Franklin High School - Retrospect Yearbook (Mount Airy, NC)

Text from Pages 1 - 86 of the 1943 volume:

r.M. Claiide LaY rsnce Ford Miller Roy McHone Billy Ros V rrren Simmons Harold Stone James Lewis Jesse Wagoner Claude Beasley Jack Johnson Haywood Weddle Reid Simmons William Wagoner Guyle Beasley Fritz Booker Warren Booker William Garter Swain Cooke T. W. Estes Troy Gant John Greenwood Tommy Jones Coy Kirknan Harry Lambert Jay Sprinkle Moore Booker Jefferson Miller Carl Robertson Jack Glenn McCraw Charles Burroughs Herman Ball Worth Allred Glenn Ray Blackburn Charile s Booker .A. -1 1 ' e Robertson Dick Lowe Blackburn Herman Booker A N-: Clyde Brown Tom Davis Keith Gant Robert Fulk Henry Harris Hobart Holder Perry Lawrence Tom Lawrence Rowe McKinney Virgil Payne Jack Doss Wade Johnson George Witt Ray Snow Johnny Gwyn Leslie Jarrell Robert Creasy TO MR, HIATT AND TO THE STUDENTS OF FoHoS, WHO NOW SERVE THEIR COUNTRYi WE DEDICATE THIS VOLUME OF FRANKLIN MEMORIES. MAl Y OF THESE BOYS NOW GOING DOWN TO SEA IN SHIPS MANNING GUNS ON DESERT SANDS, SO LRING ALOFT ON RAIDS, RE¬ CEIVED THEIR FIRST IDEALS OF TEAivl- WORK, . ,0F SPORTSMANSHIP. . ,0F FIGHTING COURAGES . .UNDER ”C0ACH” we: GAInI offer no better tribute. TO ' ‘COACH MW HIS BOYS WE WISH IN THE TRADITIONAL SPIRIT: LUCK AND HAPPY LAND pOS . Edward McGee Buster Nichols Harvey Wagoner P’ranklin ' Haymore Clarence Thomas Bay Kay Simmons cJ Glenn Brown C, t). Dowdy, Jr. James Nichols Lonnie P’rancis Ernest Branson Robert Lee Young Holder Arnold Easter Quinton Leonard James Robertson Charlie Young Hostan Sutphin Richard Norman Robert Brown Kenneth Jones Anthom Snow Foster Nichols Gilmer Garter Wayne Gardner Hunter McHone Charles Wilson Y illiam Creasy Eugene Caudle Morrison P ' ’reeman Pettis Vernon Raymond Hodge Charles Watts Ranza Gunnell Charles Gentry Vincent Lsmberf- Raymond Martin George Martin Charles Johnson Marvin Harriman Thomas Jones Ray S. Hawks Bruce Fleming Wayne Fleming -tA ' - A si W«ahinrt«n iSi i ' 3M 1 [5 1j . ' ’• � Linralii iS2 Virrinia Coltrane Home Economics Bessie I.nu Bray f. ' atheretic3 , Art fjV r KL1j jVJ£jV I Dick Allred Editor Associate Editors: Norma McCormick R.C, Lambert Hugh Hemmings Art Editor r j -1 ■vj I rd Business Manager: Billy Gray Stone Picture Editors: Ethel Freeman Jack Gv yn Sports Editors: Berdine Nichols Typists: Mabel Towe Roger Felts 15 4 IK U STaJ’F SENIOR GLASS class officers PRESIDENT: MITCHELL SPARCtER VICE-PRESIDENT: RAY McGES SECRETARY: NORMA McSCORmICK treasurer: billy gray stone MASCOTS Mary GARDNER SPARGER David gaddy s CLASS COLORS: BLUE AND GOLD CLASS FLOWER: JONQUIL glass motto ”ON THE YOUTH OF TODAY RESTS THE democracy OF TOMORROW ' . 4.r ■■i:V- ' - ' ‘f ' hW ' � ’ i- •••‘• ' ' ' ■ 1 ' - ' r. jitiv ' r. • • ' ••� ' ' i i. - � Vr w Itchell Sparger President Korma I ' cCorRlck Secretarv Silly Gray Stone Treeauror Dick Allred Marie Serrler Clarence Beasley Frances Brown Raymon BlaclcTion • • «« - ::2 -3 I II D yiMLiiiLiJuii 1 u• 1 1 11.1 I. ' axlne Jones Jsne ’.Vecdle i Leslie Jarrell Helen Noviin Label Tov ' e Audrey ■.Vhi s er Denn Stover Irene Tolbert I se;;igr3 m RAY ivIcGYE Physical Ed,-1,2,3,4; Class Reporter-1,2; Class Vice-president-3,4; 4-H club-3; Science club-1, Ray McGee, better known as Fibber ' , is a darkly handsome lad and equally intelligent. Seeirin,. : ' y reticent, he nevertheless gets enough said to put nirn in the foreground as one of our botcer students. -hi MITCIiSLL SPARGER Science club-2; Senior p1 y- 4; 4-H club- 1,2,3,4; Glass president,4; Tclangular debate- 4; Homs Ec. club-2; Cltlsenshirp club-1; Min- strel-1,2; Year Book staff-4, Commenceinent Marshal-3. Mitchell has guided us wel.L during our senior year. His suave air and perfectly groomed manner make him an excellent executive. His interests are wandering in other directions, as you have perhaps noticed. NORMA iilcCORMIGK 4-H club-1,4: Home Ec.