Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1925-01-24
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eu, was scared StlH anu IHeTe we're
also others.
Then dear old Prof. Page, couldn't
see very well, and was quite deaf. l
used to sing a whole song through,
and he wouldn't hear until at the end,
I'd get louder and louder, then he
would say, "Don't hear someone
singing?" and the song and smiles
would stop and everybody would be
studying so hard Now that | am
quite deaf myself I often wonder if
some of it isn't my just reward.
/ also had Rev. George Bell, who
was assistant to DR.. Polk think. One
day in the little back recitation room,
sneezed out aloud. He said one should
never sneeze out aloud in public. 1t
could always be avoided by pressing a
finger on the upper lip. l can hear
Marion Stevenson whisper to me now,
as he did then, "Holy Moses, Peggy,
don't you ever dare sneeze" There
was a lot of fun in Marion and Tom
also. saw in the Democrat sometime
ago a letter from Tom, where he said
he might go back home some day to
live. No you won't Tom, you can't
leave your children even for home.
saw Tom and Annie, his wife, at
Ocean Grove some years ago, and An
nie looked almost as young as she did
when she was one of the six little
girls in our class years ago. I've for
gotten some Of the boys in our little
class, but there were just six girls,
Emma and Minnie Dickinson, Sallie
and Annie Henderson, Lii Young and
myself. We also had some other les
sons with the big boys and girls in
the room. 1t would take too long to
mention them, but I remember many
of them. The two Dale brothers and
Ella, the two McMasters and Eben
Hearne and Hattie McMaster and En-
ma Young, Grace Boston and many
others. Some are here and some are
gone. But Pm glad to say, none ever
go that l can't recall something nice
about them.
And there were many in the other
rooms not quite so far advanced, and
younger that we were also associated
with, among them, John McMaster.
Everybody had a good word for John
while he was living, not only after he
was gone. He was always ready to
help with his sympathy and kindness
in every way. In letter to me when
my husband died, he said, $50 many
of those who are nearest and dearest
to us are going into the better coun
try, it will make it easier for us when
our time comes"
Of course, we all remember Minnie
Dickinson Woolverton. She was the
"star" of our little class. One of my
girls, Alberta Kempton, who came to
MY private school for years and af-
ter graduation from our High school
here, went to Vassar College, met
Minnie's daughter, Primrose, who was
there at the time, but very soon after
was thru college think. I asked AL
berta about her, and she said, "Prim-
rose is dear and l understand very
clever" ~ replied, No wonder, her
mother was a dear, and very clever
ALSO"
1 saw Emma D. Crockett here at
tire hospital not very long before she
went to Heaven, and she was still
sweet and pretty. I met her daughter
Margaret, while / was home this past
summer and while l couldn't see that
she looked at all like Emma, she did
remind me very much of distant
cousin of hers, who is very dear
friend of mine, Miss Anna Humph-
ries, daughter Of DR.. Richard Humph-
ries, who died some years ago. He
was born on the Eastern Shore and
dearly loved to visit there He said
it was due to that fact, that he al
ways got good appointments in the
Methodist Conference, for in order to
get anywhere in the conference you
had to be an Englishman or an Irish
man or else born on the Eastern
Shore of Maryland.
Another mighty good friend of
mine, born on the Eastern Shore, was
Gov. Robert E. Pattison. When l first
came here he was city comptroller. l
got to know him thru his mother and
little daughter who attended the AS
bury church where l joined when I
first came here IS years ago. The
Governor was superintendent of the
Covenant S. S., and he and his wife
belonged there. l told him that I
wanted to open Private school here.
He said, go ahead you shall have
Winnie for your first pupil" And the
day I began, he came before anyone