Friday, January 31, 2020

Super Bowl Winners By Year

Time Machine Preview

This Sunday here at The Pocomoke Public Eye..

1897..  The young ladies of Stockton are giving their final Leap Year dance.

1954..  Feldman Brothers is opening their new Pocomoke furniture store on Front Street. 

1998..  The fire fighting history of Smith Island, going back to the days of the bucket brigade, is recounted.

ACROSS THE USA
1993..  A letter left in the Oval Office desk from a defeated President for his victorious opponent- "Your success now is our country's success. I am routing hard for you." 

Sunday, January 26, 2020

In The Beginning..


(Article excerpt on boys basketball playoffs)




Time Machine: 1961, 2005, 1926, 1880.




November, 1961

Salisbury Times



March, 2005



 Baltimore Sun


December, 1926
                                                                 Worcester Democrat & Ledger Enterprise

February, 1880
                                                                  The Evening Star (Washington, D.C.)

                                                                                                               
                                                 


1950's ..  Twin Towers- a favorite gathering spot in Pocomoke City.


1979 ..   Ears are tuned in to the first Sony Walkman.


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.













Friday, January 24, 2020

Time Machine Preview

This Sunday here at The Pocomoke Public Eye..

1961..  The new "Pocomoke Thruway" is dedicated.

2005..  The passing at age 94 of a legendary Worcester County attorney.

1926..  (Ad) Phone 272 in Pocomoke for a trial order of the best grade cleanest coal.

1880..  A bizarre marriage in Somerset County that's creating quite a stir.

Sunday, January 19, 2020

TIME MACHINE: 1925, 1973, 2010, 1982.





October, 1925
Worcester Democrat


December, 1973
(Old postcards article)




 

 Daily Times (Salisbury)



May, 2010
Baltimore Sun



ACROSS THE USA
1982 




1959..  

Salisbury Times

1978..  A must see at the movies-




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.












Friday, January 17, 2020

Time Machine Preview

This Sunday here at The Pocomoke Public Eye..

1925..  Work has started on construction of guard rails on the State Road leading from the Pocomoke River Bridge through the swamp to higher ground on the Somerset side.

1973.. Postcard pictures from the early 1900's of three long vanished sites on the lower Eastern Shore.

2010..  The lower shore's political landscape (looking much different than today's).

ACROSS THE USA
1982..  (Ad) "Thinking Ahead For The 80's"- A 10 megabyte computer system.


Thursday, January 16, 2020

Heritage/History Grant For New Parksley Library


The new public library under construction in Parksley is receiving a $500,000 grant from the National Endowment For The Humanities.

View article:
https://shoredailynews.com/headlines/espl-heritage-center-receives-500k-grant/