-l; Class secretary- 1,4; Dlee club-1,2; Citizenship club-2; Minstrel ' 1; Senior play-i; Associate Editor YearBook-4; Conmiencement mar shal-3; Fashion show-2; Cheer leader-4; Class basketball team-3,4. Energetic and active in all extra-curricular work, Norma has time, nevertheless, to devote to her studies. Always smiling and gay, she has a well-rounded personality. DICK aLLRED 4-H club-1; Science club ' Year Book staff-3,4; Editor ■2; Senior play-4; ln-chlef-4. ' ' Oscar has a contagious -laugh. You hear him break into his audible merri-yient down the hall and find yourself grinning toD, V e will espec- r emember him in his comic roles in plays. g ■ .BILLY GRAY STONE Physical Ed.-1,2; Basketball varsity 3 , 4 ; Co-captain- ' i; Class president-2,3; Class Treasurer-4; -H club-3; Science club-1; Senior play- i; YearBook starf-4, Billy Gray, the venerable mentor of our f Junior years, certainly gives the || impression of wise dignity. He hides all his Ir! academic knowledge behind a merry exterior. V itty and full of fun, it is a pleasure to be I his associate. Marie berrier Home Ec.club-1,2; Citizenship club-1,2; Glee club ' -1 2; 4-H club-1,2,3 4 ; Senior play- 4 ; Commencement marshal-3: YearBook staff- 4 ; Fashion show-2; Physical Ed.-1,2. Marie is quiet and unassuming, but her neat appearance, grace, and charm giVe her a distinct¬ ive personality. Her poise and calm countenance will carry her through any emiotional upheaval she might experience. CLARENCE BEASLEY Physical Ed.-1,2,3,4; 4-K club-1,2,3,4; Science club-1,2; Citizenshin club-1,2; Min- strel-2 ,3; Clarence gives an Im.pression of being serious and devoted to the matter in hand. His demeanor is actually a bluff, for no one coulid be more carefree. He and Arvin share many secrets; could Grampus”, assuming seniority, be advising him in his love affairs. FRANCES BROWN Citizenship club-2; Home Ec.-l; Mlnstrel-2; Glee club-1,2; 4-H-3; Basketball varsity-- ; Commencement marshal-3; Senior play-2; Vale- dictorian-4. Frances has always been one of our outstand- ing students, Shortie can get around the basketball court,too, and her dramatic ability has added dash to many a play. +, ' . ’ ' ' . I ' i ' II ' H I . ' I : ' : ' ' ' ' • ' ■ ' ■ ' ! I I ' 11 i I i 11 i 11 i 111111 M ! 111 (i i) I i 11 i! i ■ l ■. i 11 ■ i U ; f ‘ l 11111 M i i i ■ i i ■■ i j i i i ■ ■ i 11 n t H I. j i ; i i 11 i : V ' RAYMON BLA KMON I A ' Physical Ed. -1, 2 , 3 , 4 ;Bus driver- j 4;- linstrsl-l, 2; Corinri.enceinent play- 2,3; Scienco club-1; Dramatic club-1,2: Hi Life st i‘r-2,3. Hog ' is smong the largest members of our class, and consequently catcnes a lot of rib- lAJ _ - 1_J_T. tl. but he can ' ' take it — at least most of the the time. armed He is anticipating his advent into service. ANNIE CHANDLER Home Ec.club-1; Citizenship club-2; Glee club-1,2; 4-H club 3; Basketball varsity- ; Commencement marshal-3; Fashion show-2 ’ Basketball has been one of Annie’s main interests, and she has proved her mettle there, A happy disposition and loyalty are tv o of her outstanding characteristics. ELMO CAUDLE 4-H club-2,3; Science club-2,3; Physical Ed.-3,‘i; Citizenship club-2,3. Toby is a nan of few words. You can obtain little from him in the way of conversation but ’tis said: still waters run deep , and rumors get around about his powers over the fairer sex. VEO COLLINS Science club-2; Physical Ed.