Sunday, June 7, 2020

Time Machine: 1984, 1937, 1965, 2003.





June, 1984





The News Journal (Wilmington)


December, 1937

Salisbury Times



November, 1965
(Lt. John S. McCain III- future Vietnam war hero, U.S. Senator, and presidential candidate)
Daily Press (Newport News, Va.)



June, 2003

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Daily Times (Salisbury)
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Blogger BarryB said.





I noticed the other day that Breyer's Ice Cream isn't even ice cream anymore it is now Frozen Dairy Dessert.




1973  ..  The Eastern Shore is in disbelief over news of the death of their congressman William O. "Bill" Mills.
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Anonymous Anonymous said... 


I remember very well when Congressman Bill Mills was "found shot to death". It was no mystery because he shot himself with a 12 gauge shotgun in a horse barn on the north side of Easton.

Rogers C.B. Morton was representative of the First District back then and President Nixon appointed Morton to be Secretary of the Interior. Bill Mills was Morton's chief aide and won a special election to succeed Morton as congressman. All was going just fine until a story started to emerge about Mills receiving $25,000 in an unmarked envelope and about a week later he was found dead in the barn.

This led to the election of Bob Baumann who served in Congress until his scandal involving a young man which led to the election of Roy Dyson who served until his own scandal with a young man who jumped out of a hotel window in New York City. By the way, Baumann and Dyson hated each other with a passion.


PPE footnote:

As you can see from the above comment there has been quite a bit of history with those associated with Maryland's First Congressional District and here's a bit more. The year before Bill Mills death three of his top aids were killed in an automobile accident. Mills predecessor Rogers Morton may have been the Eastern Shore's most popular congressman being elected for five consecutive terms. Nationally he served as Chairman of the Republican National Committee and later, as noted above, was Secretary Of Interior in the Nixon administration; he served as Secretary Of Commerce in the Ford Administration. Morton's career in congress began in 1962 when he defeated incumbent Thomas F. Johnson who at the time was facing questions concerning legal improprieties. Johnson was from Berlin and had served as Worcester County State's Attorney and as a Maryland State Senator prior to representing the Eastern Shore in congress. In 1968 he was convicted on conspiracy and conflict of interest charges and served a short prison sentence. In 1988 Johnson and his wife died of injuries received when the car he was operating was involved in an accident in Seaford, De. -tk


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Yes, tk, there is a lot of, ummm, unusual history associated with the politicians of the First Congressional District. There are also many associated with Miss Edna Davy Muir and her unusual husband and I personally know some stories about John McCain but can't tell you anything about 1937. It was a bit before my time. But I do know where Jimmy Hoffa is buried. At least what is left of him.


1982  ..  Late Night With David Letterman debuts on NBC, airing after Johnny Carson's Tonight 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.






Friday, June 5, 2020

Time Machine Preview

This Sunday here at The Pocomoke Public Eye:

1981  ..  Accomack outlaws nude beach.

1937  ..  

1965  ..  Pilot John McCain is rescued after his jet trainer crashes at Cape Charles.

2003  ..  Local newspaper columnist Edna Davy Muir writes how food choices aren't what they used to be. 

Thursday, June 4, 2020

And the metropolitan media says...?

Don't I recall past times when the city newspaper and broadcast media on the other side of the bay in covering race sensitive issues have put little old Pocomoke City on the Eastern Shore in their news giving the impression we're a relic from a bygone era?

Well now in view of Wednesday's peaceful community rally (and with even the Pocomoke Police Department participating) let's see if they give us a mention. 

If you have read or seen a report from our big city friends please leave a comment here so their coverage is acknowledged.   

Maryland moving to Second Stage Reopening Plan Friday.

(WBOC)
Non-essential businesses may open eff. 5 p.m. Friday

View news story:
http://www.wboc.com/clip/15077333/maryland-to-begin-the-second-stage-of-coronavirus-reopening-plan



Sunday, May 31, 2020

TIME MACHINE: 1937, 2011, 1884, 1968.




January, 1937
 Democratic Messenger

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Anonymous Anonymous said...
I can remember sometime in the mid-60s in Pocomoke High I was talking to Bill Buchanan and he was telling me he wanted to be a teacher because they were making over $5,000 per year now.

I also remember my father coming home from a meeting in Snow Hill and saying, "Worcester County has just hired a county manager and his name is John Yankus. He is set for life because his salary will be $7,500!"


September, 2011
 Daily Times (Salisbury)



October, 1884

 The Baltimore Sun



If you were a teenager on the Eastern Shore in the 1960's your AM radio was probably tuned to a Top 40 radio station like WJDY in Salisbury, WCAO in Baltimore, WGH in Norfolk, and (night time) WKBW in Buffalo and WGN in Chicago.

August, 1968
Pictured from top to bottom: Bill Kline, Jerry Skislak, R.T., Jim King.  WJDY on-air voices from earlier years included Dick Ireland, Johnny Williams, Bob Rogers, Bob Callahan, Herb Kravitz. 


We don't have the musical jingle but maybe some will remember it... "1470 on your radio, 1470 on your radio.. WJDY.. Salisbury, Maryland."  WJDY's call letters stood for the name of the owner's wife- Judy.




1963  ..

1974  ..       Pocket calculators start to appear in stores.
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Anonymous said...
Pocket calculators started appearing before 1974. One day in 1972 Vernon Redden (father of Vernon Redden III) came into my office and showed his newest acquisition, a battery powered pocket calculator. It looked like something you could get for $4.99 now and only did addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. No percentages, no sine or cosine, just the rudimentary four functions. The price? Only $99.00. And that was in 1972 dollars!

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.







Friday, May 29, 2020

Time Machine Preview

This Sunday here at The Pocomoke Public Eye..

1937  ..  With teachers salaries averaging less than $1,000 a year Worcester County PTA's are urging the legislature to restore cuts made in 1933.

2011  ..  Completion of a large renovation project at PHS brings editorial kudos to Pocomoke City.

1884  ..  

 1968  ..   Recalling "Top 40" radio for Eastern Shore teens.