TIME MACHINE ... 1957, 1951, 1893, 1977, 1883

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June, 1957
(The Deseret News And Telegram- Salt Lake City, Utah)

Voters Revolt, Wives Elected

EASTVILLE, VA. (UP)- A write-in revolt at the polls has bounced the top town officials of Eastville and elected their wives.

Only one was an exception. He lost out to his mother.

Election day, Wednesday, was just a quiet summer day for the citizens of this little town on Virginia's lower eastern shore. The shoo-in ticket of seven men on the ballot was unopposed.

About 110 citizens were eligible to vote, but only 24 did. Many were out of town watching the international naval review across Chesapeake Bay.

Then the vote was counted.

William R. Shannonhouse, candidate for mayor, lost to his wife Mary by a whisker. He got 11 votes. She got 12.

Each of five candidates for the town council lost to his wife by two votes. The sixth candidate lost to his mother by one.

The results were so sensational they broke up a bridge party. No one appeared happy.

The new mayor, Mrs. William R. Shannonhouse, put down her cards and called for an investigation.

"None of the women were trying to become candidates," she said indignantly. "We don't feel for a minute, we should fill our husbands' shoes." 　
　

January, 1951
(Baltimore Afro-American)

School Holds Fete In Pocomoke City

POCOMOKE CITY, Md.- Stephen Long Junior High School had its field ball and soccer ball homecoming game against Worcester Junior High School of Snow Hill, Md. on Dec. 7.

The girls won the field ball game 4-0; and the boys lost the soccer game 0-2.

The homecoming queen was Miss Gloria Finney; and her attendants were Misses Louella Godwon, Beaulah Timmons, Betty Waters and Recilla Hughes.

The following evening, there was a Sadie Hawkins dance given by the physical education department.

The queen and her attendants were awarded prizes by their physical education instructor, Miss Georganna Showell, for their achievement in raising money in the contest.

The money was used to buy dance uniforms and a radio-phonograph. The five candidates raised $148.74.

　
January, 1893 (Time Machine archive)
(The Daily News- Frederick, Md.)

The condition of affairs in the lower peninsula, growing out of the protracted freeze, is growing worse. On Smith's Island the people are cutting down the few trees for fuel and killing the cattle for food. At Crisfield there is great destitution at the sailors' boarding-houses. Parties of men have ventured to walk across Tangier Sound to Smith's Island. Throughout the state yesterday morning was about the coldest of the winter. In Worcester County a temperature of 14 below zero is reported. Sinepuxent and Chincoteague Bays are frozen and communication with the island is cut off. Food and fuel there are scarce and the situation is becoming alarming.

　

March, 1977

Pocomoke City residents were remembering Benjamin Cohen who passed away at age 74. Mr. Cohen, an accountant and tax consultant in Pocomoke for 47 years, was a charter member and past president and secretary of the Pocomoke Kiwanis Club, member of the Worcester County Bingo Commission, and one of the founders and a past president of the Synagogue in Pocomoke City. For many years he also operated Modern Office Supply on Willow Street.

　

February, 1883
(The Denton Journal)

IRON FOR FRUIT TREES- Mr. Chas. W. Long, of Somerset County, Md., has tested the theory that iron driven into apple trees will promote fruit-bearing. He has a winter golden pippen which never held its fruit or bore heavily until some old horseshoes placed in the forks of the tree became imbedded in it. Now it bears abundantly, and the fruit is of the best quality.
 
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