"Friendliest Town On The Eastern Shore." Our tradition runs deep. Excerpt from a letter to the editor from a visitor to Newtown, (former name of Pocomoke City) published in the Baltimore Sun, April 28,1847.
This place (Newtown) is a pretty snug little village, containing about 500 clever and hospitable inhabitants; is has good wide streets, quite clear of that "eye sore," known mostly over the Peninsula by the name of "deep sand"; the houses, though built of frame, are generally built substantially and with some discretion and taste; there are two neat, new, and quite handsome frame churches in it; as for the merchants of the place, suffice it to state that they are very clever and hospitable. F. Mezick, Esq., the landlord with whom I stopped, and his very obliging and jolly assistant, are richly deserving of a passing notice, for the good treatment and the extension of the many civilities to "the stranger."
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April, 1922
The Leavenworth Times (Leavenworth, Kansas)
TROOPS TO GUARD FIRE RUINED CITY
Will Protect Property Which Escaped Flames In Pocomoke City, Maryland.
Pocomoke City, Maryland, April 17.- With ten acres in the heart of this city burned over causing an estimated property damage of $2,000,000, Governor Ritchie tonight ordered a company of the first regiment, Maryland National Guard, at Salisbury, to proceed here at once to protect property which escaped the flames.
Tonight the town is in darkness. Wires are down. The heart of the business section is in ruins. Both banks have been destroyed and in addition to business structures fifty homes fell prey to the flames. Communication with the outside world has been accomplished by tapping wires on the outskirts.
April, 2006 (Maryland State Archive)
Washington Post
Del. K. Bennett Bozman, 69; Served Eastern Shore
By Allan Lengel
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, April 28, 2006
Maryland Del. K. Bennett Bozman, an affable Democrat from the Eastern Shore who fought to protect the coastal bays and served as the House's deputy majority whip, died April 27 after a cardiac arrest, just days before his 70th birthday.
House Speaker Michael E. Busch (D-Anne Arundel) said that Del. Bozman, of Worcester County, had developed bacterial meningitis while hospitalized on the Eastern Shore and was being taken by ambulance to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore mid afternoon when he died.
Del. Bozman's death caught colleagues and friends off guard and brought an outpouring of kind words from both sides of the political aisle.
"I was deeply saddened to hear about Bennett's untimely passing, and I am sure that sentiment is shared by the many citizens whose lives he touched during his decades of public service to citizens of Wicomico and Worcester counties," Lt. Gov. Michael S. Steele (R) said. "He was truly an Eastern Shore gentleman."
Born May 8, 1936, in Norfolk, Del. Bozman attended Washington High School in Princess Anne, Md., and received a degree from the University of Maryland School of Pharmacy in 1961.
He served in the U.S. Coast Guard from 1961 until 1969 and went on to become a pharmacist and county commissioner on the Eastern Shore, colleagues said.
Del. Bozman became a member of Maryland's House in 1991. Over the years, he served on panels including the Ways and Means Committee and the Special Joint Committee on Competitive Taxation and Economic Development.
"Bennett truly was a very modest and very kind human being," said Del. Elizabeth Bobo (D-Howard). "He wasn't the kind of delegate who hopped on the floor just to [talk]. He only got up when he had something to say."
Busch expressed similar sentiments. "Everybody loved Bennett Bozman," he said. "He was a natural with people. He always had something positive to say."
In 2000, despite long odds, Del. Bozman took a shot at unseating Rep. Wayne T. Gilchrest, a popular moderate Republican who had far more financing.
Del. Bozman's party offered little material help, figuring the money could be better spent on a candidate with better odds. Still, that didn't stop him from chalking up 25,000 miles on his wife's car and traveling both shores of the Chesapeake. He lost by a considerable margin.
Survivors include his wife, two children and three grandchildren.
June, 1974 (Time Machine archive)
(The Salisbury Times)
(Excerpt)
Lt. McGee Given Farewell Dinner
OCEAN CITY- In a testimonial dinner, highlighted by humor, a stellar audience, and a moving salute to his family by guest of honor, Edwin D. McGee, the Salisbury barrack "E" commander was given an affectionate farewell by friends and fellow officers this weekend.
He is retiring July 1 after 33 years with the Maryland State Police.
First Lt. McGee, 57, who was born near Pocomoke City, came to the Salisbury barrack after a short hitch as a rookie in the Belair area, at the start of his career in 1941. Remaining here, he became barrack commander in 1969.
At the gala Friday evening dinner-dance, a host of well-wishers took the podium to tell "Big Mac" anecdotes and present him gifts.
April, 1918
Marylander And Herald (Princess Anne)
Crisfield Man To Prison
William S. Guy, a merchant in Crisfield, pleaded guilty in the United States Court in Baltimore last Wednesday of violating the Mann Act, when he went to Baltimore with Annie Elizabeth Carter on March 26 last. He was sentenced to 18 months in the Atlanta penitentiary.
Guy is married, and it was said after his arrest that his wife knew of his intimacy with Miss Carter, who is 24 years old, but of weak mind. In going to Baltimore the couple went through Philadelphia, and that gave the government jurisdiction in the case.
Footnote: As originally passed by Congress in 1910, the Mann Act's ambiguous language of "immorality" meant it could be used to criminalize consensual sexual behavior between adults.
August, 1961
(The DailyMail- Hagerstown, Md.)
Citizens Happy Circus Has Left
SNOW HILL, Md. (AP)- The circus has left town, and no doubt the citizens of this Worcester County seat are relieved.
Early Tuesday morning, a Brahma bull made its way through town to a farm about one mile north of Snow Hill.
Only two days previously, Mrs. Alton Smack opened a door of her home only to see an elephant standing beside her garage.
Both the bull and the 17,000 pound elephant broke loose from their confines at the circus, which ended its engagement Tuesday.
Skeptical town police finally had to usher the elephant to its proper home. The keeper couldn't be found.
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