. It is high time we
raised the anchor and loosed the citizens of this state!
O’Malley-Brown Gas Tax Hike – Round 2;
Today’s stealth tax increase designed to shield politicians from election year backlash
Annapolis,
MD – July 1 - Just as Maryland families are preparing to head off on a
well-deserved Independence Day weekend, already high gas
prices clicked up again today as the next round of the O’Malley-Brown
administration’s gas taxes go into effect. Today’s increase falls on
the one year anniversary of the largest increase in gas taxes in state
history.
Tied to the rate of inflation, this stealth tax hike brings the
Maryland gas tax to more than 27 cents per gallon while shielding
tax-and-spend politicians from a risky election year vote.
According
to Republican gubernatorial nominee Larry Hogan, “Whether a
cents-per-gallon tax increase or inflation-indexed hikes designed
to insulate politicians from voting for higher gas taxes, the effect is
the same: A regressive tax on struggling Marylanders and employers
while Annapolis spending goes unchecked.”
Maryland’s
price per gallon is dramatically higher than in Virginia which cut
gasoline taxes and where pump prices are the fifth lowest
in the nation. In fact, even the District of Columbia now has lower gas taxes than does Maryland.
Hogan
said, “The O’Malley-Brown administration told us their massive gas tax
hike was necessary to create jobs and fund transportation projects
through the Transportation Trust Fund. Yet job creation remains
stalled and long-overdue road repairs languish.
And while they were taking more out of our pockets at the pump to
fund the Transportation Trust Fund, they were simultaneously siphoning
$861 out of it to pay for their pet projects,” said Hogan.
Maryland law stipulates that gas taxes are to fund the
Transportation Trust Fund and are not to be commingled with general
revenue funds.
“There was absolutely no reason for Martin O’Malley and Anthony Brown to raid our Transportation Trust Fund.
In fact, prior to their $861 million heist, Maryland received
$771 million in federal stimulus funding, which like the Transportation
Trust Fund, was primarily earmarked for “shovel ready” infrastructure
projects. The incredible end result of this administration’s
reckless spending and mismanagement was that instead of having a total
of $1.6 billion in the bank to make vital repairs and upgrades to our
roads and bridges, they spent the stimulus dollars and gas tax dollars
elsewhere.
It’s time to roll back the O’Malley-Brown gas tax hikes and spend
our infrastructure funds where they belong on roads and bridges.
Monday, June 30, 2014
Rabid Bat Found On Third Street In Pocomoke
By Leanne Murray - email
POCOMOKE, Md. - A bat that was found last week in Worcester County, has tested positive for rabies.
The Worcester County Health Department say a bat found on Third Street in Pocomoke on June 23rd, was rabid. The bat was found by a resident, who then reported it to authorities. The bat was sent for testing on June 26th, and results were returned on Monday, which showed it was positive for rabies. Officials are asking anyone who had contact with the bat, to contact the Worcester County Health Department at 410-632-1100, extension 1220.
This was the first dead bat available for testing, and is the first rabid one this year. Anyone who finds a bat on the ground or somewhere else it isn't normally, particularly in the day time, is reminded by health officials to no touch it, and keep pets, and people, especially children, away from it. If possible, Officials say you should cover the animal with a bucket or box, and contact the law enforcement, or animal control to have it removed.
Rabies is a disease that is spread through saliva, bites, or scratches from an infected animal. Officials say a person who has been bitten or exposed to the disease, can prevent it though proper treatment. If a bat gets inside of your home, authorities ask that you close it in one room, and contact the Worcester County Environmental Health program at 410-352-3234, your local police department or 911 to report the bat, so that it can be handled appropriately.
Bats have small teeth, and officials say its not always possible to know if you've been bitten, for instance if you wake up and find a bat in the room, if a bat is found in a room with an unattended child, if a bat is found near a person with disabilities, or if a bat is found near a person who is intoxicated. Authorities are reminding residents that bats serve an important part in the environment, but if they enter a home, it could be a problem.
Contact the Nuisance Wildlife Hotline at 1-877-463-6497 for general information on safe exclusion of bats, or if you have one in your attic or another unoccupied area of your home. For more information about rabies, visit the Worcester County Health Department's website.
WMDT.COM
POCOMOKE, Md. - A bat that was found last week in Worcester County, has tested positive for rabies.
The Worcester County Health Department say a bat found on Third Street in Pocomoke on June 23rd, was rabid. The bat was found by a resident, who then reported it to authorities. The bat was sent for testing on June 26th, and results were returned on Monday, which showed it was positive for rabies. Officials are asking anyone who had contact with the bat, to contact the Worcester County Health Department at 410-632-1100, extension 1220.
