Sunday, January 12, 2025

Time Machine: 100 years ago this week in Pocomoke's newspaper; 2012, 1957, 1888, circa mid/late 1950's.

 




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January, 2012
(Third graders at Pocomoke Elementary School listen as Assistant Principal Michael Browne, right, explains the importance of the school's selection as a 2012 Maryland Blue Ribbon School, an announcement made earlier Tuesday. Six schools were honored for exhibiting high performances or significant improvement in reading and mathematics on Maryland assessments, and will go on to compete for National Blue Ribbon Awards, which will be announced by the U.S. Department of Education in September.)

Salisbury Daily Times


October, 1957
Peninsula Enterprise


*August, 1888
Record and Gazette (Pocomoke)



*Circa mid/late 1950's

"Club 16" was an early evening Monday-Friday locally originating live program from the studio of WBOC-TV featuring entertainment and public interest items.  In this photo we believe staff announcer John Rahe was hosting.