-l; Glee club-2,3. Veo has little to say. However she manages to convey the impression that she well knows what she wants to do--and intends to do it. Wo are sure she will obtain the things she v;ants in life. ROBERT GREASY Bus driver-2,3,4; Science club-2,3;, Mlnstrel- 2; Home Ec.club-2; Gitizenship-2; ' Track-2,3. YearBook staff-4, Robert simply has a way of walking in and out of classrooms as though all his troubles were a thing of the past, V e trust his lanky nonchalance will get him what he wants in life. t ETH ilL PEEE.l .lT olub-l,ii; Citizenship club-;-Physical Ed,-1,2; Mlnstrel-2; Sc nio: Yeai ' Pook staff- 4 . With her easy optirriisrn and her cheerful outlook, Ethel is a pleasant person to have around. Nicknamed Birdie”, she, nevertheless, is dependable. ARVIN EDWARDS 4-H club-1,2; Sbit3nce club-2; Citizenship 2; Physical Ed. i. Arvin of the dark liomantic eyes has stepped into the role of his brother as school Romeo All girls of all ages seem devastated by his charm. IRENE GILLESPIE Home Ec.-1,2: Citizenship-1,2; Glee club- Triangular debate - !; Commencement play-3; Fashion show-2; Senior play- . Irene is also a veteran troader of the boards . Her mountaineer role will live long in our m emorles. She gives an im.presslon of being happy mos;Jf of the time. ROGER FELTS i- H-1,2,3,4; Science club-1; Citlzenship-l; Physical Ed.-1,2; Minstrel-2; YearBook staff-a; Bus drlvor- ' ±; Cheer leader-4; Chief complainer in the lunchroom- 4 . Roger, the handsomest boy, certainly has a way about him...of going to sleep,most anytime, most any place. He can talk himself out of any scrape into which ho stumbles, visualize him as a successful salesman--of himiselfl THELmA GRaVLEY Homo Ec.club 1,2; 4-H-l,2,3,4; Cltizenship- 2; Glee club-1,2; Triangular debate-4; Fashion show-2; Cheerleader-A. Thelma has foAv lonely moments. Her capacity to make herself the center of attention provides for that. Vivacious and happy-go-lucky, she usually lets tomorrow take care of Itself . - 4 • «■ :a .. 2 ■-I :a .1 ' •3 ■ 4 --S •H -3 3 ••41 —4 I :3 a a -3 —4 ‘- 3 a 3 ■3 . JOE 0.-4jRDi [ER Scier.-e cltib- ' l r ' -+- ' • ' tib-J. Homo Ec.-2; PhYsicnl Ed-1 p Citizon3h 0”2; Minstrol i o. t -Lcax Ld 1 2. p2ay-.- . i ' i-nsLrGi-l, 2; Commencement t J c Joe Franl; J.s a walking ad of a man ' ? clothina raanagGs such elegance in ofc aky dus„y L....nc 3 roo;cs is beyond us. His quiet, f,ualities Will stand him in good stead in tiie c]iaooj.c days to come, EVa Hall Home Sc.-club-1,2 Gltizonshlp-l;Science club-1,2; Glee club-l Sj FasLion show-2. Hero is another quiet person. Both conscient¬ ious and dependable, Eva keeps her own counsel. JACK Gvmj ,4; Citlzenship-2; Science club- 1, ' 2,; iviinstrol 2; Cheerleader-S; Physical Sd,- 1 2,3 ,a; YearBook staff-4, Jack rarely gets left out of anything, which, Considering the number of activities that go on in school, is quite an attribute in itself. Certainly he gets more said both in and out of class than one v ould suspect. Just ask some of his feminine classmates. Emily hiatt Physical Ed.-1,2; Citizenship club-2; Fashmon show-2. Calmly pjoing her o ;n way, Emily is a persist¬ ent and regular student. vShe possesses a gracious and friendly manner. FRANKLIN HAYmORE Bus driver-3; Science club-1,2; Home Ec. club-2; Track-2,3 ,a; YearBook staff-x; Citizen¬ ship- 2; Class Treasurer-2: Basketball varsity 3, ‘±, i Some one has dubbed. Franklin ' ’knov -it-all”, and ho apparently deserves the nickname. He can,however, chuck his carefree air and settle down to essentials if necessary. We think his gay assurance will carry him anywhere he wants to go. ' dr ANNIE LEE JARRELL Gloe club-4; Home Ec-1,2; Ph ' slci l Ed.-1,2,3,4 Attractive, soft-spoken Annie Lee is attentive on class. She is well-likod and has a jolly disposition. MARY ROSE J.iHRELL Home Ec.club-1j2; Citizenship club-2; Fashion show- 2. A petite blonde, Mar f ' Rose has an ardent admirer Irom v hat we hear. Wo forecast domes¬ tic activitiesi LESLIE J lRRELL Elon Hi.1,2; Basketball varsity- 3 , 4 ; Co- captaln basketball-. ; YearBook staff- 4 ; Baseball team- 4 . ’Les ' is both unassuming and courteous-- traits which make him stand out as one of the most likeable in our class. Like greased light¬ ning on the basketball court, he also reasons rapidly and logically on class. A recruit in his junior year, we feel that he has always been wdth us. Maxine jones Hone Ec.club-1,2; Glee club- 4 : Physical Ed.