The Pocomoke Public Eye: 10/16/22

Saturday, October 22, 2022

Wallops Antares Launch

(October, 2020 launch)

(View this week's NASA press release about the upcoming November launch:)

Watch the November Antares Launch to the Space Station from Wallops | NASA

Friday, October 21, 2022

Time Machine Preview

This Sunday here at The Pocomoke Public Eye:

2005 ..

1949 ..

1893 ..

1935 ..

Plus local history author Jim Duffy's TV segment about some Secrets Of The Eastern Shore.

Thursday, October 20, 2022

Prominent business and civic leader dies

Hale Harrison of Ocean City passed away this week at the age of 75. Below is an excerpt from his obituary.

Maryland Coast Dispatch picture

" Hale graduated from Stephen Decatur High School in 1965. He attended the University of Maryland at College Park, where he studied Business and Agriculture. He was a member of the Phi Delta Theta. After two years of College, Hale returned to Ocean City to operate the family hotel business. From there, he remained active in growing the hotel/restaurant business known today as the Harrison Group Resort Hotels and Restaurants as well as maintaining numerous acres of farmland in Worcester County. Hale was a former City Councilman and the former Chairman of the Planning and Zoning for the Town of Ocean City. He served for 47 years on the Board of Directors for Calvin B. Taylor Banking Co. and was elected Chair of the Taylor Bank Board of Directors in 2020. Hale was proud to declare that he was the youngest to join the Taylor Bank Board of Directors in 1975 and has been the longest to serve. He served on the Atlantic General Hospital Board of Trustees. He was a member of the Berlin Heritage Foundation, Ocean City Chamber of Commerce as well as a member of the Young Presidents Organization, now known as World Presidents Organization."

Wednesday, October 19, 2022

UPDATED: Passing of Stockton's Fire Chief

(WBOC)

According to Tim Jerscheid, the assistant chief for the Stockton Volunteer Fire Company, a funeral service for Chief Payne is scheduled for Saturday, October 22nd at 11:00 a.m. The service will be held at the Stockton Volunteer Fire Company, and is open to the public.

(View full news story:)

Stockton Community Remembers Longtime Fire Chief | Latest News | wboc.com

(Stockton Volunteer Fire Company Facebook page)

It is with a heavy heart and profound sadness that we announce the loss of our Fire Chief, Neil Payne, who answered his last alarm on 10/16/2022. Chief Payne has been serving in the Stockton Volunteer Fire Company since 1986, and has been Chief for the last 29 years. We thank Neil for his many years in the fire service both in Stockton and the greater Worcester County area.

This is a sudden and tremendous loss to the Stockton community and the local firefighting community. Please keep the Payne family and the entire Stockton Volunteer Fire Company in your thoughts and prayers.

Neil was a son, a husband, a father, a grandfather, a leader, a mentor, a neighbor and a friend. We will sorely miss his smile and his sense of humor. Funeral arrangements will be announced at a later time.

Rest easy Chief, we will take it from here.