Pocomoke Church Histories- CHAPTER ONE

 

(Worcester Democrat)

This series of articles continues next Saturday here at The Pocomoke Public Eye.

 

5/12/23 UPDATE - CANCELLATION

Local performers reprise Joni Mitchell songs

         

   

         Joni Mitchell tribute performances set for Chincoteague May 20

           (see upper right column)

Time Machine Preview

This Sunday here at The Pocomoke Public Eye:

PLUS

1992  .. 

(student and adult cast members are named)

1955  ..   

Out with the old-

In with the new-

1938  ..

      

 

Somerset County Public Schools' Athletics Department invites the community to join us for the dedication of the William "Bill" Cain Coaches Hall of Fame, honoring Crisfield High School's coaches.

Saturday, May 20, 2023, 12:00 PM
Crisfield Academy & High School 
210 N. Somerset Ave, Crisfield, MD 21817

Former Crisfield High School Basketball Coach, William "Bill" Cain led Crisfield to claim 4 State Championship titles during his tenure as coach from 1968-1982. To honor him, the Coaches Hall of Fame at Crisfield High will be dedicated in his name at this event. Speakers will include Superintendent of Schools, Dr. John B. Gaddis, Athletics Director, Mr. Gregory Bozman, Sr. and former CHS athletes. Mr. Cain will be in attendance, along with several other former coaches who will be honored in the Coaches Hall of Fame. 

This event is open to the public. We hope you can join us!

Big Ticket pays big in Princess Anne

 (Crisfield-Somerset County Times)

MD. LOTTERY PHOTO

Princess Anne mechanic Gregory Cottman drove away with the first $100,000 Maryland Riches top prize the first week of May, having purchased his ticket at Thirsty’s on Somerset Avenue.

BALTIMORE — A Somerset County Lottery player claimed the first $100,000 top prize on the $10 oversized Maryland Riches scratch-off.

Gregory Cottman said he noticed the large Maryland Riches scratch off, bright and bold in a dispenser, when he visited his favorite Lottery retailer, Thirsty’s, in Princess Anne, and decided to try it out.

“The ticket was huge,” the 68-year-old explained. “That’s what got me to play, and now it’s my go-to game.”

Mr. Cottman decided to scratch the ticket while in the store, and instantly saw he was a winner. He was in disbelief, but also so excited that he shared the news with everyone in the store, including his brother who now continues to boast that he’s related to a big winner.

While Mr. Cottman said he has won smaller amounts in the past, he never won anything this large. He plans to pay off bills.

For selling the $100,000 top-prize winning scratch-off, Thirsty’s at 12020 Somerset Avenue will receive a $1,000 bonus.

The Maryland Riches game went on sale on March 20 and this top-prize win from the first week of May left nine top prizes available along with other prizes ranging from $10 to $10,000.

Pocomoke City church history feature on Saturdays

Beginning this week a feature on The Pocomoke Public Eye each Saturday will be an article from a series published in 1942 of first-hand recollections about Pocomoke City's churches during the period of 1860 to 1869. 

Be on the look-out for Maryland's top invasive plants

 

ANNAPOLIS — Invasive plant species are damaging Maryland’s environment. From bamboo to bushes, invasives, environmentalists say, have wrapped their tendrils all across Maryland.

(Read more about it:)

Maryland’s top invasive plant species import harm to natives | Environment | stardem.com

A call back in time..

 

(1936)

We'll have more views from time to time of the old phone book pages here at The Pocomoke Public Eye.

 Anonymous said...

A number of names on this page are familiar to us older Pocomokians, i.e. Pearl Bratten (teacher), G.D. Bull (produce), Lesley Bunting (electrical repair shop), Griffin Callahan (merchant), Godfrey Child (lawyer), J.Dawson Clarke (Marva Theater owner, future mayor), Clinton Duncan (petroleum distributor), Lynwood Duncan (auto dealership).

 Anonymous said...

I can't believe I'm old enough to remember some of these people. Quince Ashburn lumber was a forerunner of Miles Building Supply and Benjamin Dryden owned the farm that later became the site of Roses, Pizza Hut and other businesses. His former house still stands at 514 Market Street.

 Anonymous said...

Dawson Clarke may have been the Marva manager in 1936 and bought it later. And later on he operated WBOC's Pocomoke radio studio on Willow Street.

tk for PPE says:  Dawson also was a professional photographer. In the early 1940s's he took separate portrait photographs of my sister and I and they're still displayed in my home. He was a talented piano player and sometimes performed at community functions.  As mayor Dawson was an avid and enthusiastic promoter of Pocomoke City.

Firefighter's bill is signed

 

       May 8, 2023

Pictured at the formal bill signing ceremony of Senate Bill 823 are (left to right standing) retired Salisbury firefighter Steve Mizell, Senator Mary Beth Carozza, and Maryland State Firemen's Association Legislative Officer, Chief Bob Phillips, and (left to right sitting) Senate President Bill Ferguson, Governor Wes Moore, House Speaker Adrienne Jones, and House Chief Clerk Sylvia Siegert.

Governor Wes Moore welcomes retired Salisbury firefighter Steve Mizell at the formal bill signing ceremony of Senate Bill 823 held in the Governor's Reception Room in the State House in Annapolis.

   

Time Machine: 100 years ago this week in Pocomoke's newspaper, 2007, 2003, 1934.

 

February, 2007

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The News Journal (Wilmington, De)

 Anonymous said...

I have sailed the Chesapeake Bay for over 60 years and can assure you that mean water levels have not risen. Shorelines may be eroding, land may be subsiding but water level is not rising.

September, 2003

Somerset Herald

(Bobby Wetzel, 6, and his sisters Chelsea, 9, and Rosemary, 11, play Friday Sept. 19 in the flooded area along Maryland Ave. in Crisfield after Hurricane Isabel. The Wetzels, who were staying with friends, were among nearly 300 residents evacuated from their homes on Smith Island.)

May, 1934

Democratic Messenger