TIME MACHINE ... Holiday Time

It's the rush of the holiday season so this week some short holiday-related items. Next week an article from more than a century ago will tell of holiday shopping reaching its peak on Christmas Eve... (1897) "And this holiday rush will continue far into the evening because Christmas Eve is everybody's evening. It is the evening when all take the evening off from the ordinary occupations of their ordinary existences and spend that evening down town..."

　
October, 1880

(The Denton Journal)


Sussex is shipping holly to Colorado for Christmas decoration.

November, 1887

(The Herald And Torchlight- Hagerstown, Md)

Agents from Farmington, Del., have been in Princess Anne, Somerset County, for several days collecting holly twigs with berries on them. The twigs are packed in small boxes made for the purpose and shipped direct to Chicago, St. Louis, and Canada, and are used for decorating purposes. Those who have holly are making a good thing out of it.
　
　
December, 1888

(The New York Times)

HE IS STILL ALIVE

SNOW HILL, Md., Dec 24.- Twenty-seven years ago C.H. Corbin of Pocomoke City crossed the lines and cast his fortunes with the Confederacy. At the close of the war he did not return. He was mourned as dead. To the astonishment of the neighborhood, he has just come back to spend Christmas in his old home. He is engaged in business in Georgia.

　
December, 1941

Town Tavern in Pocomoke was advertising informal dancing for Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve with music by Slim Marshall's Orchestra. Admission 75-cents per person.

　
December, 1961

Newberry's, Pocomoke City, "Gift Headquarters For The Eastern Shore," Open every night 'til 9, Monday thru Saturday 'til Christmas. Telephone Santa... Call xxxx anytime day or night...24 hours a day. He has a message for every boy or girl who calls him.



December, 1968


A new 1969 Camaro would be given away in a Shop Pocomoke promotion sponsored by the Pocomoke Ciity Businessmen's Association. Members of the Association were: Bata Shore Store...Burnett White of Pocomoke...W.H.Clarke & Company...City Service Oil Company (C.K. Duncan)...The Democratic Messenger...George's Furniture...Guy's Implement Company...Hancock's Grocery...Lankford & Cutler Hardware...Montgomery Ward Catalog Store...Midway Auto...Miller-Massey Auto...Somers-Kirby Motor Company...Miller's Ladies Shop...Modern Floor Company... J.J. Newberry...Outten Brothers...Pocomoke City Flower Shop...Pocomoke City Pharmacy...Pocomoke Machine & Implement Company...R.E.Powell & Company...Scher's...Schoolfield & Ham...Sears Catalog Store...Sherwin Williams...Silco...Vincent's Jewelers...Webb's Grocery...Western Auto...George E. Young Auto Parts.

　
December, 1970

The Fantastic Mystics were providing the dance music for the public two days before Christmas at the Pocomoke Holiday Inn's annual Pocomoke Christmas Party.


　
December, 1972

Pocomoke's annual Christmas concert by the Salem United Methodist Church choir was scheduled with members of other area church choirs also participating. Barry Tull of Pocomoke City would play trumpet and Miss Carol Cherrix of Snow Hill would be flutist. Choir director Mrs. Naomi Stevenson would be organist. Vocal soloists from Pocomoke would include Miss Julia Ann Ball, Mrs. Betsy C. Massey, Mrs. Peter Thompson, Miss Susan Humphreys, Mrs. Frederick White, and Miss Nancy Henderson, plus Mrs. Elwyn Cooper of Stockton.


　
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