This Sunday here at The Pocomoke Public Eye:
1913 .. (Ad) 4th Of July events in Pocomoke City-
1943 .. (Ad) A local company advertises the importance of chickens to the war effort-
(City of Pocomoke Facebook page)
DUE TO THE RISK OF STORMS, TONIGHT'S CONCERT IN THE PARK FEATURING MERCY FOR THE MOCKINGBIRD HAS NOW BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 5TH AT 7PM.
(WBOC)
Fourth of July Fireworks on Delmarva 2021 - WBOC TV
Note: The Laurel, Delaware display was rescheduled to July 10th due to unforeseen circumstances affecting the fireworks supplier; rain date July 11th.
(Shore Daily News)
Ready for some good news?
The Chincoteague Island Chamber of Commerce announced Friday it will hold the 48th Oyster Festival on Saturday, October 9 at Tom’s Cove Park Campground.
The Chincoteague Oyster Festival is held to promote the seafood industry and mark the arrival of the oyster season. Come and enjoy oysters—raw, steamed, fritters, and single fried; clam fritters, clam chowder, shrimp cocktail, salad bar, hot dogs, hush puppies, and Boardwalk fries. Beverages are included in the ticket price with beer available for purchase. Island Boy, a festival favorite for over 25 years, will provide live entertainment for everyone’s enjoyment. An Extravaganza Raffle is held with the winner receiving t-shirts, tickets, lodging, gift certificates for meals, and much more for the following year’s festival. A favorite at the festival is the “Best Place/Space Award” which is given to the best decorated area. There will also be a variety of souvenirs available for purchase. This is an advance ticketed event that is typically sold out before festival day.
Purchase tickets:
Chincoteague Oyster Festival - Chincoteague Chamber of Commerce
August, 1993
Daily Times (Salisbury)
(PPE Reader comment)
Anonymous said...Frog Eye exists. I was friends with Earl and Peggy and three of their children. I worked with Denny at Kellam's in Pocomoke, dated Cathy and Baby Duck (Margaret) was a good friend and confidant when she worked at my doctor's office.
Frog Eye was the temporary home to a part time con man and swindler. In 1971 a man and his family came to Pocomoke and bought the old Pilchard Brothers building at Twelfth and Market and opened up a dealership for American Motors. He flashed a lot of big money around town and bought a house in Frog Eye on Cornstack Road, on the right just down from Rehobeth Road (Rt. 667). He spent a fortune on that house and Denny Price and I did a lot of installation of gas lines and appliances.
He also spent a lot of money promoting his dealership but I know of only one car that he sold, a white Gremlin to some local fellow who spent every day and night for the next six months driving it up and down Market Street. Eventually this guy ran out of money and his creditors foreclosed and everything went to rack and ruin and everybody lost lots of money. I knew from the beginning that this guy was a shyster because he always wore white patent leather shoes and a white patent leather belt.
August, 1882
Democratic Messenger
March, 1931
The Evening Sun (Baltimore)
May, 1924
Worcester Democrat
Fire ravaged the Ayres residence at 205 Laurel Street early Friday afternoon. We hope to have an update later.
The rocket launched Friday morning shortly after 8:30.
(Shore Daily News)
The Terrier Sounding Rocket launch scheduled for today at the Wallops Flight Facility has been postponed until Friday between 8 and 10 a.m. Wallops cited rough seas that could prevent the payload from being recovered.
(Shore Daily News)
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This Sunday here at The Pocomoke Public Eye:
1993 ..
1882 .. A Pocomoke Sunday School excursion takes an unexpected turn but ends well.
1931 .. In Stockton-
The Prevention Services Program of the Worcester County Health Department is excited to announce the launch of two newly designed web pages that focus on diabetes education and prevention. The web pages are easy to navigate and user friendly.
For more information and to check the web pages out, visit worcesterhealth.org/
(WMDT)
Outdoor seating, to-go alcohol sales ending in Worcester Co.
Remembering-
When I rode down Willow Street recently I guess it was inevitable that I couldn't help but realize how dramatically the scene had changed from what I remembered when I was growing up in Pocomoke City. Today, with the exception of the One Room Schoolhouse museum at Front & Willow and the rear of the Discovery Center building, the street is a virtual ghost town of mostly vacated buildings and empty spaces where buildings once stood.
Back in "the day" (i.e. 1950's) Willow was a bustling street where some of the active points of commerce included a large laundry/dry cleaning company, appliance store, large grocery and fresh meat market, fountain and confectionery store, radio station studio, county liquor dispensary, telephone company headquarters, two auto dealerships, hotel/restaurant, Western Auto, office supply store, electrical repair shop, and other enterprises; also a Willow Street entrance to the original J.J. Newberry's store that fronted on the west side of Market Street near County Trust Bank.
R.I.P. good old Willow. It was pleasant to remember you and I suspect your pavements won't see resemblances of your former life again.
-tk for PPE
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Anonymous said...Leslie Bunting owned an electrical repair shop on Willow. He was noted for having the same panel truck his entire life. When it got rusty he just painted over it with a paintbrush and a can of silver paint.
tk for PPE says: Didn't know that about his panel truck but I remember Les. On occasion I'd take something in to his shop for repair. My dad, Bill Kleger, would call him for help if there was a problem with the refrigeration compressors at the store (Peoples Food Market on Willow Street; later renamed Bill's Foodland).
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Anonymous said...I don't recall Bill's Foodland but I do remember John Lee Taylor had a little market around the corner on Second Street.
Every spring Jeff Trader and I would catch bullfrogs, cut the legs off and skin them and put 5 pounds in plastic bags which we sold to John for $5.00 per bag. That was big money for high school boys in those days. Of course, that was before health department and USDA food regulations. We also caught shad during the spring shad run and sold the roe sacks to Billy Hudson at US 13 Restaurant for his famous shad roe sandwiches. I bet there's not 10 people left in Pocomoke who have ever eaten shad roe or local frog legs.
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Anonymous said...Whoops, John Lee Taylor's market was on Clarke, not Second. Old age strikes again.
tk for PPE says: I believe that's the store I remember as Merrill's grocery in the 1950's. My dad's store on Willow was in operation from the mid 1940's until his passing in 1964 and then new owners ran it a few more years.
(From this past weekend)
(WMDT)
Snow Hill celebrates hometown hero baseball player Judy Johnson - 47abc (wmdt.com)
April, 2010
February, 1921 (Pocomoke City)
Worcester Democrat
May, 1896
August, 1994 
Anonymous said...MY mother started work at Moore Business Forms in the mid-1950s for the princely salary of $70 per week. The employees were paid on Thursdays and she would stop by the Acme store at 5th and Walnut and purchased the whole weeks supply of groceries for the family for approximately $20. One week she complained that she had gone way over budget because her purchases had totaled $22.
grammy said...The Acme was 5th and Market. Stuff like this happens when one gets old.
