WR 32: Ocean City Elementary School collection |
1 folder (.01 cubic feet)
(1947)
Worcester County Library: Genealogy and Local History Collection, Snow Hill Branch, Snow Hill, MD
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Identifier: |
WR 32 |
| Creator(s): |
Democratic Messenger |
| Acquisition: |
The Ocean City Elementary School collection was donated to the Worcester County Library by Edward P. Harris. |
| Language(s): | English |
| Use: | Records are open for research. Copyright, including literary rights, belongs to the author(s) or their legal heirs. Permission to publish or reproduce must be obtained from the Worcester County Library which extends beyond “fair use”. |
| Preferred Citation: |
“Item, collection name, [Box #, Folder #,] Worcester County Library, Snow Hill Branch, Snow Hill, Maryland.” |
| Attribution: |
Finding aid written by Alec Staley, September 2019. |
| Related Materials: | None. |
| Separated Materials: | None. |
The Ocean City Elementary School collection contains one newspaper clipping regarding the Ocean City Elementary School. The newspaper clipping was published in the Democratic Messenger in October 23, 1947. The title of the clipping is “The Largest First Grade in History of Ocean City (Md.) School”. Included is a picture of the forty-six first grade students enrolled in Ocean City Elementary School in 1947, along with everyone’s name.
The current Ocean City Elementary School was built in 1965, and renovated in 1970.It was originally located on Baltimore and Third Streets, the present site of City Hall, and is now located on Gold Course Road in West Ocean City. Prior to 1954, when Stephen Decatur High School was built, it housed both elementary and high school students.