Worcester Democrat and the ledger-enterprise. (Pocomoke City, Md.) 1921-1953, 1939-08-11

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list of the teachers that preceded and
succeeded them both of the depart
ments of the school. The Principals
not named above have been as fol-
lows, leaving off their titles: Gussie
Sudler, Corinne Adams, Dorothy Bal
lard, Addie Handy, Daisy Miles,
Marie Adams, Letha Crockett Coul-
bourne, Marie Davis, Mildred Powell,
Miriam Dryden, Elizabeth Beauchamp,
Ressie Mariner, Grace Alder and
Charlotte Fitzgerald.
The assistant teachers not named
above have been as follows: Maude
Miller, Martha Wilkins Holland, Jen-
ME Broughton Wilmington, Matte
Landlord Davis, Lille Dolby, Mary
Dixon, Elizabeth Chamberlain, Mamie
Furniss, Ruth Landlord Maddox and
Margaret Porter Burroughs Wilson.
Since 1928, the attendance of pupils
have declined, only one teacher has
been employed, thus converting the
school into a one-room school. The
teachers since that year have been
Dorothy Dryden, Helen Hopkins,
Daisy Miles, Virginia Wilmington,
Emily Cullen and Rae Cox.
The earnestness which characterized
all of the above-named teachers in
their arduous endeavors to properly
and profitably instruct the pupils un-
der their charge is commendable. I
cannot discriminate, as each one de-
serves her need of praise, and eter-
nifty alone will reveal the fruits of
their labors as exemplified in the
lives and accomplishments of the
young people who were influenced by
their instructions.
The Trustees of the Academy not
named above who have served down
through the years have been Robert
II. Powell, William Allen Powell, G..
G. Weatherill, DR.. Fred Adams, ST.,
Frank Matthews, ST., Thomas o.
Long, J. P. Carter, Albert Mills, Geo.
w. Powell, Sidney Ennis, William S.
Powell, Asbury Henderson, Henry I.
Powell, Harry Cuff, Edgar Dryden,
Jeff Dryden, Collie Ennis and Walter
Mahan. IL
The Superintendent of Schools
have been w. H. Dashiell, Robert F.
Duer, Eugene w. Pruitt and w. Stew
art Fitzgerald.
In December, 1913, the original
Academy building was destroyed by
fire, and. a temporary building was
used until the present building was
erected. It is a one-story, two room
building, constructed on more up-to-
date lines and with improved equip
ment.
I have to record the fact that, owing
to the necessity Of keeping up with
the march of time and the demands
of this progressive age in which we
are Hvi4g, the Academy was closed
on May Is, 1888, after a creditable
and remarkable record of sixty-five
years, and arrangements made by the
School Board Of Somerset County to
convey the pupils Of the Academy by
bus to the various departments of the
High School at Marion, Somerset
County, Maryland.
The proverbial "little red school
house" has forever disappeared, but
we should not forget the work that it
accomplished in sending out into the
world many men and women who
gained worldwide reputation. It is
safe to say that during the first twen-
ty years of its existence, the Rehoboth
Academy graduated more pupils who
became teachers than any single High
School in either Somerset or Wor-
cester County, during the same period
of time.
would be derelict to my duty if
neglected to pay a tribute to the men,
Dry of the devoted teachers and pupils
of this old school who have fallen by
the wayside and have crossed the
Great Divide and who left us to carry
on-many of them in the prime of
life, called away from an active life
to experience the realities of a bet
ter world. We cherish their memory
and we hope to clasp their hands a
gain in that beautiful land that is
"fairer than day."
This history would not be complete
without some mention being made
about the Reunion of the teachers and
pupils Of this famous old Rehoboth
Academy, held on the Steamer Emer-
son c. Harrington moored near the
Pocomoke River Bridge, on the SOM
erset County side, on Monday even
ing, July "a, 1889. Mr.. Eben Hearne
and Miss Lavinia G. Hearne, former