This was the first dead bat available for testing, and is the first rabid one this year. Anyone who finds a bat on the ground or somewhere else it isn't normally, particularly in the day time, is reminded by health officials to no touch it, and keep pets, and people, especially children, away from it. If possible, Officials say you should cover the animal with a bucket or box, and contact the law enforcement, or animal control to have it removed.
Rabies is a disease that is spread through saliva, bites, or scratches from an infected animal. Officials say a person who has been bitten or exposed to the disease, can prevent it though proper treatment. If a bat gets inside of your home, authorities ask that you close it in one room, and contact the Worcester County Environmental Health program at 410-352-3234, your local police department or 911 to report the bat, so that it can be handled appropriately.
Bats have small teeth, and officials say its not always possible to know if you've been bitten, for instance if you wake up and find a bat in the room, if a bat is found in a room with an unattended child, if a bat is found near a person with disabilities, or if a bat is found near a person who is intoxicated. Authorities are reminding residents that bats serve an important part in the environment, but if they enter a home, it could be a problem.
Contact the Nuisance Wildlife Hotline at 1-877-463-6497 for general information on safe exclusion of bats, or if you have one in your attic or another unoccupied area of your home. For more information about rabies, visit the Worcester County Health Department's website.
WMDT.COM
"We Are Not For Sale" Delegate McDermott REflects on June Primary
“We Are Not For
Sale!”
by
Delegate Mike McDermott
I
want to thank you for your support: your prayers, your time, your
donations, and the confidence of your vote. Tuesday marked the beginning of
a turnaround for District 38 here on the lower shore. Although the turnout
for the Primary was low, the final tally has given us all a reason to be
very hopeful moving forward.
We were able to surpass our opponent in the vote count by 1200
votes in a district that was carved up, Gerrymandered, and tailor made just
for him! These results have gone unreported by the local media.
The bottom line: our citizens are tired of politicians. They want
folks who mirror their values and who are not afraid to stand up and speak
out in Annapolis.
I
have stressed how I view the 2014 election as being critical for Maryland.
There is an opportunity for us to see significant change in how our state
conducts the business of the people; and, when it comes to the lower shore,
we should be encouraged by these results.
I
ask you to thoughtfully consider how you can help secure a better future in
Maryland for your children’s children. We must take back the
districts that we can from these big government politicians whose success
can be measured by the 80-plus tax and fee increases over the past 8-years.
Those who have grown government by laying the burden on the backs of our
grandchildren must be removed from office.
Maryland now has the dubious distinction of being the worst state
in our country (#50) when it comes to economic growth. We have heard the
O’Malley-Brown administration and Senator Jim Mathias proclaim to us,
“jobs, jobs, jobs!” as their top priority. I have heard this
from their lips at every forum and meeting we have attended for the past 8
years. Yet, while surrounding states have turned to the private sector and
prospered, the O’Malley-Mathias team continue to believe that
government holds the answers.
One would think that when this bunch stumbled upon their own
breadcrumbs they would admit they did not have a clue how to lead us out of
the mess they have created with their policies and legislation. It is clear
that they do not know the way home.
Ronald Reagan could not have stated it better for Maryland when he
proclaimed, "In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our
problem; government is the problem."
I
look forward to your help in the coming months. We have a terrific slate of
General Assembly candidates for our District 38 Delegate seats:
Delegate Charles Otto (38-A Somerset & Worcester),
Mayor Carl Anderton (38-B Wicomico) *current mayor of Delmar,
and,
Mary Beth Carroza (38-C Wicomico & Worcester) *Eastern shore
Rep. in the Ehrlich Administration, faithful public servant, and no
stranger to local campaigns.
We are united in our conservative views of government and our
strong desire to return common sense to the decision making process in
Annapolis. Your help in the coming months will insure that we move forward
in victory and carry your message back to Annapolis.
-
Continue to pray;
-
place signs and bumper stickers;
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talk to your family, friends, and neighbors; and,
-
donate what you can to our campaigns.
The O’Malley-Brown administration, Senate President Mike
Miller, and the liberal special interest crowd believe they can buy our
Senate seat. Let’s make sure they know that our seat is not for
sale!
Sunday, June 29, 2014
TIME MACHINE ... 1995, 1902, 1930, 1909, 1955, 1891.
(Reader-friendly viewing of news archive/historical archive material)
September, 1995
The Index-Journal (Greenwood, S.C.)
(Excerpts)
ALBANY, GA. (AP) - The frustrated owner of the Albany Polecats slammed local fans and city officials when he announced that he's selling the minor league franchise.
