Email link: bgoddard@co.worcester.md.us
Tuesday, October 30, 2018
Sunday, October 28, 2018
TIME MACHINE: 1933, 1914, 1920, 1908.
September, 1933
Worcester Democrat And The Ledger Enterprise
January, 1914
(Published August, 1982)
Daily Times (Salisbury)
October, 1920
The Washington Post
September, 1908
The Evening Star (Washington, D.C.)
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Saturday, October 27, 2018
Friday, October 26, 2018
Tuesday, October 23, 2018
Sunday, October 21, 2018
TIME MACHINE:1942.
December, 1942
The Baltimore Sun
October, 1942
(ad insert enlarged)
(above three ads from The Salisbury Times)
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Thursday, October 18, 2018
Pocomoke City, 1942.
An extensive article written about Pocomoke City in 1942 transports us back to our town in that former era. See the full article this Sunday here at The Pocomoke Public Eye.
Wednesday, October 17, 2018
New Launch Provider Coming To Wallops
California company to launch satellites.
(More)
http://www.wboc.com/story/39302342/rocket-lab-selects-wallops-flight-facility-for-us-launch-site
Tuesday, October 16, 2018
The Need Continues...
Use the link below to donate through The American Red Cross to aid Hurricane Michael relief efforts.
https://www.redcross.org/donate/hurricane-michael-donations.html/
Sunday, October 14, 2018
TIME MACHINE: 1901, 2011,1898, 2005.
September, 1901
The Baltimore Sun
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The Daily Times (Salisbury)
February, 2011
(George Henderson passed away in late 2015.)
September, 1898
Peninsula Enterprise
The Baltimore Sun
August, 2005
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Saturday, October 13, 2018
TIME MACHINE PREVIEW...
It's 1901 and speculation about finding oil in the grounds of Worcester County is becoming quite serious. It's one of the old newspaper items you can view this Sunday here at The Pocomoke Public Eye.
Thursday, October 11, 2018
Tuesday, October 9, 2018
Recalling "Saucers" In Pocomoke City Skies...
Keep your eyes
on the skies
for a big surprise
When flying saucers come your way
Listen close
to your host
who will tell you the most
About your very lucky day
Keep your eyes
on the skies
and you may win a prize
When flying saucers come your way.
Around the late 1950's eyes in Pocomoke City and nearby towns were peeled to the skies in search of "Flying Saucers" and there were sightings in the air and on the ground. But to clarify:
The saucers weren't like this...
But more like this...
A Pocomoke Public Eye contributor who recalled the business promotion by local merchants had these recollections:.
So the flying saucer promotion was run by the Pocomoke businessmen (maybe the chamber of commerce?). The saucers were round disks I would say 8 inches, maybe 10 in diameter, postcard quality card stock of some kind. Each one had a coupon or prize or some sort of promo for a specific store, or for Pocomoke business in general. Most were simple 10% or maybe 20% discount. Free soda when you buy a sandwich. But mixed in were a few genuine prizes. A free ham or turkey from Acme, a $25 gift certificate from Montgomery Ward etc.
I think the promo lasted four weeks but was teased for at least a week, maybe two prior to the first "drop." The saucers were dropped from airplanes once a week, I think on Wednesdays, over different towns.
Then the jingle (recalled by our contributor with the lyrics above) would fade to instrumental and the voice over would either tease for the next event or on the day of the drop would say "Flying saucers are landing now in Snow Hill, Princess Anne, Onancock, and Stockton." Each week would be a different set of towns. They dropped in Pocomoke on both the first and last week. I know this was prominent on WDMV. Not sure if it was promoted on any other station.
I don't know this for a fact, but my impression is that the event was mostly a failure because the saucers didn't disperse enough and tended to land in relatively small concentrated areas. Perhaps the pilots didn't take into account winds or couldn't fly high enough. The first week I saw the plane release the saucers pretty much over the center of town and they all blew over and landed on the east side of town and I never did get one. In the final week, I was at our house on Cedar St and hundreds of them landed in the empty field that is now 8th street extended. I had to cross that ditch that was in back of our house but managed to pick up 2 or 3 of them. I bet that decomposed saucer remains are still part of many a back yard along that street.
Today of course such a gimmick would not be allowed. I am sure it would violate numerous local, state, and federal environmental and safety guidelines.
Sunday, October 7, 2018
TIME MACHINE: 1997, 1878, 1967.
March, 1997
Daily Times (Salisbury)
Footnote: Below is current contact information.
Eastern Shore Baseball
6400 Hobbs Road |
January, 1878
The News Journal (Wilmington)
Jamuaty, 1967
The Evening Sun (Baltimore)
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