Market Day In Old Pocomoke City

"Just after the turn of the century, when the automobile had not yet brought hurry into our lives, Saturday was market day in Pocomoke City."

This was the opening line of a 1962 article by Miss Alice R. Young of Pocomoke for the Baltimore Sun Magazine as she wrote of her recollections of an earlier era in Pocomoke City.

We'll have the full article on this Sunday's Time Machine here at The Pocomoke Public Eye.

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Remembering When..

(From the Eastern Shore of Virginia's WESR Radio/ShoreDailyNews.com)

2/20/17  SHORE GOOD NEWS: Modern Technology

By Linda Baylis Spence

Todays world is full of the latest and greatest technology where everything seems to be instant, from communication to fast food. It truly is a great time to be alive. I think about my grandparents and what they would say about all these newfangled (that's a word they would probably use) machines that allow us to have just about everything we want or need at our fingertips or at least delivered the very next day.

There are things, however, that this generation will never get to experience and it is actually kind of unfortunate for them. I grew up in the 70s and 80s and I remember when we had only three television channels. There was 3, 10 and 13. Shows like Happy Days, Andy Griffith and Leave It To Beaver, provided entertainment for all. Cartoons were only on Saturday mornings and nothing could beat getting your bowl of Captain Crunch or Fruit Loops and plopping down in front of the huge black and white console TV. watching the Coyote do everything he could to catch that Road Runner. I felt so sorry for that Coyote.

How about the Poloroid One Step camera? This camera was on both my sisters and my Christmas list. To think that with one touch of button, a picture would instantly slide out was magical. The only downside at the time was that each pack of film had 10 pictures and you had to be especially careful in choosing your photography subjects. If your finger accidently hit that button, there was a great feeling of loss when a blurry picture of the ceiling slid out and that was one less picture you could take of your cat. You can actually still buy these cameras but they are of course considered vintage now and can cost well over $100.

And then there is the now obsolete, dust collecting, set of Encyclopedias. Do you remember how many times we had to use them for school reports and homework? Todays kids dont have the luxury of hauling those heavy books and flipping the pages to find out all about Abraham Lincoln or Thomas Edison. Bless their hearts, now they have to google it all.

What about the excitement you felt when the Sears Christmas Catalog came in the mail? Talk about a thrilling day! I recall flipping through those pages folding the corners and circling all the things I just had to have. The possibilities were endless. It was the catalog of dreams. Somehow sitting in front of a computer scrolling simply doesn't have the same thrill.

Do you remember the Green Sheet? That was something else we looked forward to receiving with the newspaper each week. It included all the TV shows for the upcoming week, some puzzles, and the comics if I remember correctly. I loved looking at the Green Sheet.

My husband Terry, who grew up in in the 50's and 60's shared a memory of having the toy, Mr. Potato Head. I was not impressed until he said that you had to use your own potato. That's right! When he was a child the toy was only the facial pieces and arms and legs that you stuck into your own potato. Wow we really have come far.

The phone book, cassette tapes, walkmans, being chained to a landline phone and drinking straight from the water hose. These are all things todays generation will never get to experience. Locally, we enjoyed Saturdays at the Dream Roller Rink and who couldn't wait to get their license so that they could join the weekend cruizing at Four Corner Plaza? Yes those were the days.

So today's generation may have some really cool gadgets, and I have often wondered how I ever lived without my Iphone, but honestly, we had it good growing up in the 70s and 80s. It was a time when parents looked out for and disciplined everyone's children. A child would not even think of disrespecting an adult because we knew if our parents found out, we were gonna get it, and I am not talking about a time-out. We had more freedom because it wasn't quite as scary out there. We made our own adventures instead of living them through a video game. People actually talked to each other. Often face to face. Life was much simpler then and life was good. Don't get me wrong, I really do love the conveniences of today and I probably would not trade them, but growing up in the 70s and 80s has given me precious childhood memories that you simply couldn't buy-not even on Amazon.com.

TIME MACHINE: Way, Way Back!

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June, 2010

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The News Journal (Wilmington)

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Best Presidents Survey

Who have been the best past presidents?

C-SPAN has released its 2017 survey of presidential leadership showing rankings in overall performance and in 10 other categories.  Abraham Lincoln and George Washington were in the top two overall rankings.

See the full survey for all of our past presidents here:

http://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000015a-4d99-d5b6-a35f-ffff4eae0001

The Way We Were

Science traces Delmarva's climate history over time from periods of warmth to sub-zero almost tundra like conditions, and a geologic history of the Atlantic coastline being well west of what now is Delmarva to a time when the Delmarva coast extended some 80 miles farther east than at present.

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

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Benefit Tournament For Lt. Miles

TIME MACHINE: 1892, 1975, 1936, 1923, 2007.

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July, 1892

The Morning News (Wilmington)

December, 1975

The Daily Times

February, 1936

The Pantagraph (Bloomington, Ill.)