(Owner Richard Holtzman...) wouldn't say who purchased the team, but the Daily Times in Salisbury, Md. reported today that the team was acquired by chicken magnate Frank Perdue and the Maryland Limited Baseball Partnership.
The team will relocate to Salisbury and become the Delmarva Shorebirds, a class A team, the newspaper said. The team has one year left with its contract with the Montreal Expos.
August, 1902
The Evening Times (Washington, D.C.)
"Sinner" Smack Breaks Up Religious Meeting
Pelted the Salvation Army Leaders With Coal, Stones, and Brickbacks
SNOW HILL, MD., AUG. 8. - John Smack, alias "Sinner" Smack, of Berlin, is in Snow Hill jail for disturbing the meeting of a revival brigade of the Salvation Army, under Adjutant Kemp, of Philadelphia, in Berlin. The services were being conducted in a large tent, and as it was a very warm night, the upper flaps were rolled back immediately over Adjutant Kemp and his assistants, three of whom were women. Suddenly shouts went up from outside and simultaneously bricks, coal and heavy railroad spikes came as from the sky and fell about the heads and shoulders of the leaders of the meeting and many of the congregation, who were gathered close to the members of the Salvation brigade.
March, 1930
Salisbury Times
Motordom's Latest Creations Will Be Sensational Feature Of Auto Show This Week
Peninsula Wide Interest Being Manifested In Five Day Showing
MORE VARIETY THAN IN OTHER EXHIBITS
Five Pleasure Cars Are Being Shown For First Time, All Models Improved
Salisbury's great 1930 automobile show, in which intense interest is being manifested up and down the shore, opens at the First Regiment Armory Tuesday and continues for the remainder of the week until Saturday mid- night.
A description of the 1930 exhibition of motordom's latest creations may justifiably command more superlatives than ever before.
In many ways it will excell any of its predecessors. It will be larger, contain a more diversified exhibit and more interesting displays. In fact, the show this year, has been made an Eastern Shore event.
Five new cars, three of which have but recently been put upon the market, will make a debut at the local auto show. The front drive Cord, the Roosevelt straight-eight and the De Sota are of recent manufacture and with the Mormon and the Auburn will share interest with the old established cars.
Twenty-one makes of pleasure cars will be displayed by nearly as many dealers and distributors. There will be thirty-two car exhibits on the first floor of'the huge armory.
Six commercial types of motor trucks will be exhibited in connection with the show on the Armory plaza, South Division street and Circle avenue.
Even the motor cars of the types in popular daily use will appear at the show in very latest models, improved in appearance and traction efficiency. Some of the types to be shown have not yet been displayed in the sales- rooms.
There is probably a greater change in the latest models of popular automobiles than in any one season of the past. Some makes have been changed to eight-cylinder models exclusively, others have added an eight- cylinder line to current types. But every motor car on the market has been changed within recent weeks to better meet the demand of the motoring public for beauty of design, comfort, speed and efficiency.
These changes will be a sensational feature of the local show next week. Each exhibit will have an expert custodian to explain and illustrate the numerous improvements. |
Strickland's orchestra, famous Washington musical organization, will play at the show each evening beginning at 7 o'clock. The interior of the armory will be tastefully decorated. The auditorium will be converted into a proper setting for the elaborate displays of cars.
The automobile dealers and the three Salisbury newspapers are sponsoring the show this year on a co-operative basis.
Tickets for five days of the show may be procured from members of the East Side fire company or independent sellers. Tickets for a single night may be obtained at the box office of the armory.
March, 1909
The Washington Post
Crisfield Cuts Out Phones
Special to The Washington Post
Crisfield, Md., March 25. - Because the Pocomoke Telephone Company, which was recently acquired by the Diamond State Telephone Company, has established higher rates, at the end of the present contract, about 90 percent of the subscribers at a mass meeting last night decided to have the service discontinued.
July, 1955 (Time Machine Archive)
After five months under construction Pocomoke City's new J.J. Newberry Store was set to open at the northeast corner of Market and Second Streets where the old Wilson Hotel once stood. The new store would feature 40 major departments as well as a lunch counter, and a half-mile of air conditioned selling and display space with slim-line florescent lighting and incandescent spotlights. The new Pocomoke Newberry's would be five times larger than its' old store located on the west side of Market Street and would have about 40 employees.
