Liquor License Inspector
Vemon Phillips

Liquor Control Board
Philip Lee Tilghman, Chairperson, 1987; Valda
E. M. Dennis, 1987; R. Paul Hall, 1987; Wil-
liam P. Long, 1987.

TIDEWATER AFFAIRS

Oystennen's Tongers Advisory Committee
James C. Webster, Jr., Chairperson; Victor
Arnold; Robert Buller; Michael Hemphill;
Howard Insley.

EXTENSION AND SOIL CONSERVATION
SERVICES

Extension Agents
Wayne V. Shaff, County Director; Sharon M.
Bagwell; Bettie Wolfe Collins; Ellen P. Pusey;
Vaughn White.

Soil Conservation District Supervisors
C. Edward Holloway, Chairperson, 1990;
Norman Brittingham, 1988; W. Simpson
Donahoo, 1989; Richard W. Wright, 1991;
Robert M. Davis (County appointee); Wayne
V. Shaff, Secretary (nonvoting). Gregory H.
Williams, District Conservationist.

WORCESTER COUNTY

County Seat: Snow Hill 21863

Origin: Created from Somerset County in 1742
(Chapter 9, Acts of 1742).

Name: Named after the Earl of Worcester.
Form of Government: Code Home Rule (1976)

County Code: See Code of the Public Local Laws
of Worcester County (1980) with supplements.

Area: 584.86 sq. miles (474.86 land, 110 water)

Population. 1900: 20,865; 1950: 23,148; 1960:
23,733; 1970: 24,442; 1980: 30,889.

Principal Incorporated Places (1980 census):
Ocean City (4,946), Pocomoke City (3,558),
Snow Hill (2,192), Berlin (2,162)

Voter Registration, Oct. 6, 1986. Democrat:
11,140; Republican: 4,693; Other Parties: 3; No
Party Affiliation: 899; Total: 16,735.

Per Capita Income, 1985 (estimated): $9,302

State Forests: Pocomoke (13,230 acres)

State Parks: Assateague (756 acres), Milburn
Landing (370 acres). Shad Landing (545 acres)

Museums/Historical Societies: Worcester County
Historical Society, P.O. Box 111, Snow Hill
21863

JUDICIAL OFFICES

Circuit Court
Courthouse, Room 104
Snow Hill 21863 Telephone: 632-0600

District Court
Green St.
Snow Hill 21863 Telephone: 632-2525

Court Terms:

Circuit Court—Grand Jury and Petit Jury, fourth
Monday in February and September.

Orphans' Court Days—Tuesdays, 10:00 a.m.-4:00
p.m.

Circuit Court Resident Judges
Dale R. Cathell, 1997; Theodore R.
Eschenburg, Sr., 1999.

Circuit Court Clerk
Wame C. Littleton, 1990

District Court Judge
Thomas C. Groton III, Administrative Judge,
1993
Thomas H. White, Administrative Clerk; Patri-
cia G. Berdan, Clerk.

Orphans' Court Judges
William D. Shockley, Chief Judge, 1990; James
L. Bowden, 1990; Harry J. Connolly, Sr., 1990.