Wicomico High School - Tom Tom Yearbook (Salisbury, MD)

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Mxaa Alma JCattkfnrit Miss Alma Lankford, vice-principal of Wicomico High School for 16 years and a member of the faculty for 34 years, died after an illness of six months at the Peninsula General Hospital on October 6, 1944. She bore her unbearable suffering for many months with a cheerful smile, and seemed only interested in how things were going on over at school. She was a born teacher and possessed the essential qualities which made her one of the most understanding teachers Wicomico High could ever have. There was never a time when she wasn ' t willing to help some one who had fallen behind or didn ' t understand his work. She helped in great measure to form the characters of many of her pupils and to help prepare them for life in this chaotic world of today. She gave to us, the students, the best part of her life. Miss Lankford attended Wicomico High as a student. She went to Ran¬ dolph Macon College and then taught at Blackstone, Virginia. When she re¬ turned to Wicomico County, she became a Latin teacher and later head of the Romance Language Department. She was a member of the Maryland State Teachers Association and the National Education Association. She was also a leader in P.T.A. work in Wicomico County. We will always remember her quick, gay smile, her thoughtful ways, and her understanding of students and the problems which they face. She was very tolerant, broad-minded and respected the opinion of others. At the January meeting of the P.T.A., a resolution was presented by the Faculty Committee and adopted. This summed up in only a few words her unselfish life which will be remembered and appreciated by all who knew and loved Miss Lankford. Four

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We, the Class of 19U5, dedicate this issue of “The Tom-Tom” in memory of Miss Alma Lank¬ ford and Mr. Edwin K. McIntosh. There will be a vacancy, not only in the school, but also in the hearts of those who knew them, for they were ever ready to extend a helping hand to those who labored along the road to knowledge. Three

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Mr. iftrJhttoah On December 22, 1944, Wicomico High School lost one of its most respect¬ ed teachers. On that day Mr. Edwin McIntosh, 61-year-old head of the Science Department, died of a heart attack in the office of the Board of Education. He died only a few moments after bidding his classes goodbye for the Christmas Holidays. It has been truly said, He gained his fame by minding his own business. He was reliable and would help anyone he could advance along the rocky road to knowledge. Because of these qualities, his students had only the greatest of admiration for him. Those pupils who had him, came out of his classes better citizens, not only of this school, but also as future active citizens of the world. Mr. McIntosh came to Sharptown from Mansfield, Pennsylvania, 32 years ago. For nearly 10 years he taught in the Sharptown High School. Then 20 years ago he joined the faculty of Wicomico High School as a teacher of Biology and Science. Considered one of Sharptown ' s first citizens, he was active both in his church and politics. His fellow Masons acted as pallbearers at his interment in the Taylor Cemetery at Sharptown. At the January meeting of the P.T.A., the Faculty Resolutions Committee, Miss Florene D. Erwood, Miss Audrey Stewart, and Mr. Frank P. Mitchell, pre¬ sented a resolution which was adopted by the P.T.A. in his memory. Five