Every era of Pocomoke City's history has seen civic minded citizens step forward to give of their time and talents for the benefit of the community. The following snapshots in time from the years 1973, 1963, and 1957 reveal some of many contributors from those eras.
February, 1973
Pocomoke City service organizations would participate in a campaign to honor senior citizens and also to raise funds for Hartley Hall. Spearheaded by the Pocomoke Ruritan Club, members of the public would have an opportunity to vote for selected Senior Citizen Of The Year nominees at 25-cents a vote or five votes for a dollar. The nominees were:
Phillip A. Creath.. Elks Club
Mrs. Doris Duncan.. Junior Women's Club
Verlin C. Krabill.. Ruritan Club
R. Cephia Perdue.. Kiwanis Club
Mrs. Nettie Richardson.. Fire Auxiliary
R. Harlan Robertson.. Rotary Club
Miss Annie Ross.. Soroptimist Club
John T. Smullen Jr. .. Lions Club
Mrs. Upshur Stevenson .. Women's Club
Henry H. Watson .. Pocomoke Volunteer Fire Co.
April, 1973
Mrs. Upshur Stevenson, sponsored by The Women's Club, received the most votes during the week of voting by Pocomoke City residents to select the Senior Citizen Of The Year. Mrs. Stevenson was cited for her work as a Hartley Hall volunteer and for her longtime service to Pocomoke Presbyterian Church. The winner was announced during a banquet at the 5th street fire hall where a capacity crowd of more than 200 were in attendance. Certificates of merit were presented to all of the senior nominees. The ten Pocomoke service organizations participating in the campaign raised $1,252 for Hartley Hall. The funds were presented to Klein Leister, Chairman Of The Board for Hartley Hall. Ruritan Club president Raymond Dryden was master of ceremonies.
January, 1963
New officers installed by the Pocomoke City Kiwanis Club were:
Robert Pike, President
Gene Lusby, Vice President
William Murdock, Secretary-Treasurer
Board Of Directors:
A.T. Harmon
Paul Ehrenwald
Woody Selby
Ben Cohen
Norris Outten
Elmer Pryor
William Buchanan (outgoing president)
Receiving perfect attendance pins were Mr. Cohen for nine years; Mr. Selby eight years; Mr.Pryor and Mr. Outten seven years; Reds Harmon four years; and Mr. Buchanan one year.
February, 1957
New Pocomoke City Chamber Of Commerce president Leonard Scher announced committee assignments:
Richard Shively- Industrial Development chairman
Edward Ham- Retail Merchants Division chairman
Irvin Scher- Retail Merchants Division co-chairman
Dr. George W. Perdue- Publicity chairman
Jack Peacock- representative to The Community Civic Council
Prentiss Porter and Dr. Perdue- Civic Improvement Committee
Mervin Blades and Hartley Stevens Jr.- Roads And Transportation
James Vincent- International Counciller
Richard Shively- National And World Affairs
John Smullin III- Education
L. Paul Ewell- Constitution And By-laws
Carmel Wilson- Membership
Robert Givens- Halloween Program
Robert Hayman, Dawson Clarke, Pete Melson, Tommy Lee Sexton, and James Mapp- Christmas Decorations.
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February, 1973
Pocomoke City service organizations would participate in a campaign to honor senior citizens and also to raise funds for Hartley Hall. Spearheaded by the Pocomoke Ruritan Club, members of the public would have an opportunity to vote for selected Senior Citizen Of The Year nominees at 25-cents a vote or five votes for a dollar. The nominees were:
Phillip A. Creath.. Elks Club
Mrs. Doris Duncan.. Junior Women's Club
Verlin C. Krabill.. Ruritan Club
R. Cephia Perdue.. Kiwanis Club
Mrs. Nettie Richardson.. Fire Auxiliary
R. Harlan Robertson.. Rotary Club
Miss Annie Ross.. Soroptimist Club
John T. Smullen Jr. .. Lions Club
Mrs. Upshur Stevenson .. Women's Club
Henry H. Watson .. Pocomoke Volunteer Fire Co.
