A call back in time..

 

(1936)

We'll have more views from time to time of the old phone book pages here at The Pocomoke Public Eye.

 Anonymous said...

A number of names on this page are familiar to us older Pocomokians, i.e. Pearl Bratten (teacher), G.D. Bull (produce), Lesley Bunting (electrical repair shop), Griffin Callahan (merchant), Godfrey Child (lawyer), J.Dawson Clarke (Marva Theater owner, future mayor), Clinton Duncan (petroleum distributor), Lynwood Duncan (auto dealership).

 Anonymous said...

I can't believe I'm old enough to remember some of these people. Quince Ashburn lumber was a forerunner of Miles Building Supply and Benjamin Dryden owned the farm that later became the site of Roses, Pizza Hut and other businesses. His former house still stands at 514 Market Street.

 Anonymous said...

Dawson Clarke may have been the Marva manager in 1936 and bought it later. And later on he operated WBOC's Pocomoke radio studio on Willow Street.

tk for PPE says:  Dawson also was a professional photographer. In the early 1940s's he took separate portrait photographs of my sister and I and they're still displayed in my home. He was a talented piano player and sometimes performed at community functions.  As mayor Dawson was an avid and enthusiastic promoter of Pocomoke City.

Firefighter's bill is signed

 

       May 8, 2023

Pictured at the formal bill signing ceremony of Senate Bill 823 are (left to right standing) retired Salisbury firefighter Steve Mizell, Senator Mary Beth Carozza, and Maryland State Firemen's Association Legislative Officer, Chief Bob Phillips, and (left to right sitting) Senate President Bill Ferguson, Governor Wes Moore, House Speaker Adrienne Jones, and House Chief Clerk Sylvia Siegert.

Governor Wes Moore welcomes retired Salisbury firefighter Steve Mizell at the formal bill signing ceremony of Senate Bill 823 held in the Governor's Reception Room in the State House in Annapolis.

   

Time Machine: 100 years ago this week in Pocomoke's newspaper, 2007, 2003, 1934.

 

February, 2007

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The News Journal (Wilmington, De)

 Anonymous said...

I have sailed the Chesapeake Bay for over 60 years and can assure you that mean water levels have not risen. Shorelines may be eroding, land may be subsiding but water level is not rising.

September, 2003

Somerset Herald

(Bobby Wetzel, 6, and his sisters Chelsea, 9, and Rosemary, 11, play Friday Sept. 19 in the flooded area along Maryland Ave. in Crisfield after Hurricane Isabel. The Wetzels, who were staying with friends, were among nearly 300 residents evacuated from their homes on Smith Island.)

May, 1934

Democratic Messenger

Meet Worcester County's new Pop Up Library

    

Time Machine Preview

This Sunday here at The Pocomoke Public Eye:

Have your reading glasses nearby.  There was a lot to read about in the edition from the first week in May, 1923.

PLUS

2007  ..  

2003  ..   Aftermath of Hurricane Isabel in Crisfield-

1934  ..                Strawberry time in Pocomoke City-

                    
Read more about it:

Jazz & Blues, Wine & Brews | Historic Berlin, Maryland Chamber of Commerce (berlinchamber.org)

 OCEAN CITY

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Celebrate Springfest in Ocean City, MD (ococean.com)

1899- From courting to courtroom (4)

It made headlines on the Eastern Shore and beyond.

It's 1899 and spring is in the air but for a young Worcester County woman who was expecting to be a bride, she'll see the older gentleman who was her would-be husband in court and not at the altar.  

The following is the concluding article of four about the in-court drama. 

The defense filed an appeal of the court's decision.  Early the following year The Maryland Court of Appeals upheld the jury's verdict.  A win for Miss Tapman but lacking the monetary amount she pursued. Newspapers in June of 1900 reported that a Snow Hill attorney had been appointed bankruptcy trustee on behalf of creditors of Hiram J. Lewes. It was also mentioned that attorneys for Miss Tapman held a $1,500 breach of promise judgement against Lewis.  This was the last of any news found mentioning the court case.