- 1 , 2 , 3 , . Maxine, iviary Rose and Annie Lee are usually seen tog.;ther--they evidently have a. lot in common, Maxine has a pleasant demeanor and a cheerful word for everyone. BERDINE NICHOLS ‘±- 11 - 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ; Homo Ec-2; Cj.tlzenship-2; Basketball varsity-3, 4 ; Capt ' in basketball-‘±; Minstrel-2; Glee club-1,2,4; YearBook staff- 4 ; vScience club-1; Fashion show-2; Track-1,2,3,4. Bert is stunning with her c3ark eyes and hair. good basketball player, she occupies a warm spot in the regard of her classmates. R.C« LAMBERT Bus drlvor- ' 3, Glass reporter-3; Science-1; Physical Ecl.-I L S; Basketball varsity- i; a-H clao-3; Associate editor YearBook-i; Minstrel-2. R� G, is no longer the shy, fallow of hi3 fresliiiian year, nan of the world, he goes j.r daily affcCirs , , His schcl of no moan variety either. Ee go i ' ar. unobtrusive ' Ith the air of a and out of his astic ability is feel that he will PiELBH NOEL IN Homo Ec.club-1,2; Glee club-4; Triangular debate- ' X, Helen, though apparently studious, has plenty of time for her friends, and she likes, above all, to be a part of a merry, laughing throng. IRENE TOLBERT ' ±-H club-1,2,3, i; Home Ec.club- 2; Citizen¬ ship club- 2; Minstrel-1,2; Glee club- 1,2; Commencement play-3; Physical Ed.-1,2,3; Tri¬ angular debate- i; Eashion show-2. Irene has been nicknamed ' Glamour and the title seems to fit. Gracefully suave in appear¬ ance, she has been in several plays and taken part in forensic activitlesi hILEY LEM STOVEE club-1,2,3,Science club-1,2; Citizen¬ ship club-1,2; Minstrel-lj2; Commencement play- 3; Senior play--i. ' Stover” of the swashbuc ' ' ling stage roles is perhaps one of our most widely read students. His recitations on current history prove him to be both observant and., well-informed. Also he sketches--and well! He wants tne navy, and maybe, after that, he’ll bo a commercial artist MABEX. TCIVE Physical Eci.-l; lioKiG Ec club-1-2; YearBook stai ' f-‘± club-2: Citizenship Fashion show-2. Ne- ' -or talkative, habol ability ' ' to tho nth uc re porsovei ' ancG will always s ' Goaa, possesses a’hstick- e. Her unsv erving stand her in good JANE WEDELE Horne Ec, club-2, 3 : Citizcnsbip A - H c 1 u.b - •- 2,3, a i Dr ama tic cli■ b - 2; mar shal - 3: Fasliion show- 2; Choor 1 Senior play-ij Class basketbali-i club-1j C OLTi-le n c erne n t eader-2 a; A striking blonde is Jane� Nor is she a Beauty without brains ; On the contrnrj ' , her roles in plays raake her decidedly the drarriatic type . Jack TATE Physical Ed.-1,2,3,a; Citizenship club- 1; Science club-2. Jack with his Tarzan yells and his hearty laughs, can nevertheless wield a broom (ask Miss George), so there’s your cue, girls. Jack, contradictorily, is studious enough to gloan enough inforraation to place him among the bettor students, and his cheerful moods make him a pleasant comrade, iiUDREY VAHITE a-K club Vice-presldent-i; Senior play-a; Choerleader-‘±: Class basketball-3, a . Audrey is another of the blonde type that gentlemen prefer . Always neatly arrayed, she IS very unobtrusive in manner. Ag iinst a backdrop of war and its way vvj.tn mankind, this historian will plot tho course of a graduating class high school career. devastating attempt to through its It seems an eternity ago that we entered high school, timid and hesitant. ' I ' he Sophomore clhss knew so much more than we, but our throng of thirty-nine boys and thirty-seven girls filled