Friday, October 30, 2020

Time Machine Preview

 This Sunday here at the Pocomoke Public Eye:

1952  ..  Celebrating a big event in Pocomoke City-



1937 ..  The future home of Winter Quarters-


2003  ..  

1885  ..  Will take produce in exchange for merchandise-



Thursday, October 29, 2020

Updated: Back to school option for Worcester County students

(WMDT)

View news story:

https://www.wmdt.com/2020/10/teachers-and-parents-concerned-about-updates-to-reopening-plans-covid-19-notification-system-in-worcester-county/


 (WBOC)

As schools across Delmarva slowly bring students back to the classroom, Worcester County schools plan to go full throttle. In a few weeks, all students in Worcester County will have the option to return to in-person learning. Superintendent Louis H. Taylor is encouraging all students to return to classrooms on November 16th. Parents must let their child's school know whether they will continue online or opt for in-person. Some parents worry, that's too soon.


View news story:

http://www.wboc.com/clip/15150411/worcester-county-schools-to-welcome-all-students-back

Sunday, October 25, 2020

Time Machine: 1998, 1986, 1887, 1929, 1952, 1963.

 


April, 1998

Daily Times (Salisbury)

August, 1986


Public Opinion (Chambersburg, Pa.)

April, 1887


Baltimore Sun


February, 1929



Every Evening (Wilmington)



1952 ..  Pocomoke City hosts its first Delmarva Chicken Festival.

Salisbury Times
1963 ..  There's a new kind of telephone called a Touch Tone.

Footnote: It was only a few years earlier that Pocomoke City was transitioned from operator assisted local calls to dial phone service. We were the last exchange in Maryland to get dial telephones.

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.