August, 1910
Baltimore Sun
Daily Times (Salisbury)
The Morning News (Wilmington)
Daily Times
October, 1887
January, 1960
Pocomoke Firemen
Pocomoke Fire Company photo
ACROSS THE USA
March, 1955
Freeport Journal-Standard (Freeport, Ill.)
1959 .. Average Cost of new house $12,400.00
Average Yearly Wages $5,010.00
Cost of a gallon of Gas 25 cents
Average Cost of a new car $2,200.00
Movie Ticket$1.00
Loaf of Bread 20 cents
Kodak Movie camera $67.50
Ladies Stockings $1.00
1971 ..
(Pocomoke Elementary, formerly the high school)
The Time Machine is a weekly feature I've enjoyed researching and compiling on The Pocomoke Public Eye since 2011. I have fond memories of growing up in Pocomoke City and welcome reader contributions we can share about things you've read, remember, or were told relating to our Pocomoke/Eastern shore area...a sentence, a paragraph, or more all fine. Just email it.
I remember when Pocomoke Elementary burned. Mary Williams' father was custodian; he opened the door to the boiler room and quickly realized there was nothing he could do. He tripped the fire alarm and the rest was history. Apparently all those fire drills did pay off; it was an orderly and safe evacuation.
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