April, 1973
Mrs. Upshur Stevenson, sponsored by The Women's Club, received the most votes during the week of voting by Pocomoke City residents to select the Senior Citizen Of The Year. Mrs. Stevenson was cited for her work as a Hartley Hall volunteer and for her longtime service to Pocomoke Presbyterian Church. The winner was announced during a banquet at the 5th street fire hall where a capacity crowd of more than 200 were in attendance. Certificates of merit were presented to all of the senior nominees. The ten Pocomoke service organizations participating in the campaign raised $1,252 for Hartley Hall. The funds were presented to Klein Leister, Chairman Of The Board for Hartley Hall. Ruritan Club president Raymond Dryden was master of ceremonies.
January, 1963
New officers installed by the Pocomoke City Kiwanis Club were:
Robert Pike, President
Gene Lusby, Vice President
William Murdock, Secretary-Treasurer
Board Of Directors:
A.T. Harmon
Paul Ehrenwald
Woody Selby
Ben Cohen
Norris Outten
Elmer Pryor
William Buchanan (outgoing president)
Receiving perfect attendance pins were Mr. Cohen for nine years; Mr. Selby eight years; Mr.Pryor and Mr. Outten seven years; Reds Harmon four years; and Mr. Buchanan one year.
February, 1957
New Pocomoke City Chamber Of Commerce president Leonard Scher announced committee assignments:
Richard Shively- Industrial Development chairman
Edward Ham- Retail Merchants Division chairman
Irvin Scher- Retail Merchants Division co-chairman
Dr. George W. Perdue- Publicity chairman
Jack Peacock- representative to The Community Civic Council
Prentiss Porter and Dr. Perdue- Civic Improvement Committee
Mervin Blades and Hartley Stevens Jr.- Roads And Transportation
James Vincent- International Counciller
Richard Shively- National And World Affairs
John Smullin III- Education
L. Paul Ewell- Constitution And By-laws
Carmel Wilson- Membership
Robert Givens- Halloween Program
Robert Hayman, Dawson Clarke, Pete Melson, Tommy Lee Sexton, and James Mapp- Christmas Decorations.
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1865
Before the time of Ocean City, Green Run Beach on Assateague Island was a vacation destination for lower Eastern Shore residents as well as visitors from other states along the eastern seaboard. Its Ocean House Hotel began attracting visitors in 1865. The Ocean House was noted for its local seafood menu and featured live music in a large dance hall, a bowling alley, and a bar for the gentlemen. After making their way to Snow Hill, visitors were taken by horse drawn hacks to Public Landing where the sailing sloop "Fairfield" helped complete their journey to Green Run Beach about 20 miles south of where Ocean City came into existence in the mid 1870's.
February, 1880
(The Cedar Rapids Times- Cedar Rapids Iowa)
Winter wedded a very early Spring in Accomac County, Va., the other day when Egbert G. Bailey, seventy-two years old, led Maggie Bennett, bride of fourteen, to the altar.
ACROSS THE USA
May, 1934
(Syracuse Herald- Syracuse, N.Y.)
Dust Storms Darken Half Of Country
Sand Blown As Far As N.Y. City; Thousands Suffer In West
Dry Spell Unabated
Grain Prices Leap In Chicago As Farmers Lose $2,000,000 Daily
By United PressThe greatest dust storm on record drifted across more than half of the United States today to the Atlantic Seaboard, adding to the devastation of a prolonged drought in the Midwest grain land, and causing wide discomfort in Eastern states.
Meteorological authorities said the storm's extent was almost unprecedented, and the dust clouds, raised by winds from the scorched plains of the West, might continue to drift high in the air for many miles.
The cloud, estimated in the West as 1,500 miles long and almost 1,000 miles wide at one time, made the sky a haze, sifted through tiny window cracks and laid a fine coat of dust inside countless homes and stores and skyscrapers in New York.
In addition to injuring or killing many head of cattle in the West, the dust caused discomfort and injury to humans. New York hospitals report twice normal number of patients seeking removal of foreign matter from their eyes.
"The greatest dust storm on record drifted across more than half of the United States.... Meteorological authorities said the storm's extent was almost unprecedented..."
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I remember a large number of those names especially Nettie Richardson, I lived right beside her for 13 years on Clarke Ave.
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