July, 1891
(Peninsula Enterprise- Accomac Court House)
The Fourth of July is to be celebrated at Mappsville, this year, in a manner worthy of the occasion. The programme recalling its glorious memories is to be an elaborate one and if not faultlessly rendered, the people of the town and vicinity having the matter in charge, will not be at fault for lack of interest in its success. Every demonstration, which patriotic impulses have suggested, will be brought into requisition, so far as practicable, with the resources at their command, and no thought save that, of our Country, will be allowed an expression among those participating whatever their diversity of opinions in other respects. The past and its glorious memories, not the present and living issues invite all who can to attend and every word or deed likely to mar the recollection of the glorious day has been jealously guarded against and will have the condemnation it merits on the occasion. To that end addresses alone have been invited which will reflect the patriotic sentiments of out forefathers and readings will only be permitted which breathe the spirit of liberty which the Fourth recalls. Everything, from the display of our nation's emblem in the light of the early morn to the exercises of the day, which close with fireworks and illuminations, will be intended only to honor our nation's birthday — and to such a feast all the citizens of the Eastern Shore whatever their condition or creed or politics are invited.
Do you have a local memory to share with PPE readers.. such as a big snow storm, a favorite school teacher, a local happening, something of interest your parents or grandparents told you about? It can be just a line or two, or more if you wish. Send to tkforppe@yahoo.com and watch for it on a future TIME MACHINE posting!
Flying on for JMMB
September, 1995
The Index-Journal (Greenwood, S.C.)
(Excerpts)
ALBANY, GA. (AP) - The frustrated owner of the Albany Polecats slammed local fans and city officials when he announced that he's selling the minor league franchise.
(Owner Richard Holtzman...) wouldn't say who purchased the team, but the Daily Times in Salisbury, Md. reported today that the team was acquired by chicken magnate Frank Perdue and the Maryland Limited Baseball Partnership.
The team will relocate to Salisbury and become the Delmarva Shorebirds, a class A team, the newspaper said. The team has one year left with its contract with the Montreal Expos.
August, 1902
The Evening Times (Washington, D.C.)
"Sinner" Smack Breaks Up Religious Meeting
Pelted the Salvation Army Leaders With Coal, Stones, and Brickbacks
SNOW HILL, MD., AUG. 8. - John Smack, alias "Sinner" Smack, of Berlin, is in Snow Hill jail for disturbing the meeting of a revival brigade of the Salvation Army, under Adjutant Kemp, of Philadelphia, in Berlin. The services were being conducted in a large tent, and as it was a very warm night, the upper flaps were rolled back immediately over Adjutant Kemp and his assistants, three of whom were women. Suddenly shouts went up from outside and simultaneously bricks, coal and heavy railroad spikes came as from the sky and fell about the heads and shoulders of the leaders of the meeting and many of the congregation, who were gathered close to the members of the Salvation brigade.
March, 1930
Salisbury Times
Motordom's Latest Creations Will Be Sensational Feature Of Auto Show This Week
Peninsula Wide Interest Being Manifested In Five Day Showing
MORE VARIETY THAN IN OTHER EXHIBITS
Five Pleasure Cars Are Being Shown For First Time, All Models Improved
Salisbury's great 1930 automobile show, in which intense interest is being manifested up and down the shore, opens at the First Regiment Armory Tuesday and continues for the remainder of the week until Saturday mid- night.
A description of the 1930 exhibition of motordom's latest creations may justifiably command more superlatives than ever before.
In many ways it will excell any of its predecessors. It will be larger, contain a more diversified exhibit and more interesting displays. In fact, the show this year, has been made an Eastern Shore event.
Five new cars, three of which have but recently been put upon the market, will make a debut at the local auto show. The front drive Cord, the Roosevelt straight-eight and the De Sota are of recent manufacture and with the Mormon and the Auburn will share interest with the old established cars.
Twenty-one makes of pleasure cars will be displayed by nearly as many dealers and distributors. There will be thirty-two car exhibits on the first floor of'the huge armory.
Six commercial types of motor trucks will be exhibited in connection with the show on the Armory plaza, South Division street and Circle avenue.
Even the motor cars of the types in popular daily use will appear at the show in very latest models, improved in appearance and traction efficiency. Some of the types to be shown have not yet been displayed in the sales- rooms.
There is probably a greater change in the latest models of popular automobiles than in any one season of the past. Some makes have been changed to eight-cylinder models exclusively, others have added an eight- cylinder line to current types. But every motor car on the market has been changed within recent weeks to better meet the demand of the motoring public for beauty of design, comfort, speed and efficiency.
These changes will be a sensational feature of the local show next week. Each exhibit will have an expert custodian to explain and illustrate the numerous improvements. |
Strickland's orchestra, famous Washington musical organization, will play at the show each evening beginning at 7 o'clock. The interior of the armory will be tastefully decorated. The auditorium will be converted into a proper setting for the elaborate displays of cars.
The automobile dealers and the three Salisbury newspapers are sponsoring the show this year on a co-operative basis.
