Time Machine Preview

This Sunday here at The Pocomoke Public Eye:

1981  ..  Accomack outlaws nude beach.

1937  ..  

1965  ..  Pilot John McCain is rescued after his jet trainer crashes at Cape Charles.

2003  ..  Local newspaper columnist Edna Davy Muir writes how food choices aren't what they used to be. 

And the metropolitan media says...?

Don't I recall past times when the city newspaper and broadcast media on the other side of the bay in covering race sensitive issues have put little old Pocomoke City on the Eastern Shore in their news giving the impression we're a relic from a bygone era?

Well now in view of Wednesday's peaceful community rally (and with even the Pocomoke Police Department participating) let's see if they give us a mention. 

If you have read or seen a report from our big city friends please leave a comment here so their coverage is acknowledged.   

Maryland moving to Second Stage Reopening Plan Friday.

(WBOC)

Non-essential businesses may open eff. 5 p.m. Friday

View news story:

http://www.wboc.com/clip/15077333/maryland-to-begin-the-second-stage-of-coronavirus-reopening-plan

Pocomoke Police Department plays part in Wednesday rally.

(WMDT)

View news story:
https://www.wmdt.com/2020/06/pocomoke-police-department-and-other-members-of-the-community-hold-peaceful-rally-for-george-floyd/

Are Crisfield’s turbine savings blowing in the wind?

(County Times- Crisfield)

View article:

https://www.csctimes.com/featured/are-crisfields-turbine-savings-blowing-in-the-wind/?utm_source=County+Times&utm_

Chincoteague Island Gets "10 Best" Nomination

(WESR/Shore Daily News)
View article:
https://shoredailynews.com/headlines/chincoteague-island-nominated-best-coastal-small-town-in-usa-todays-10best/

Wednesday: Pocomoke Peaceful March And Vigil; Friday: Drive-in Prayer Vigil in Berlin.

(WMDT)

View Pocomoke article and event details:

https://www.wmdt.com/2020/06/march-and-vigil-planned-in-pocomoke-city-to-honor-george-floyd/



(WBOC)

The Worcester County NAACP plans to hold drive-in "Let's Pray Not Protest" Friday in Berlin.

View article:

http://www.wboc.com/story/42200096/worcester-county-naacp-to-host-prayer-vigil-friday

TIME MACHINE: 1937, 2011, 1884, 1968.

January, 1937

 Democratic Messenger

(Reader Comment)

 Anonymous said...

I can remember sometime in the mid-60s in Pocomoke High I was talking to Bill Buchanan and he was telling me he wanted to be a teacher because they were making over $5,000 per year now.

I also remember my father coming home from a meeting in Snow Hill and saying, "Worcester County has just hired a county manager and his name is John Yankus. He is set for life because his salary will be $7,500!"

September, 2011

 Daily Times (Salisbury)

October, 1884

 The Baltimore Sun

If you were a teenager on the Eastern Shore in the 1960's your AM radio was probably tuned to a Top 40 radio station like WJDY in Salisbury, WCAO in Baltimore, WGH in Norfolk, and (night time) WKBW in Buffalo and WGN in Chicago.

August, 1968

Pictured from top to bottom: Bill Kline, Jerry Skislak, R.T., Jim King.  WJDY on-air voices from earlier years included Dick Ireland, Johnny Williams, Bob Rogers, Bob Callahan, Herb Kravitz. 

We don't have the musical jingle but maybe some will remember it... "1470 on your radio, 1470 on your radio.. WJDY.. Salisbury, Maryland."  WJDY's call letters stood for the name of the owner's wife- Judy.

1963  ..

1974  ..       Pocket calculators start to appear in stores.

(Reader comment) 

Anonymous said...

Pocket calculators started appearing before 1974. One day in 1972 Vernon Redden (father of Vernon Redden III) came into my office and showed his newest acquisition, a battery powered pocket calculator. It looked like something you could get for $4.99 now and only did addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. No percentages, no sine or cosine, just the rudimentary four functions. The price? Only $99.00. And that was in 1972 dollars!

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.