Time Machine Preview

This Sunday here at The Pocomoke Public Eye..

2010  ..  Four vie for two Pocomoke City Council seats; one incumbent and one newcomer win.

1930  ..  A new ferry service connecting Kent Island and Annapolis is opening.

1954  ..  Dr. Myron Smith is opening an optometry practice in Pocomoke.

1886  ..  A new steamer service from Chincoteague to Ocean City is being eyed with the aim of getting oysters to market sooner. 

Museum Collecting Info On Pandemic Effects

The Calvin B. Taylor House Museum in Berlin is asking residents to send copies of diary entries, newspaper clippings, photos, journal entries and other articles documenting the effects of the coronavirus pandemic.  For more information, or to submit your voice memos or other stories about covid-19, email the Calvin B Taylor House Museum at

taylorhousemuseum@verizon.net .

View full article:

https://baysideoc.com/calvin-b-taylor-museum-asks-residents-for-covid-collection/

 Anonymous said...

It is a little known fact that when Mr. Calvin B. Taylor died in 1932 he was the first victim of a new disease, COVID #1. This disease had 18 subsequent mutations and is now known as COVID-19.

4:29:00 PM

 

PUBLIC NOTICE OF MAYOR & COUNCIL CLOSED SESSION

The Closed Session of the Pocomoke City Mayor & City Council is to be held in the Council Chambers at City Hall on Wednesday, April 22, 2020 and Thursday, April 23, 2020.  The meeting will be called to order at 5:00 PM. 

Pocomoke Mayor & City Council has determined to be necessary and voted to hold a closed session under the provisions of the General Provisions Annotated Code of Maryland, Sec. 3-305 (b), (1) The appointment, employment, assignment, promotion, discipline, demotion, compensation, removal, resignation, or performance evaluation of an appointee, employee, or official over whom it has jurisdiction or any other personnel matter that affects one or more specific individuals;

(2) protect the privacy or reputation of an individual with respect to a matter that is not related to public business.

Time Machine: 1910, 1991, 1887, 1960, 1955.

August, 1910

Baltimore Sun

March, 1991

Daily Times (Salisbury)

October, 1887

The Morning News (Wilmington)

January, 1960

Pocomoke Firemen

  Pocomoke Fire Company photo

ACROSS THE USA

March, 1955

Freeport Journal-Standard (Freeport, Ill.)

1959  .. Average Cost of new house $12,400.00

                Average Yearly Wages $5,010.00

                Cost of a gallon of Gas 25 cents

                Average Cost of a new car $2,200.00

                Movie Ticket$1.00

                Loaf of Bread 20 cents

                Kodak Movie camera $67.50

                Ladies Stockings $1.00

1971  ..                

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Daily Times  

      (Pocomoke Elementary, formerly the high school)                                                                        

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.

Public Schools in Maryland will remain closed until at least May 15th.

Time Machine Preview

This Sunday here at The Pocomoke Public Eye..

1910  ..  It's the first Thursday in August and that means a big day for Worcester County farmers and their families at Public Landing.

1991  ..  The Pocomoke City Council salutes achievements of Pocomoke High's boys basketball team and the math team.

1887  ..  There are Pocomoke City business changes and improvements to report on.

1960  ..  (Picture) Seven Pocomoke firemen are pictured.

ACROSS THE USA
1955  ..  

Gov. Hogan issues executive order requiring face masks in public.

(WMDT)

ANNAPOLIS, Md. – Governor Larry Hogan held a press conference Wednesday afternoon to provide updates on the coronavirus pandemic in the state.

An executive order issued by the governor will require face masks or face coverings to be worn inside retail establishments or when riding any form of public transportation in the state. This also requires staff to wear face coverings and requires those businesses to put appropriate social distancing measures in place. In order to give retailers time to make these adjustments, this order will go into effect at 7 a.m. Saturday, April 18th.

Latest Coronavirus updates from Johns Hopkins

https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html

Pocomoke City Election

PUBLIC NOTICE OF APRIL 7, 2020 MUNICIPAL ELECTION, POSTED 4/1/2020, UPDATED 4/13/2020

Update: The Board of Election Supervisors in Pocomoke City: It is the decision and interpretation of the Board of Elections that all absentee ballots cast in the April 7, 2020 election will be declared null and void and will not be considered in any re-scheduled election.

