Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1937-06-11
INTERESTING
SCHOOL NEWS
in THE COUNTY
Betty Gordon Received Attend
ance Certificate For Six
Consecutive Years
LIST OF THOSE WITH
EXCEPTIONAL RECORDS

The report OF the school attendance
officer, Mrs. Lucy Stage Pilchard,
shows that all the high schools of the
county are closely grouped as regards
the averages for May last.
Stockton is in the lead with rating
of 94.4: Ocean City brings up the rear
with 91.8-a difference of only &c
points. Snow Hill, 93.9; Berlin, 93.4;
and Pocomoke, 91.8. The general
average for the month is IL points
lower than for the same month last
year.
Of the graded group, Berlin A is at
the top with GAL; Pocomoke A, "a;
Snow Hill B, 93.1; Bishopville, 92.8;
Stockton, 92.3; Pocomoke B, GIG;
Snow Hill A, COL; Berlin B, $50;
and Ocean City, S4.4. The general
average for this group is one point
lower than for May 1886.
Girdletree leads the two-teacher
schools with 91.8; Newark, 81; Atkin-
son, 1872; Whaleysville, 1855. The
general average for this group is IL
points better than for the same month
last year.
st. Martin is at the head of the
one-teacher group with $50; Shovel,
92.4; Libertytown, 84.S. The general
average for these is 81 points better
than for the same month last year.
The Pocomoke City colored high
schools leads the procession with 98.3;
Berlin, 96.6; Snow Hill, 93.6.
The elementary school is No. 4 in
a list of 26 schools with an average
Of $50. The high schools are tenths
of a point behind last years mark,
while the elementary group is better
by 81 points.
Following are the names -. ......
Following are the names of pupils
who were neither absent nor tardy
during scholastic year 1936-37:
Pocomoke A.: Beulah Mcdaniel, Ran
dolph Mcdaniel, Arthur Taylor, Ad-
rian Darby, Edward Bounds.
Pocomoke B: Hortense Bunting
Mary Jane Maddox, George S. Bunt-
ing, Melvin Townsend.
Snow Hill A: Charles Corddry, Mil
dred Johnson, Fred Godfrey, Ruth
Conway, Enron Sidaway, Thelma Viii
son, David McAllister, Albert Coving-
ton, Jean Pusey, Lulu Evans.
Shovel: Ralph Lewis.
Bishopville: Edward S. Chopper.
Clifford Cooper, Betty A. Hudson,
Eleanor Rayne, Christine Chopper,
Fleda Cropper, Jane Chopper, Rena
Hickman, Clarence Hudson, Josiah
Timmons, Samuel Tubbs.
Atkinson: Catherine Pusey.
Stockton: Sylvia E. Gordon, John
F. Hickman, Elizabeth Payne, Doro-
thy Hancock, Elizabeth Hickman, Nell
da Mariner, Charles Meiser, Joseph
Taylor, Dorsey Lee Hickman, Reginald
Ward, Mildred Mears, Mary Witzel,
Harry Ayres, Carl Bailey, Rintha Ann
Hickman, Ruth Ward, Hilda Beau
champ, Essie Mae Outten, Wallace
bromley, Jean hancock.
Berlin A: Earl Davis, Emma Ad-
kins, Jean Wooten, Rachel Lee Col
Inns, Howard Aydelotte, Preston Dais-
ey, Ruth Hudson, Gladys Bradford,
Lena Collins, Franklin Hudson, Mary
Ruth Onley, Charles Massey, Jack
Davis, Mary Jane Pennewell, Powell
Mitchell.
Berlin B: Thad Williams, Dorsey
Richardson, Lois Ann Williams, How
ard Hall, Rosefie CULLEN.
Whaleysville: Richard Lewis.
Ocean City,: Betty Gordon, Willis
Hudson, Martha Ann Bunting, Nellie
Powell, Joyce Parker, Wilmer Smul-
len, Betty Taylor.
Betty Gordon, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Daniel Henry Gordon, and SEN
ior in the Ocean City High School, has
received an attendance certificate for
six consecutive years. She is to be
commended highly for such a won
derful record.
Following are the names of colored
pupils who were neither absent nor
tardy during scholastic year 1867.
Pocomoke: Ida Mae Height, Gerald
inc Johnson, James Archer, Cecil
Dryden, DOLLS Waters, Mardella John
son, Elnora Mae Glenn, Miriam AL
thea Quinn, Mamie Lee Height, Jas.
F. Collier, Virginia E. Harmon, Joseph
w. Armstrong, Jr., Sylvan Collier,
Stanford James.
Unionville: Israel Winder Gale, Jr.,