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Stories, ads, and Mac Davis walking into a “big box.” You can start by browsing the pages
by Bryan Gadow of this month’s Caroline Review.
My challenge to each of you is to buy something from at
For some generations, the yare for the 1950’s or 60’s. As for least one of these advertisers this month. If you do that, well,
your author, he is a child of the 80’s, and one with a mind I’ll stay o your back...and write about something else next

that o en dri s back to that time. month! Oh, and don’t forget, when making that purchase, to

Recently I thought of two occasions when local radio tell them who sent you!
stations came to the high school to record an interview with
students in order to promote some event or another. One
was with WCTD, Federalsburg, while the other was WKDI,
Denton. It seems a di erent world: our county had these

broadcasters with programs originating from right here.
Somewhere Mr. Nostalgia has a cassette tape that includes a
request he called in at about 3:00 am one morning. Yes, the
middle of the night, and I called and talked live to famous
DJ Troy Hill who was sitting in downtown Federalsburg
and quick to get Mac Davis on for me. Back then you could
walk into the News & Farmer o ce in Preston or the Times-

Record in Denton. Local folks reporting local stories, and we TRAILER REPAIR & HITCH INSTALL
took it all for granted.
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Another child of the 80’s? e Caroline Review. A few

weeks ago, I stumbled upon some issues from around 1984;
much had changed, but just as much was the same. As I
leafed through the pages something that stood out was the
advertisements: there were many more than compared to
now. e reason: most of those locally owned businesses

are known only to history. ey were your friends and

neighbors, the ones who sponsored your kids Little League
team, donated to the Volunteer Fire Company, and employed 15945 Henderson Rd
local folks at a living wage. It was the ads they purchased that Goldsboro, MD
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support local businesses. Walmart, Starbucks, Aldi’s, Royal and minor problems.
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