The Pocomoke City Municipal election scheduled for April 7, 2020 will be postponed until further notice. More information will be forthcoming as Pocomoke City works to stay within the confines of the current State of Emergency conditions while keeping our citizen's health and safety the most important concern. 

Attachment: 

Election Postponement.pdf

The Hogan Administration’s COVID-19 A-to-Z Resource Guide

https://governor.maryland.gov/marylandunites/

Time Machine: 1983, 1849, 1924, 1960.

April, 1983

Daily Times (Salisbury)

 Anonymous said...

Mayor Clarke's piano talents were legendary, he was even a piano player for silent movies back in the day. He once told me he never learned to read music and just looked at the screen and tried to anticipate what was going to happen and moved his fingers to match. Does anyone actually know if he could read music or not?

8:26:00 AM

 

This 1950's photo shows the WBOC Pocomoke radio studio from which Dawson Clarke hosted programs. He often played the piano pictured. Did he use sheet music? The second picture is from a film of a 1963 Rotary Club gathering in Pocomoke where Dawson provided music. -tk

October, 1849

Baltimore Sun

Footnote: Sandy Hill was the former name of Stockton.


July, 1924
(Do you know the way to...Crisfield?)

Philadelphia Inquirer

January, 1960
Pocomoke firemen-

 Pocomoke Fire Company photo

If you lived on the Eastern Shore during the early years of NASA at Wallops you might recall hearing telephoned news reports on radio by spokesperson Joyce Milliner when there was launch activity.  Mrs. Milliner passed away recently.  She was 85.

1967  .. Dr. Christiaan Barnard performs the first heart transplant operation.

1978  ..  Space Invaders sparks interest in video games.

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.

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This Sunday here at The Pocomoke Public Eye..

1983  ..  

1849  ..  The most disastrous hurricane in memory sweeps through Worcester County.

1924  ..  Travelers who need directions to Crisfield are advised to ask Pocomoke City residents.

1957  ..  It's a snowy April 13th on the Eastern Shore.

Maryland Historical Society documents pandemic

While much of society focuses on the public health safety measures being considered and imposed during the covid-19 pandemic, the Maryland Historical Society is pursuing its “Collecting in Quarantine” initiative to capture in words and images the experiences of residents statewide.


View article:
https://baysideoc.com/maryland-historical-society-documents-pandemic/

Inside the front lines of the Covid-19 fight at PRMC

(Salisbury Independent)


In the battle against Covid-19, an elite few are on the front lines at Peninsula Regional Medical Center.

View article:
https://salisburyindependent.net/coronavirus/inside-the-front-lines-of-the-covid-19-fight-at-prmc/?utm_source=Salisbury&utm_campaign=c54a7a7878-sby-mc+weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_48b606ed7c-c54a7a7878-359976609&mc_cid=c54a7a7878&mc_eid=884ce5b26e

Governor Hogan Credits Pocomoke Company

(Governor Larry Hogan speaks at Tuesday, 4/7, press conference addressing the COVID-19 situation in Maryland.)

...AND HARDWIRE INC., WHICH IS AN ARMOR MANUFACTURER IN POCOMOKE CITY ON THE EASTERN SHORE WHICH IN THE SPAN OF ONE WEEK WENT FROM BUILDING ARMOR TO PROTECT SOLDIERS TO MAKING FACE SHIELDS TO PROTECT HEALTH CARE WORKERS ON THE FRONT LINES OF A DIFFERENT KIND OF BATTLE.

COVID-19 Communithy Transmission Reported On Eastern Shore Of Virginia..

(WESR/Shore Daily News)

 "The COVID-19 virus is circulating in all our communities right now, and the number of infected people is increasing rapidly."

View full statement from The Eastern Shore Health District:
https://shoredailynews.com/headlines/eastern-shore-health-district-announces-community-transmission-of-covid-19/

Time Machine: 1926, 2006,1901, 2008, 1998.

January, 1926

 Worcester Democrat

March, 2006

The Daily Times (Salisbury)

March, 1901

Peninsula Enterprise

February, 2008

The Star Democrat (Easton)

October, 1998

The Baltimore Sun

1983  ..  One of Pocomoke City's most popular seniors is mayor J. Dawson Clarke, shown below at a 1983 "roast" in his honor. (article next Sunday)

1956  ..  Elvis makes his first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. 

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.