Ashley High School - Spinner Yearbook (Gastonia, NC)

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DEDICATION The students of Frank L.- Ashley High School have been privileged to know E. J. Phillips as a man for whom we have had the utmost respect and as a coun- selor and friend. He has always been ready to help us with our problems, encouraging us so that we could find solutions when our problems, sometimes, seemed to have no answers. He has helped us to understand the value of learning to choose wisely, and made us realize that to be ready for the future we must be prepared. Mr. Phillips came to Gastonia in September, 1949, to teach biology in this school, after having taught one year in Draper, North Carolina. In 1955 he became assistant principal and has held this position since that time. He is a native of Andrews, North Carolina. He was graduated from Western Carolina College at Cullowhee, North Carolina, with a B.S. Degree, later attending graduate school at George Peabody College for Teachers in Nashville, Tennessee, where he received Masters Degrees in Administration, Biology, and Physical Ed- ucation. Mr. Phillips is married to the former Mary Alice Cowan of Cullowhee. Mrs. Phillips, also, taught in Frank L. Ashley High School for several years. They have one son, Ernest Jake Phillips, II] (Jakie), who is a student at Grier High School. The Phillipses are members of First Methodist Church in Gastonia. The students of Frank L. Ashley High School re- spectfully dedicate our yearbook, 1964 SpznNER, to Ernest Jake Phillips, Jr., leader, counselor, and friend.

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DR. WOODROW B. SUGG Dr. Sugg has served as Superintendent of the Gastonia City Schools for six years. After graduating from Edge- comb County High School, he attended Atlantic Chris- tian College where he received his A.B. degree. Dr. Sugg earned his M.A. degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his Ph.D. degree from the University of Florida. He was at one time principal of Arlington Junior High School; he also served as supervisor for the Gastonia City Schools. Dr. Sugg is a member of the Kiwanis Club and a member of the Board of Stewards of the First Methodist Church. Administrative leaders guide and direct Page Sixteen DR. RANDOLPH E. CAROTHERS Dr. Carothers became principal of Ashley High School in 1955. He received his B.S. degree from Presbyterian College, M.A. from. the University of South Carolina, and Ed.D. from Florida State University. He previously served as principal of the high school in Gaffney, South Carolina. Dr. Carothers came to Gastonia as assistant principal in 1954. He is a member of the Rotary Club and an active member of the First Presbyterian Church. He enjoys spending much time at his river cabin with his wife and ten-year-old son, Randy.