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From: "Mike Hitch" <>
Subject: RE: [Fwd: [LDR] Re: Pokomoke]
Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 10:57:03 -0500
In-Reply-To: <3C0E3E4A.C21E10FD@worldnet.att.net>


Well, if you want to get technical then Pocomoke should be Pocomoke City,
no?

Thanks,
Mike Hitch
www.mikehitch.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Massey [mailto:]
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 10:34 AM
To:
Subject: Re: [Fwd: [LDR] Re: Pokomoke]


Chuck,

You are absolutely right!! I'll bet that you know how to pronounce
Quindocqua and Merumsco too. (My mother was from Quindocqua
and my father was from Merumsco. They met while attending high school in
Marion Station in the 20's.

Ron

Chuck Lokey wrote:

> Believe you're missing the "Station" part of Marion Station.
>
> Chuck Lokey
> Canton, GA
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> Hi Rachel,
>
> You are absolutely right! I grew up in Crisfield in the 50's and
60's. We
> used to go to Poke-a-moke to shop. Everybody I know pronounces the name
of the
> "city" just the way you state here. Back in the 50's and 60's, Pocomoke
had a
> very nice shopping district. I seem to remember my parents buying all my
Boy
> Scout uniforms on a balcony in what I think was a big W. T. Grant store.
There
> was a very large Montgomery Ward store also, as well as many other stores
that I
> can't remember now. The only thing better was a trip to Salisbury, but
that was
> a rare and special occasion. I believe that the last Somerset County
Liquor
> Dispensary was just before you crossed the border into Worcester County.
> So....if one were too embarrassed to buy booze with one's neighbors
watching,
> one could drive to Poke-a-moke. They were good days.
>
> Now, can YOU pronounce Quindocqua or Merumsco? What is missing when
someone
> says they drove through Marion? And last, but never least, WHERE is
"Ape's
> Hole?"
>
> All best wishes,
> Ron
>
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