Tickets for five days of the show may be procured from members of the East Side fire company or independent sellers. Tickets for a single night may be obtained at the box office of the armory.
March, 1909
The Washington Post
Crisfield Cuts Out Phones
Special to The Washington Post
Crisfield, Md., March 25. - Because the Pocomoke Telephone Company, which was recently acquired by the Diamond State Telephone Company, has established higher rates, at the end of the present contract, about 90 percent of the subscribers at a mass meeting last night decided to have the service discontinued.
July, 1955 (Time Machine Archive)
After five months under construction Pocomoke City's new J.J. Newberry Store was set to open at the northeast corner of Market and Second Streets where the old Wilson Hotel once stood. The new store would feature 40 major departments as well as a lunch counter, and a half-mile of air conditioned selling and display space with slim-line florescent lighting and incandescent spotlights. The new Pocomoke Newberry's would be five times larger than its' old store located on the west side of Market Street and would have about 40 employees.
July, 1891
(Peninsula Enterprise- Accomac Court House)
The Fourth of July is to be celebrated at Mappsville, this year, in a manner worthy of the occasion. The programme recalling its glorious memories is to be an elaborate one and if not faultlessly rendered, the people of the town and vicinity having the matter in charge, will not be at fault for lack of interest in its success. Every demonstration, which patriotic impulses have suggested, will be brought into requisition, so far as practicable, with the resources at their command, and no thought save that, of our Country, will be allowed an expression among those participating whatever their diversity of opinions in other respects. The past and its glorious memories, not the present and living issues invite all who can to attend and every word or deed likely to mar the recollection of the glorious day has been jealously guarded against and will have the condemnation it merits on the occasion. To that end addresses alone have been invited which will reflect the patriotic sentiments of out forefathers and readings will only be permitted which breathe the spirit of liberty which the Fourth recalls. Everything, from the display of our nation's emblem in the light of the early morn to the exercises of the day, which close with fireworks and illuminations, will be intended only to honor our nation's birthday — and to such a feast all the citizens of the Eastern Shore whatever their condition or creed or politics are invited.
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Saturday, June 28, 2014
TIME MACHINE ...This Sunday's Preview
1995.. Albany Polecats to become Delmarva Shorebirds; 1902.. "Sinner" Smack breaks up Berlin religious meeting; 1930.. Salisbury auto show generates intense interest on Eastern Shore; 1909.. Dispute prompts most Crisfield telephone subscribers to favor dropping their phone service; 1955.. Pocomoke City's new J.J. Newberry store to open; 1891.. Mappsville to host elaborate Fourth Of July celebration.
Although you may not find all of these items in a history book, they are a part of our local history and you can read more about it this Sunday right here at The Pocomoke Public Eye!
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Friday, June 27, 2014
Andy Harris, M.D. MEMBER OF CONGRESS
Hope your summer is off to a great start! I also hope you’ll pencil in the following event on your busy calendar. My office will host a Weather-Emergency Preparedness Event at Stephen Decatur Middle School in Berlin, Md., on Monday, July 14. The event will be held from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m. and is free and open to the public.
Representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), the Maryland Emergency Management Agency (MEMA), the Lower Shore counties, the Red Cross, and Delmarva Power will be on hand to provide information and to answer questions about preparation for and recovery after a severe weather-related event, including floods and coastal storm surges from tropical storms and hurricanes.
The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June 1 to November 30, with the peak occurring between mid-August and late October. Most of Maryland’s First District is on the coast, and I want its residents to be fully prepared for the damage that can come from heavy rains and wind, or, God forbid, a hurricane.
If you would like to RSVP for the event, please click here or contact my Salisbury District Office at 443-944-8624.
Thank you for your continued energy and enthusiasm, as reflected in your letters and Facebook posts. If you haven’t already, LIKE my Facebook page and subscribe to my e-newsletter to stay updated on what I’m doing in Washington. You can also follow me on Twitter @RepAndyHarrisMD.
It is an honor to serve you in Congress!
Sincerely,
Andy Harris, M.D.
MEMBER OF CONGRESS
Thursday, June 26, 2014
Pocomoke solar project unveiled
The city's mayor and council members joined officials from Standard Solar LLC and Sun Edison Company to mark the start of a solar electric generation plant on a Dunn Swamp Road site owned by the city. The project, expected to be the largest municipally owned solar system in Maryland, will include 6,200 solar panels producing 2.1 megawatts of electricity a day.
"It's unbelievable that Pocomoke City is finally starting to go green," Mayor Bruce Morrison said. "It's been a long time coming."
He said the project came about through talks with Bill Badger, Worcester County's economic development director, who connected town officials with Standard Solar, the same company that handled the solar project at Perdue headquarters in Salisbury.
