This Sunday here at The Pocomoke Public Eye:
1993 ..
1985 .. On Smith Island-
1910 ..
1881 ..
Friday, September 11, 2020
Thursday, September 10, 2020
Monday, September 7, 2020
Getting the News
Decisions, decisions. Where do I turn for News?
I'm FOX NEWS.. viewing the broad horizon through a keyhole. I'm the money-making machine that thrives by telling folks what they want to hear. No, no, no we don't bend toward conservative agendas or cater to unspoken or spoken prejudices. We're Fair And Balanced.
I'm CNN.. and folks use the horrible word Liberal to describe me. Folks say my reporters, anchors, and writers conspire to slant and make up news to fit their Liberal views. Ouch! We were under the illusion we were exercising our freedom of the press in an unbiased effort to inform the public. We asked the President for his evaluation.
Sunday, September 6, 2020
Time Machine: 1952, 1925, 1902, 1950, 1962, 1977.
April, 1952
Salisbury Times
(PPE Reader comment)Mayor George Matthews was a real piece of work. He owned the Pure Oil distributorship down on Railroad Avenue, known as Matthews Oil Company. He had hired George Mariner to help and Mariner turned out to be such a big help that Matthews didn't have to do anything. George Matthews would put in an appearance about 9:30 or 10:00 in the morning, open his personal mail, then spend the rest of the day at the pool hall downtown. After his passing George Mariner assumed ownership of the business, changed the name to Mariner Oil Company, and ran it successfully until his death when David and Patsy Mears bought the business from George's widow.
November, 1952
Salisbury Times
August, 1925
Worcester Democrat
February, 1902
Baltimore Sun
May, 1950
Salisbury Times
1962 .. Popular Pocomoke City physician C. Stanford Hamilton was one of three fatalities when the car in which he was a passenger, returning from a Baltimore Colts game, crashed on Route 50.
(Dr. Hamilton came to Pocomoke City in the mid 1950's to assume the practice of Dr. Louis Llewellyn who was leaving to return to North Carolina. In later years Dr. Llewellyn's son Doug gained notoriety as the host of the popular TV program People's Court. Dr. Hamilton's daughter Linda, who was a young child at the time of his death, is accomplished Hollywood actress Linda Hamilton.) -tk
1977 .. New on the computer scene.. it's the Apple II.
The Time Machine is a weekly feature I've enjoyed researching and compiling on The Pocomoke Public Eye since 2011. I have fond memories of growing up in Pocomoke City and welcome reader contributions we can share about things you've read, remember, or were told relating to our Pocomoke/Eastern shore area...a sentence, a paragraph, or more all fine. Just email it.
Saturday, September 5, 2020
Friday, September 4, 2020
Time Machine Preview
This Sunday here at The Pocomoke Public Eye:
1952 .. Ground is broken for the new housing project to be known as Pocomoke Heights where new homes will sell for $7,500 with $44 a month mortgage payments.
1925 .. Back to school schedule announced for Worcester County with older students starting later and fewer days in attendance required for them for the year.
1902 .. Worcester County waterways have been frozen over for almost two weeks.
1950 .. Over 1,500 see stock car racing at The Pocomoke Fairgrounds (results).
1952 .. Ground is broken for the new housing project to be known as Pocomoke Heights where new homes will sell for $7,500 with $44 a month mortgage payments.
1925 .. Back to school schedule announced for Worcester County with older students starting later and fewer days in attendance required for them for the year.
1902 .. Worcester County waterways have been frozen over for almost two weeks.
1950 .. Over 1,500 see stock car racing at The Pocomoke Fairgrounds (results).
Tuesday, September 1, 2020
TidalHealth is new group name.
The former Peninsula Regional Health System today
announced its new name: TidalHealth.
Read more:
https://www.mytidalhealth.org/news/we-are-tidalhealth
Sunday, August 30, 2020
Time Machine: 1942, 2010, 1939, 1917.
August, 1942
Worcester Democrat
(The above is a cut of the school building at Stockton which reveals a very attractive educational plant and one which up to the close of the 1941-42 session included a high school department; but owing to a shortage in enrollment, this will be discontinued and the pupils will be transported to Snow Hill and Pocomoke. Prof. G. Ewell Dryden was for many years principal at Stockton, but he is now enlisted in the service of his country in an effort to win this war.) Note "Clarke Photo" notation in lower left-hand corner of the picture. J. Dawson Clarke was a professional photographer during this era in addition to his association with the Marva Theater. In later years he also operated the WBOC Pocomoke radio studio on Willow Street and was Pocomoke City's longtime mayor.
May, 2010
Daily Times (Salisbury)
December, 1939
The Morning News (Wilmington)
October, 1917
The Evening Journal (Wilmington)
1952 .. New homes at Pocomoke Heights are nearing completion.
(more on Pocomoke Heights next Sunday)
1969 .. Gas is costing around 35-cents a gallon.
The Time Machine is a weekly feature I've enjoyed researching and compiling on The Pocomoke Public Eye since 2011. I have fond memories of growing up in Pocomoke City and welcome reader contributions we can share about things you've read, remember, or were told relating to our Pocomoke/Eastern shore area...a sentence, a paragraph, or more all fine. Just email it.
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