TIME MACHINE ... 1906, 1970, 1888, 1977, 1939

 
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November, 1906
(Oskosh Daily Northwestern- Oshkosh, Wis.)

BUSINESS SECTION BURNED

Maryland Town is Visited by Destructive Fire

(By Associated Press)

Salisbury, Md., Nov. 20.- The town of Stockton, Worcester County, Md., was visited by a fire last night which destroyed every business house in the place except the Stockton bank. Clarence Parsons, a clerk, was burned to death. The money loss is $60,000, with a small insurance.

January, 1970 (Time Machine archive)

With Pocomoke's 30-member National Guard unit being transferred to Salisbury arrangements had been completed for the city of Pocomoke to take over the Armory building on Second Street. Mayor J. Dawson Clarke said a portion of the building could be new headquarters for the Pocomoke police department. Sgt. Ames Byrd of the Guard said all the state and federal property in the Armory had been relocated to Salisbury.

July, 1888
(Peninsula Enterprise- Accomac Court House)

A telephone line, extending from Parkers Hotel, Onancock via Tasley to store of G. F. Parker & Co., Accomac C. H., will be put in operation shortly. Application has been made to Board of Public Works of Va., for permission to erect same which will of course be granted. The poles are being prepared. The enterprise originates with Messrs. Benj. T., Wm. H., Geo. F. Parker and the line will be owned by them. It will be a great convenience to the public and hope our enterprising citizens will reap the rewards they deserve from same.

February, 1977
(Salisbury Times)

Seniors Get Credit For Extra Work

POCOMOKE CITY - William T. McComb, principal of Pocomoke High School, has announced that seniors enrolled in the Advanced Placement Program, a program of earning college credit while enrolled in high school, have earned a total of 173 semester hour credits at Salisbury State College and the University Of Maryland Eastern Shore, for the fall semester.

Courses taken by the students were English composition, Western civilization, biology and calculus. The courses are taught by faculty members at Pocomoke High School and the examinations are prepared and graded by the college professors.

A savings of $4,000 in tuition fees has been realized by these students because of the Advance Placement Program. During the past one and one-half years, a total of 427 college credits has been earned by the seniors at Pocomoke High School in this program.

Seniors currently enrolled in the Advance Placement Program are: Nick Chamberlain, Jeff Dorman, Donald Geer, John Hayman, Bryan Kragler, Steve Manion, Melvin McBrick, Cheryl Aydelotte,Susan Denston, Carey Gaddis, Suzzane Hilditch, Dawn Hughes, Becky Lowe, Sharon Lusby, Mellissa Matzner, Kathy Morgan, Norma Outten, Geramaine Smith, Karen Smith, Paula Ward, Beebe Eatson, Karen Young. 
 
April, 1939
San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Texas)

MARYLAND BEATEN BISCUITS

THEY PREPARED 'EM WITH AN AXE

When I was a young girl, I lived on the Eastern shore of Maryland, where they make the famous Maryland beaten biscuits," writes Mrs. Mildred Newcomb, Medford, Mass. "Every Saturday morning about 8 a.m. you could hear the thump, thump, as the folks started beating their biscuits. Each family had a biscuit block. It was like the meat block you see in butcher shops, only a little smaller. "The biscuit dough was placed on a clean towel on the block and beaten with an axe. When the dough was beaten out flat, it was folded up again, and again, and beaten for 20 minutes, until you could hear the dough snap and crackle. Then the dough, nice and snappy, was made into small, round biscuits, your wrist gave them a little push and dented the top. They were then pricked on the top with a fork and baked in a moderate oven for 45 minutes. "They looked lovely and were delicious to eat and would keep perfectly fresh a long time."

 Water—use as little as possible
  8 cups sifted flour
  1 cup nice, fresh hog lard
  about 1/2 tablespoon salt (maybe a little more) 

 (No leavening of any kind was used in the test kitchen, as the beating is what makes the biscuits light.—Mary Lee Swann)

Thanks to the PPE reader who corrected a name mentioned in last week's 1966 article about the three Thompsons in the Pocomoke City police department.  Lee Ray Thompson is the corrected name.
 
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