Rob Busler from Standard Solar said his company had similar partnerships underway with towns and businesses throughout the state. Pocomoke City has entered into a 20 year Purchase Power Agreement with Sun Edison, which will own the solar panels. Standard Solar will handle the construction and maintenance of the panels, which will be surrounded by a fence.
Morrison said there would be no cost to Pocomoke for the construction, operation or maintenance of the solar array.
"This is an awesome project that's going to turn into something great for the community," he said.
READ MORE [HERE] @ DELMARVANOW.COM
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Get ready for Pocomoketoberfest 2014! Bigger and better than ever!
Artists are wanted for the juried art show, top prize $200 in each category. See www.Pocomoketoberfest.com
Monday, June 23, 2014
TCC Culture of Good School Rocks Backpack Giveaway Press Release
For Immediate Release
The Cellular Connection to host second annual
backpack giveaway benefiting thousands of schoolchildren
Nation’s largest Verizon Premium
Wireless Retailer donating 100,000 backpacks full of school supplies to school-aged
children across the U.S.
Pocomoke, MD (June
21, 2014) – Residents in Pocomoke
are about to benefit from a national backpack giveaway campaign. The Cellular Connection,
the largest Verizon Premium Wireless Retailer in the U.S., in a joint effort
with its customers, announces today that it will be donating 100,000 backpacks
full of school supplies to children through its School Rocks Backpack Giveaway.
Last year, the company donated 60,000 backpacks.
More
than 350 participating TCC stores across the U.S. are inviting local families
to bring their children to the store between noon and 2 p.m. on Aug. 2 to pick
up a backpack filled with pencils, paper, a pencil box, folders, glue and more.
One backpack per child present will be given away on a first-come, first-served
basis while supplies last. The participating store in Pocomoke is located at 2146
Old Snow Hill Rd, in East Towne Plaza. Each participating TCC store will donate
between 75 and 300 backpacks. All leftover backpacks will be donated to local
schools.
“The
backpack giveaway is a huge part of TCC’s ‘Culture of Good’ movement that’s all
about making a positive impact on employees while benefitting the world,” said
Scott Moorehead, president and CEO of TCC. “It’s how our company gives back to
every community where we do business, and it involves every employee at every
level. We’re honored to have the ability to give back to those who need it.”
Local
residents have also joined the cause. Since the beginning of March, TCC
customers have been given the option to round their purchases up to the nearest
dollar with the difference going directly toward the School Rocks Backpack
Giveaway.
In
2013, the National Retail Federation predicted the average person with children
in grades K-12 would spend $86 on school supplies such as notebooks, pencils
and backpacks. On top of that, nearly 16 million children in the U.S. live in poverty.
TCC is doing its part to ensure that as many children as possible are set up
for educational success.
To
learn more about TCC, visit www.ecellularconnection.com.
Consumers can also find more information about the company at http://www.facebook.com/
More
information about the School Rocks Backpack Giveaway initiative is available on
YouTube.
Supporters of the School Rocks Backpack Giveaway are encouraged to use hashtag
#TCCRocks on Instagram and Twitter to help spread the word.
Learn
more about TCC’s “Culture of Good” by visiting www.cultureofgood.com.
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About
TCC
TCC is
the largest Verizon Premium Wireless Retailer in the U.S. with more than 900 locations
across 28 states. Founded in Marion,
Ind., in 1991 by Steve and
Phyllis Moorehead, TCC owes its success to its ability to hire top-notch
professionals who understand the meaning of customer service. For media
inquiries, contact Megan Lawler at 317.202.2280 XT. 13 or email her at megan@dittoepr.com. To learn more about
TCC or to find a location near you, visit http://www.
Sunday, June 22, 2014
TIME MACHINE ... 1996, 1920, 1955, 1912, 1917, 1901.
(Reader-friendly viewing of news archive/historical archive material)
MAY, 1996
Gettysburg Times (Gettysburg, Pa.)
(Excerpt)
Delmarva Peninsula Suffers Blackout
DOVER, Del. (AP) - Equipment trouble at a power substation caused a blackout in three states Tuesday, affecting 290,000 customers on the Delmarva Peninsula, snarling traffic and forcing some businesses, schools, and a nuclear reactor to shut down.
Customers in central and southern Delaware, and on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia lost power at 10:12 a.m. when 16 high-voltage circuit breakers at Delmarva Power & Light Co.'s Keeney substation tripped simultaneously.
Crews were replacing some components at the sub-station south of Newark at the time of the outage, said Howard E. Cosgrove, Delmarva Power's chief executive officer.
