TIME MACHINE ... 1941..1975..1877..1961..1944..1890

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November, 1941
(Salisbury Times)

FIRE RAGES IN SHORE FORESTS

Woodland owners and forestry men today looked to a soaking rain as the only method of quenching deep burning fires still traveling uncontrolled through 10,000 acres in lower Eastern Shore of Maryland.

Hundreds of blackened fire fighters gave up hope last night for stopping fire sweeping the Cyprus swamp and timberland in Sussex County, called by Delaware State Forester W.S. Taber the state's worst fire in a decade. 

The Delaware danger increased when a fire four miles north of Whaleysville, Md., crossed the state line into the same swamp.

Taber said about 3,000 acres have already been burned over in the swamp.

Meanwhile in Maryland, crewman rushed back to a forrested area north of Snow Hill near the "Taylor's Gate" section which broke out again yesterday morning after it had once been controlled.

In Dorchester County, fires which have been burning in marshes and forest lands this week were still being fought today.
Twenty-four days with less than a half inch of rain, and previous drought this summer makes timber and turf in the swamp burn like timber.

The burning area in Sussex lies in that part of the county bounded by roads leading from Selbyville to Whaleysville, Md., to Gumboro, to Dagsboro, to Frankford and back to Selbyville.　


　
May, 1975
(The Daily Times- Salisbury)

Harmonizers To Present Program

POCOMOKE CITY- The Fruitland Harmonizers will present a program Sunday at 8 P.M. here at the Macedonia Baptist Church. The program is open to the public and a silver offering will be taken. Proceeds will go toward payment of new pews for the church.

Footnote: The original Harmonizers group was formed in the early 1930's and throughout the years they became, perhaps, the most popular gospel group on the Eastern Shore. In addition to their performance appearances they broadcast a live Sunday morning radio program. 


　
February, 1877
(Forest and Stream)

OLD SUBSCRIBER, Baltimore. — 1. Can you tell me of some place on the eastern shore of Maryland or Virginia where I can go about the 1st of March and spend a month goose and duck shooting? I mean the coast of Sinepuxent bay or Chincoteague sound. 

Ans. Take rail from Wilmington, Del., to Berlin, and wagon six miles to Ocean City. 

2. Do you know of any place where I could get cheap board, and the use of a boat and decoys? 

Ans. At Chincoteague Island, Accomac Courthouse, Horn Town, Onancock, Pungoteague, and Belle Haven — all in Accomac county, and at Eastville in Northampton county. Capt. Ayres will board you cheap at Ocean City. Capt. Coffins's is a favorite resort also. 

3. What do you think it would cost me for a month's stay? 

Ans. Prices would vary from one to two dollars a day.


　
June, 1961
(Beckley Post Herald- Beckley, W.VA.)

Charles W. Bragg, band director at Trap Hills High School for the past three years, will leave the Raleigh County school system to accept a similar position in Maryland.

Bragg will leave this weekend for Pocomoke City, Md.

He will take over as band director of Snow Hill and Pocomoke High Schools on July 6.

He is a 1958 graduate of West Virginia Institute Of Technology where he received his bachelor of science degree in music. He played four years in the United States Air Force Band and is a graduate of Collins High School.



　
July, 1944 (Time Machine Archive)
(Eastern Shore Public Service newspaper ad)

The question most frequently asked about extending electric service to the farm is "How much will it cost to have a line extended to me?" 

Our new rural line plan offers an easy solution to this problem because most farms can be connected without any expenditure on the part of the farmer for the electric lines. This plan includes not only the electric line along the county road, but also the line running into the farm.

Temporary wartime restrictions may delay the construction of some lines, but we are ready now to estimate your needs and contract for your requirements. If you are interested in having electric service on your farm, we shall be happy to talk with you. Just give us a call or drop a penny postcard to Ready Kilowatt, Box 391, Salisbury, Md., and say "I am interested in getting electricity to my farm."
　
April, 1890
(Centralia Enterprise And Tribune- Centralia, Wis.)

The Letter That Came In Time

Henry Lercallette and Victoria Wright were being married in a country church near Salisbury, Md., and the clergyman was about to declare them man and wife when an aunt of the young woman appeared with a letter from the wife of Lercallette. She asked the minister to read it aloud. When the minister finished the would-be bride fell in a swoon, and Lercallette in the excitement left the church and disappeared.


　
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