August, 1923

The News Journal (Wilmington)

Footnote:  There was stock car racing at the Pocomoke Fairgrounds track in the late 1940's and early 1950's.

ACROSS THE USA

July, 2007

The Ithaca Journal (Ithica, NY)

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A February Mission

What brought the Goodyear dirigible on a 1936 Eastern Shore mission, and with the possibility of army bombers to follow?

It's one of the Time Machine items this Sunday here at The Pocomoke Public Eye.

Worcester Sports Field Complex Studied

From The Dispatch, Ocean City

Study Finds No Market For Indoor Sports Arena, But Demand For Outdoor Field Complex

Feb 07,2017 by Charlene Sharpe

SNOW HILL – A study conducted by the Maryland Stadium Authority indicates that while there is a market for an outdoor sports field complex in Worcester County, there’s little demand for an arena or ice rink.

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https://www.mdcoastdispatch.com/2017/02/07/study-finds-no-market-for-indoor-sports-arena-but-demand-for-outdoor-field-complex/

TIME MACHINE: It's 2000 And Pocomoke City Is Looking Ahead.

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December, 2000

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  In this case, the highway is the Route 13 bypass, a four lane divided highway used by an average of 18,000 cars a day that pass the usual array of fast-food restaurants, car dealerships, gas stations, motels and strip shopping centers.

  Business leaders say the downtown district pretty much held its own through rapid development along the highway in the 1980's, but the opening three years ago of a 147,000-square-foot Wal-Mart accelerated the closing of shops downtown.

  "Free enterprise is free enterprise, and what it tells us is that we have to adapt if we're going to be successful," says Marc Scher, a third generation merchant whose family opened a downtown clothing store in 1933.  In recent years, Scher has switched focus, concentrating  on a bridal business that attracts clients from as far as Baltimore.

  "I don't think we'll ever see the era when downtown was a big retail center," Scher says.  You have to specialize if you are going to get people to come to you.  I just hate to see an empty store, whether its an office, retail or whatever.  You just want to see the lights on."

   The Baltimore Sun

 
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Local Honors For Vietnam Sacrifice

From OC Today

(Feb. 3, 2017) Barry Berger, the sole Ocean City native to be killed during the Vietnam conflict, will be honored with a memorial in front of City Hall after a request from a local veterans group was approved during the city council meeting on Jan. 17.

Nelson Kelly, Vietnam Veterans of America Ocean City Chapter 1091 president, who presented the proposal to the council, shared some background of the young man who put his own educational pursuits at American University on hold to serve his country, a decision for which he paid the ultimate price.

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http://www.oceancitytoday.net/p/oc-honors-only-native-son-killed-in-vietnam/1620855

TIME MACHINE: 1959 DISTRESS FOR LOWER SHORE BUT OPENING FOR A FUTURE GAIN.

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January, 1959

As a young Navy pilot former President George H.W. Bush was stationed at  the Chincoteague base for a few months in 1943.  As reported in various published accounts he flew low over an area of Crisfield where a circus had setup nearby and a frightened elephant broke away, in turn frightening nearby residents.  Reports were that Bush's low fly-over was an attempt to impress a young Crisfield woman he had met at a USO dance at Chincoteague.

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Close To Home Tie To Super Bowl

"Not only is Atlanta head coach Dan Quinn an alum of

Salisbury University, he is one of the more accomplished

athletes in Sea Gulls football history. Quinn was a four-year

starter from 1990-93 and two-year captain. He also ran track

and field, representing then-Salisbury State in the hammer

throw at the 1994 NCAA championships." 

Read more: https://www.pressboxonline.com/2017/01/25/falcons-head-coach-salisbury-alum-dan-quinn-makes-university-proud

Kids Event

TIME MACHINE: 1854, 1997, 1983.

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OCTOBER, 1854

Richmond Dispatch (Richmond, Va.)

March, 1997

The News Journal (Wilmington)

November, 1983

The Star Democrat (Easton)

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Upcoming Meeting

Submitted by Citizens For A Better Pocomoke 

 

               CITIZENS FOR A BETTER POCOMOKE

COME OUT AND JOIN US

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2017

7:00 PM

         POCOMOKE PUBLIC LIBRARY

        ALL ARE WELCOME!

         Topics to be discussed:

             Mayor & District 3 Election April 2017

        Efforts to Reduce Crime

City Clean Up

           Bring your ideas and topics!

Peaceful Transition Of Power

O U R   A M E R I C A N   W A Y !

TIME MACHINE: 1947 Pocomoke City.

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JUNE, 1947

Alertness And Enterprise In A Thriving Town

By FRANK HENRY

Sketches By Col. James P. Wharton,

USA (Retired)

 

 

Beverly, on the Pocomoke River some miles from Pocomoke City, home place of the Dennis family for 150 years.

Entrance to Pocomoke City on Rt. 13 is a drawbridge over the Pocomoke River, deep stream dyed dark brown by the cypress trees growing near it.

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