Company officials said power was restored to all customers by 6 p.m. Tuesday.
The blackout caused grocery stores and shopping malls to close, costing businesses thousands of dollars. Some schools closed early, and police were dispatched to major intersections to control traffic jams caused by inoperative signals.
Footnote: Where were you on Tuesday, May 14, 1996 when the power went out on Delmarva? I recall being with several co-workers attending a computer class in Salisbury. The instructor was commenting on her week so far, and just as she was referencing and motioning with her hands that "Everything has been going wrong..................." the lights went out and the computers went dead. After about a half-hour or so wait the class was cancelled. -tk
August, 1920
The Washington Herald (Washington, D.C.)
POTATO LANDS
PROMISE WELL
Somerset County, Maryland, Boomed as Future
Leader.
New Church. Va.. Aug.9.- Somerset County, Md., promises to he
one of the richest potato fields in the United States.
During the past month one real estate firm has sold twenty-five
farms, totaling 5.000 acres, in that section to prospective potato farmers.
Many of the buyers are coming from nearby Virginia territory.
Somerset County farmers this year obtained as high as seventy-five barrels of potatoes to the acre. The best potato land extends through the Dublin, Westover, Fairmont, East and West Princess Anne and Mount Vernon districts.
Some of the land sells for as high as $500 an acre, exclusive of
buildings.
June, 1955
Annapolis Capital
Eastern Shore Newspaper Marks 75th Anniversary
POCOMOKE CITY (AP)- The Worcester Democrat and Ledger Enterprise today published a 72-page edition celebrating its 75th anniverary.
It bore greetings from President Eisenhower and Governor McKeldon on the front page. The President said the freedom and independence of the press Is an essential of American democracy.
Columns of type and 109 pictures retold Worcester County's history from 1688 to the present. Capt. John Smith's map of the territory in colonial times was matched with a recent aerial photograph.
The paper was founded in 1880 by Willisam D. Clarke and in 1922 it was taken over by Dr. Edward J. Clarke, a cousin, when he retired from the faculty at Washington College.
The latter Clarke edited it for 33 years until has death at 92 in February of 1953.
The paper now is owned by Elmer M. Jackson, Jr., vice president and general manager of the Speer publications at Annapolis, Glen Burnie, Brooklyn, Waldorf and Leonardtown. Miss Alice R. Young is editor of the Democrat and O.J. Shively, vice-president and general manager, supervised production of the anniversary issue.
November, 1912
The Times-Dispatch (Richmond, Va.)
An ox roast was held at Greenbackville Saturday in celebration of the Democratic victory. There was a parade at 3 o'clock, headed by a donkey, which attracted much attention. There were several floats. One hundred school children, carrying American and Virginia flags, were in the line. They sang "America," "Dixie," "Bonnie Blue Flag" and "Maryland My Maryland." Addresses were made by Alfred Price Dennis, PH. D. D. of Pocomoke City, and Henry Conant (spelling?) of Chincoteague.
January, 1917 (Time Machine Archive)
(Chester Times- Chester, Pa.)
(Excerpts)
There will be great activity in the Remington Arm's Company's plant from now on until the contract for Enfield rifles is completed.
New Arrivals
Among the new arrivals are Arthur Brittingham, Claude Brittingham, John Brittingham, and Herbert Ross from Pocomoke City, Maryland. They were lucky in securing a boarding place at Ivers House.
On being asked if there were any young men remaining in Pocomoke City, they replied that all the young men were leaving and coming to Eddystone, attracted by the higher wages being paid in the plants in the borough. They said the pay for men in their hometown ranged from a dollar a day to a dollar and a half. That a cook's wages were two dollars a week, and board ranged from four and a half to five dollars a week.
October, 1901
(The Daily News- Marshall, Mich.)
The first license for a female pilot issued by the Baltimore board of steamboat inspectors was given to Miss Carrie B. Hunter of Snow Hill, Md. Miss Hunter's father owns a small steam yacht, and her license entitles her to navigate vessels of that type on Pocomoke sound, river, and tributaries. Miss Hunter is the second woman on the Atlantic coast to receive a pilot's license.
Do you have a local memory to share with PPE readers.. such as a big snow storm, a favorite school teacher, a local happening, something of interest your parents or grandparents told you about? It can be just a line or two, or more if you wish. Send to tkforppe@yahoo.com and watch for it on a future TIME MACHINE posting!
Flying on for JMMB
MAY, 1996
Gettysburg Times (Gettysburg, Pa.)
