East New Market, 1927 (note: the postmaster was Charles W. Meyer from 4/11/1919 until 12/16/1927, at which time Julian Richardson was appointed, and he served until 5/11/1932.) (listing of occupations): Banks, John W. Jackson, Charles, laborer Bell, C. Edwin Jackson, Harold, laborer Blake, Charles H., laborer Jackson, John, laborer Bradley, William E., clerk Jackson, Thomas, laborer Brannock, J.Airey, merchant Jenkins, Joshua, A., laborer Brinsfield, B.B. Johnson, William E., clerk Clifton, Wilbur P., laborer Johnson, James E., clerk Colbourn, Oliver, laborer Jolley, Josiah, laborer Collins, Thomas W..H., clerk Jolley, Martin, clerk Collins, John F.S., clerk Jones, Charles E., laborer Collins, G.W., laborer Jones, Kenneth B.,laborer Collins, William T., clerk Jones, Norman, laborer Conway, Richard, laborer Lee, Hamil Conway, Winfield, laborer Littleton, George A., merchant Conway, Herman, laborer McAllen, Milton Crowe, Walter J., merchant McCarter, Vernon L., laborer Dashiell, S.J., clerk McWilliams, Benjamin R. Dashiell, Earl, laborer Marsden, L.B., physician Dean, J. Martin, laborer Mitchell, Edward E., laborer Dennard, Richard H., laborer Moore, George W., clerk Drain, W.F., laborer Mortimer, S.W., laborer Dutton, John, laborer Murphy, A.W. Eastern Shore Drug Co, Neal, Isaiah, laborer F.W. Earle, manager Neubaur, William East New Market Bank Nichols, H.F., physician Eddington, W.T., merchant Nicholson, J.K., farmer Gambrill, W.T., clerk Parker, Harry E., laborer Gordon, Louis G., waterman Richardson, Julian, auto merchant Gross, William J., clerk Ross, James, laborer Harson, Anton, clerk Ross, Thomas J., laborer Helsby, Charles, merchant Rozelle, J.B., farmer Henry, Noel, laborer Saxton & Parker, merchants Howard, J.H., merchant (farm implements, hardware) Howard, L.C., builder Seward, W.J., laborer Isenberg, Franklin, clerk Slocum, Noah, laborer Isenberg Vulcanizing Works
East New Market, 1927, page 2:
Smith, Clarence Wheatley, Eben W. Smith, John W. Wheatley, George E. Smith, John T., laborer Wheatley, Thomas K. Smith, S.J.T., farmer Willis, Paul I, merchant (hardware?) Spear, Wm. John, laborer Willoughby, Howard H.,undertaker Talbot, Frank, waterman Willoughby, Thomas H., clerk Thompson, Fred, laborer Wright, J.B., clerk Thompson, Luther, laborer Young, C.J., laborer Thompson, Walter J.,laborer Young, Howard, laborer Thompson, D. Arthur, laborer Todd, Hampton, laborer Todd, Henry, laborer Todd, Jessie J., laborer Tubman, Henry Lloyd Twilley, Edgar R., merchant Webster, Charles, Sr, fruit packer Webster, Samuel L., real estate
1927 East New Market, page 3….Farmers:
Adkins, William J. Ellis, Alex Milligan, J. Frank Andrews, Clark Era, James L. Milligan, E.G. Andrews, Thomas Era, Joseph G. Mitchell, Charles L. Askins, Clarence Gambrill, James R. Moore, John E. Askins, Garrison Gootee, W. T. Moore, Noah Baker, J.A. Graig, Winnie W. Patten, John E. Bailey, Leon A. Harvey, Francis Puleski, John Bargeman , R. Harrison, Harry Rickwood, W.A. Bounds, Herman C. Hackett, J. Luke Rozelle, Wm.E. Bell, C,.W, Henry, George M. Saxton, Clarence L. Blobe, ,W. Howard Henry, John C. Saxton, M.H. Blades, John Henry, John D. Sellers, William M. Blades, Harry Henry, John W. Short, S.C. Boston, J.E. Henry, Robert Sibley, Edward A. Bradley, Arnold Henry, Perry L. Smith, James M. Brinsfield, Ira A. Hicks, George Suhr, F.A. Bramble, Archie Hubbard, Oliver W. Suhr, August Brinsfield, James E. Hubbard, Wm. T. Taylor, T.J. Brinsfield, J. Morrett Jackson, Amos Thompson, Ollie W. Bryan, Augustus Jackson, George W. Thompson, Thomas H. Clauser, Andrew Jackson, Roland Thompson, William O. Clauser, Carl Jones, Oscar L. Thompson, Charles E. Clifton, Furman B. Johnson, Louis H. Thomas, John W. Conway, George A. Johnson, John Wesley Thomas, Lake Colbourn, Samuel C. Johnson, John B. Tjaden, John J. Colbourn, Wm. H. Kelley, W.J. Tjaden, Hiram J. Colbourn, James Kimmey, Fred Tobat, Michael Condon, Daniel F. Koch, John D. Undershell, Joshua S. Dashiell, George Krueger, Wm. H. Webster, Harry B. Denby, John H. Krueger, William H. Webster, Joseph H. DeMott, E.E. Kral, Joseph Webster, Frank Dishan, Frank Loomis, Fred E. Webster, T. Winfield Dockins, Oliver Matthews, W.M. Wilkinson, John E. Dutton, William Madoskey, William Wheatley, Herman H. Eagon, Charles McAllen, G. Arthur Wheeler, John H. Eckert, Paul Merrick, John C. Hackett, W.T added later Elbert, Albert Melvin, Githert A. Johnson, John J Elbert, Edgar Messick, John Thompson, John Wesley Elbert, Selas J. Millard, F.A.
1927 East New Market, Farmers:
Whitten, William T. Windsor, Joseph T. Wishnock, Michael Woodward, Joseph Woolen, William J. Wright, Isaac H. Young, John W.
(author’s note) In 1928, local businessman Clarence Saxton gave
the following facts as part of a Rotary Club speech about the town...“
We have a box factory which produces annually about 125,000 boxes,
crates, etc., consisting of cantaloupe, asparagus and berry crates”
Also, in respect to the East New Market Bank, “Charles Webster (Sr.) has
become the president and C. Edwin Bell, the cashier…. The bank
opened in 1907 with $10,000 in deposits and now has $325,000….
Five farms on the edge of the town produce annually an average of 2000
bushels each (of wheat)….rail car shipments in 1928 included 130 rail
cars of cantaloupes, 4 cars of peas, 13 of sweet potatoes, 62 cars of
canned tomatoes….in October, 1927, 25,000 hampers of lima beans were
shipped by rail and truck…in addition 71 car load of various products
were received at the station…” Also: “ the town …has 8
stores, 2 canning houses, one box factory, one potato house, one pickle
house, one bank, the high school and 4 churches…”