"Northern Lights" seen Thursday evening-

 (WBOC)

Delmarva was treated to electric pink and purple skies October 10th as a powerful geomagnetic storm brought the Northern Lights to us here on the Peninsula. 

(Shore Daily News)

                  (Machipongo)

(Shore Daily News news story excerpts)

The Northern Lights were visible on the Eastern Shore Thursday evening.

Social media was aflutter with pictures from all up and down Accomack and Northampton Counties, showing various hues of pink and green.

While some images were stunning, the view to the naked eye was much less spectacular. You can see the Northern Lights, but they often appear dimmer than in photographs. The human eye has limitations in perceiving colors and brightness in low-light conditions. The auroras can be faint and washed out by other light sources, making them harder to see without a camera.

Plump pumpkin-

 

A 760-pound pumpkin took top honors at the recent Agricultural Fair sponsored by The Eastern Shore of Virginia Chamber of Commerce. The pumpkin was grown by Doc Brown of Eastville. (Photo and info from the Eastern Shore Post.)

From behind the doors at Pocomoke City Hall-

 

Recent work session dealt with Safe Paths Initiative.

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20241011_post_up.pdf (easternshorepost.com)

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Remembering a longtime Pocomoke resident-

 

A fabric of life in Pocomoke City, Frances Scott Stevenson has passed away at age 99.  

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Frances Stevenson Obituary - The Daily Times (delmarvanow.com)

Make a note.. it's just a month away!

 

Snow Hill happenings-

 

SNOW HILL'S

FALL & WINTER EVENT CALENDAR

Crisfield Halloween Parade-

 

Theft arrest-

 

Press Release - Theft from vehicle arrest

Over the last several weeks, the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office and the Pocomoke Police Department have received several complaints from citizens in and around the Pocomoke City area, regarding to the theft of items from their vehicles. The Worcester County Sheriff’s Office worked diligently with the community and the Pocomoke Police Department to develop suspect information. On October 5, 2024, at approximately 9:00 P.M., the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office was dispatched to a residence on Bypass Road for suspicious male, later to be identified as Tahquon Moses, Age 31, of Pocomoke, Maryland. A short time later, a Deputy located Moses near the Walmart in Pocomoke. Mr. Moses was found to be in possession of stolen property and was subsequently placed under arrest. 

Mr. Moses was charged with the following offenses:

Theft $100.00 - $1,500.00 

Rogue and Vagabond

Mr. Moses was subsequently committed to the Worcester County Jail on a $3,500.00 bond. Sheriff Crisafulli wants to remind our citizens of the importance of keeping your vehicles locked and removing any items of value from your vehicle. This investigation and arrest was an example of our community and law enforcement working together.

Time Machine: 100 years ago this week in Pocomoke's newspaper; 1897, 1940, 2006, 1998, 1969.

 

May, 1897

The Morning Herald (Baltimore)

November, 1940

             

Salisbury Times

*December, 2006

Salisbury Daily Times

*January, 1998 

Somerset Herald

*July, 1969

Democratic Messenger

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Recollections from generations past (Mary Dryden- 1)

    

Mary Dryden (1902 - 1983)

TRANSCRIPT EXCERPTS FROM 1980 INTERVIEW

Interview Begins

INTERVIEWER: This is Vanessa Voss interviewing Mary Dryden

MARY: I am Mary Dryden, and this is Thursday April 15th, 1982.

INTERVIEWER: Could you give me your age and your maiden name?

MARY: I am 80 years old and my maiden name was Mary Parker.

INTERVIEWER: What were your parent’s names?

MARY: My father was Dr. John T. Parker and my mother, Maude deWaal

 Parker.

INTERVIEWER: Can you tell me your grandparents names and their maiden

 names?

MARY: Gabriel deWaal and Nancy Dukes deWaal, were my maternal

 grandparents, and my paternal grandparents were Charles and Amelia

 Parker.

INTERVIEWER: When you were a child what kind of chores and

 responsibilities did you have around the house?

MARY: Well I washed dishes sometimes and I helped my grandmother with

 the kitchen. I don’t remember doing much else.

INTERVIEWER: Did you have a job outside the home?

MARY: No.

INTERVIEWER: Where did you go to school?

MARY: Stockton Elementary and High School.

INTERVIEWER: All through high school?

MARY: Yes, I graduated in 1918 from Stockton High.

INTERVIEWER: What was the discipline like?

MARY: Very good, we had no problems.

INTERVIEWER: What kind of subjects did you take?

MARY: I had English, Latin, history, algebra, geometry, trigonometry, science.

INTERVIEWER: Do you remember any of the names of your teachers?

MARY: Oh yes. Our principal was Professor John S. Hill. He was a native of

 Snow Hill. Miss Lucille Taylor was my English teacher. Miss Mary Holland

 was my history and math teacher. Miss Anna Adkins was our manual trainer

 which corresponds to home ec. today.

INTERVIEWER: Where did you go to church?

MARY: Holy Cross Chapel Episcopal Church in Stockton.

INTERVIEWER: How long was it on Sunday? How long did it last?

MARY: The service?

INTERVIEWER: Mm-mm

MARY: Oh, about an hour.

INTERVIEWER: What did you do for recreation? Did you go ice skating?

MARY: Yes, we skated the mill pond. I was never very good.

INTERVIEWER: What kind of games did you play?

MARY: Well, we played Flinch, (audio not clear), and 7 Up. My daddy taught

 me  how to play 7 Up, which corresponds to fish nowadays. When I got older

 I  played 500. Then as bridge came along, I played bridge. I played some

 basketball. We passed the ball around, I guess you call that softball.

INTERVIEWER: Did you go swimming a lot?

MARY: No.

INTERVIEWER: How about dating?

MARY: Oh yes. I had some dates.

INTERVIEWER: Did you do a lot of dating?

MARY: I had some. We usually went to the car auctions.

INTERVIEWER: What were the rules in dating? The rules set by your parents.

MARY: I don’t remember that I had any rules really.

INTERVIEWER: What were some major events in the community?

MARY: Well we used to have an alumni banquet on Easter Monday for the

 high school. And there were organizations in two churches. There were two

 organizations, one was from our church called the Busy Bees and the

 Methodists were (audio not clear), and they met every so often for social

 functions.

INTERVIEWER: What types of businesses were around here?

MARY: There was a very thriving oyster business then. Two barrel factories

 because in the wintertime the oysters were shipped in barrels, and then in

 the summertime potatoes were shipped in barrels. In those days we had two

 passenger trains south and two passenger trains north, as well as several

 freight trains.

INTERVIEWER: What was the population? Was the town very big then?

MARY: No. I would say probably 300 people in those days.

INTERVIEWER: What was the law and order like?

MARY: Sheriff Payne was the magistrate in Stockton and we really didn’t have

 too much disorder.

INTERVIEWER: What type of transportation did you use?

MARY: Horse and buggy.

INTERVIEWER: There weren’t any steamboats around at all.

MARY: No. There were sail boats down at George Island Landing and oyster

 boats, but no, we didn’t have any steam.

(Continues next Saturday here at The Pocomoke Public Eye.)