April, 1952
Salisbury Times
(PPE Reader comment)Mayor George Matthews was a real piece of work. He owned the Pure Oil distributorship down on Railroad Avenue, known as Matthews Oil Company. He had hired George Mariner to help and Mariner turned out to be such a big help that Matthews didn't have to do anything. George Matthews would put in an appearance about 9:30 or 10:00 in the morning, open his personal mail, then spend the rest of the day at the pool hall downtown. After his passing George Mariner assumed ownership of the business, changed the name to Mariner Oil Company, and ran it successfully until his death when David and Patsy Mears bought the business from George's widow.
November, 1952
Salisbury Times
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Worcester Democrat
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Baltimore Sun
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Salisbury Times
1962 .. Popular Pocomoke City physician C. Stanford Hamilton was one of three fatalities when the car in which he was a passenger, returning from a Baltimore Colts game, crashed on Route 50.
(Dr. Hamilton came to Pocomoke City in the mid 1950's to assume the practice of Dr. Louis Llewellyn who was leaving to return to North Carolina. In later years Dr. Llewellyn's son Doug gained notoriety as the host of the popular TV program People's Court. Dr. Hamilton's daughter Linda, who was a young child at the time of his death, is accomplished Hollywood actress Linda Hamilton.) -tk
1977 .. New on the computer scene.. it's the Apple II.
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Mayor George Matthews was a real piece of work. He owned the Pure Oil distributorship down on Railroad Avenue, known as Matthews Oil Company. He had hired George Mariner to help and Mariner turned out to be such a big help that Matthews didn't have to do anything. George Matthews would put in an appearance about 9:30 or 10:00 in the morning, open his personal mail, then spend the rest of the day at the pool hall downtown. After his passing George Mariner assumed ownership of the business, changed the name to Mariner Oil Company, and ran it successfully until his death when David and Patsy Mears bought the business from George's widow.
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