Time Machine : This Week In Pocomoke 100 years ago; 1999, 1849, 1942, 2003, plus local history author's TV segment about Pungoteague and American Theater.

                                                   

                       

                                               

             
                                      

                                         

                                               

                                               

                                                       

April, 1999

 (Curt Lippoldt points to the imposing Bethany United Methodist Church on Market Street in Pocomoke City.  Looking like a Greek or Roman temple, it is one building in town folks remember because of its size and design.  It was built in 1882 and survived several major fires in the community.)

Salisbury Daily Times

Pocomoke Public Eye footnote: The church was destroyed by a fire in 2005. Pictured is the rebuilt church.

October, 1849

Poughkeepsie Journal (NY)

October, 1942

Salisbury Times

*February, 2003

Somerset Herald

Pungoteague and American Theater 

Throwback Thursday w Jim Duffy American Theater - YouTube

RSV virus

 (WMDT)

Maryland health officials on what parents should know about RSV

“We’re hearing it from our hospitals and we’re seeing it around the state, including on the Eastern Shore, that kids are getting RSV and other viruses,” explained Jinlene Chan, M.D., Deputy Secretary, Public Health Services.

(View news story:)

Maryland health officials on what parents should know about RSV - 47abc (wmdt.com)

Time Machine Preview

This Sunday here at The Pocomoke Public Eye: 

1999  ..  

1849  ..

1942  ..  

2003  ..  

Plus local history author Jim Duffy's TV segment on Pungoteague and American Theater.

 NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Ten years since the Accomack County arson fires

 (WBOC)

If you missed Thursday's TV special on the Accomack County arson fires that occurred ten years ago you can view the program at link below.

Watch: Burning Down Accomack - 10 Years Later | Latest News | wboc.com

 

Election News

 

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shoredailynews.com

                    

Monday's launch from Wallops

 (Shore Daily News)

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CRS 18 launches successfully from Wallops - Shore Daily News

Sunday's launch from Wallops postponed

 

(WBOC)

ATLANTIC, Va. - NASA and commercial cargo provider Northrop Grumman were targeting 5:50 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 6, for launch of the company’s 18th resupply mission to the International Space Station but it had to be postponed due to a fire alarm at Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus spacecraft control center in Dulles, Virginia.

The Cygnus spacecraft and Antares rocket remain healthy at the Wallops launch site. The launch is now set to happen Monday, Nov. 7, in a five-minute window that opens at 5:27 a.m.

Time Machine: This week in Pocomoke 100 years ago, 2003, 1897, 1960, 1995, and local history author's TV segment on the butter fire of 1989.

 

                                                      

                                                                               

October, 2003

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Salisbury Daily Times

Footnote: The proposed revision was unanimously approved by the Pocomoke City mayor and council.

February, 1897

Baltimore Sun

January, 1960

Salisbury Times

*February, 1995

The News Journal (Wilmington)

Butter Fire of 1989

Throwback Thursday w Jim Duffy Butter Fire of 1989 - YouTube

(Reader recalls an unusual fire in Pocomoke:) 

 Anonymous said...

If my memory is correct it was sometime between 1995 and maybe 2005 when two young men were in the potato chip aisle in the Pocomoke Wal Mart. For some reason they set fire to the corner of a bag of potato chips. Of course the bag burned but when the flames reached the oil-covered chips inside the bag a real conflagration ensued. The fire spread from bag to bag and the amount of smoke released was beyond anyone's imagination. I think Wal Mart had to close for almost a week just so the smoke damage could be cleaned up.

 Anonymous said...

Correction....my better half says it was maybe 2012 or 2013. Time flies when you get old.