(Excerpt)
Delmarva Peninsula Suffers Blackout
DOVER, Del. (AP) - Equipment trouble at a power substation caused a blackout in three states Tuesday, affecting 290,000 customers on the Delmarva Peninsula, snarling traffic and forcing some businesses, schools, and a nuclear reactor to shut down.
Customers in central and southern Delaware, and on the Eastern Shore of Maryland and Virginia lost power at 10:12 a.m. when 16 high-voltage circuit breakers at Delmarva Power & Light Co.'s Keeney substation tripped simultaneously.
Crews were replacing some components at the sub-station south of Newark at the time of the outage, said Howard E. Cosgrove, Delmarva Power's chief executive officer.
Company officials said power was restored to all customers by 6 p.m. Tuesday.
The blackout caused grocery stores and shopping malls to close, costing businesses thousands of dollars. Some schools closed early, and police were dispatched to major intersections to control traffic jams caused by inoperative signals.
Footnote: Where were you on Tuesday, May 14, 1996 when the power went out on Delmarva? I recall being with several co-workers attending a computer class in Salisbury. The instructor was commenting on her week so far, and just as she was referencing and motioning with her hands that "Everything has been going wrong..................." the lights went out and the computers went dead. After about a half-hour or so wait the class was cancelled. -tk
August, 1920
The Washington Herald (Washington, D.C.)
POTATO LANDS
PROMISE WELL
Somerset County, Maryland, Boomed as Future
Leader.
New Church. Va.. Aug.9.- Somerset County, Md., promises to he
one of the richest potato fields in the United States.
During the past month one real estate firm has sold twenty-five
farms, totaling 5.000 acres, in that section to prospective potato farmers.
Many of the buyers are coming from nearby Virginia territory.
Somerset County farmers this year obtained as high as seventy-five barrels of potatoes to the acre. The best potato land extends through the Dublin, Westover, Fairmont, East and West Princess Anne and Mount Vernon districts.
Some of the land sells for as high as $500 an acre, exclusive of
buildings.
June, 1955
Annapolis Capital
Eastern Shore Newspaper Marks 75th Anniversary
POCOMOKE CITY (AP)- The Worcester Democrat and Ledger Enterprise today published a 72-page edition celebrating its 75th anniverary.
It bore greetings from President Eisenhower and Governor McKeldon on the front page. The President said the freedom and independence of the press Is an essential of American democracy.
Columns of type and 109 pictures retold Worcester County's history from 1688 to the present. Capt. John Smith's map of the territory in colonial times was matched with a recent aerial photograph.
The paper was founded in 1880 by Willisam D. Clarke and in 1922 it was taken over by Dr. Edward J. Clarke, a cousin, when he retired from the faculty at Washington College.
The latter Clarke edited it for 33 years until has death at 92 in February of 1953.
The paper now is owned by Elmer M. Jackson, Jr., vice president and general manager of the Speer publications at Annapolis, Glen Burnie, Brooklyn, Waldorf and Leonardtown. Miss Alice R. Young is editor of the Democrat and O.J. Shively, vice-president and general manager, supervised production of the anniversary issue.
November, 1912
The Times-Dispatch (Richmond, Va.)
An ox roast was held at Greenbackville Saturday in celebration of the Democratic victory. There was a parade at 3 o'clock, headed by a donkey, which attracted much attention. There were several floats. One hundred school children, carrying American and Virginia flags, were in the line. They sang "America," "Dixie," "Bonnie Blue Flag" and "Maryland My Maryland." Addresses were made by Alfred Price Dennis, PH. D. D. of Pocomoke City, and Henry Conant (spelling?) of Chincoteague.
January, 1917 (Time Machine Archive)
(Chester Times- Chester, Pa.)
(Excerpts)
There will be great activity in the Remington Arm's Company's plant from now on until the contract for Enfield rifles is completed.
New Arrivals
Among the new arrivals are Arthur Brittingham, Claude Brittingham, John Brittingham, and Herbert Ross from Pocomoke City, Maryland. They were lucky in securing a boarding place at Ivers House.
On being asked if there were any young men remaining in Pocomoke City, they replied that all the young men were leaving and coming to Eddystone, attracted by the higher wages being paid in the plants in the borough. They said the pay for men in their hometown ranged from a dollar a day to a dollar and a half. That a cook's wages were two dollars a week, and board ranged from four and a half to five dollars a week.
October, 1901
(The Daily News- Marshall, Mich.)
The first license for a female pilot issued by the Baltimore board of steamboat inspectors was given to Miss Carrie B. Hunter of Snow Hill, Md. Miss Hunter's father owns a small steam yacht, and her license entitles her to navigate vessels of that type on Pocomoke sound, river, and tributaries. Miss Hunter is the second woman on the Atlantic coast to receive a pilot's license.
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