the harlways, and we soon m.ade .it evident to both teachers and upperclassmen that we were a potent crowd. That - ear we elected Junior Car- son to serve us as president and began to serve our appr 0 .nticeship in those courses v hlch would load to a higher learning. ' Ne returned in the fall of nineteen hundred and thirty-nine wiser and more experienced in our bearing. It was our turn to act superior to the Freshmen. Billy Gray Stone was duly elected President, and many of our students began to assert their talents in such activities as bas¬ ketball, dramatics, and journalism. Billy Gray Stone again led us through the intricfite maze of finance and scholastic affairs during our Junior year. Outstanding among events of this year was the Junior-Senior Banquet pre¬ sented in the spring. Patriotism was the theme and many of us will remem.ber Mitchell as Uncle San . 1 , 4b .class history (Continued) Our group had diminished as iia -3 went into our Senior y ' ear. We were now onl;y ' cTiirty-six in number--seventeen boys and nineteen girls. During our four years in high .school, Frconklin Haymore, Leslie Jarrell, Billy Gray Stone, R.C. Lambert, Berdlne Nichols, 1‘rances Brown, and Annie Chandler had taken a.n active part in sports, while Irene Gillespie, Dick ' Allred, vViley Dean Stover, ,and Jane Weddle had left their imprint upon the field of dramatics, franklin Haymore and. Ray McGee have contri¬ buted to the school paper, and Dick Allred and Norma McCormick have served us well as editors of the YearBook, .IS we write finis to this history, many of us are planning to leave the classroom and go directly into the service of our country. We have a?, heritage to protect, and as graduates of the public school system of the United States of iUiorica, wo gladly don our roles Robert Greasy, Historian Liiii nil i Scene: Franklin High School, (Thunder. Lightning, Rain, Enter three witches) First Witch; Seethe, cauldron. Mass, bubble! Second Witch! Leap, flame! Let us glimpse the future of these seniors. Third Witch; Ah! There they float. The white slips, (Waves to the Prophet) Read thereon and hear your futures cast. (Witches disappear) Prophet: (Gazing into the cauldron). The witches were right. Our fortunes are in here v rltten on small slips of paper. (Reads) Dick Allred and Irene Gillespie are in Hollywood doing a colored act in the movies, Clarence Beasley is head waiter in a New York City night club, Marie Berrier is Dick Allred’s publicity . director. Frances Brown and Annie Chandler are stenographers in Washington, Mary Rose Jarrell has settled down to married life and has three children, Raymon Blackmon is travelling with a circus billed as the biggest man on earth. Elmo Caudle is a progressive farmer. PROPHECY (Continued) Robert Creasy and Franklin are still in the army driving jeeps Roger Felts is driving for the Atlantic Greyhound Lines. Ethel Freeman is a typist for the New York Times. Mitchell Sparger is a biasiness tycoon and has a lot of influence in v g.ll Street. Jane V eddle is entertaining U.S. Service men abroad, Irene Tolbert is a dance Instructor in Chicago. Jack Gwyn is a pilot for Eastern Airlines and Thelma Gravley is his air hostess. Wiley Stover is a successful cartoonist. Veo Collins and Emily Hiatt have made good housekeepers. Joe P’rank Gardner is a prosperous merchant. Leslie Jarrell and Berdine Nichols are basketball coaches at Franklin High School. R.C. Lambert is an affluent grocer. Audrey V hite is operating a beauty shop. Arvin Edv ards is stand-in for Robert Taylor. Norma McCormick is a renowned poet. Helen Nowlin is a nurse at Johns Hopkins. Ray McGee is manager of a twenty-girl show. Billy Gray Stone, Prophet rp n ' i il I) ., ‘ I (T (r :: i S. 1 n r . u !-_!; 1] ' 1 - n v M ' N fSji, I ?j ‘S .. v I V-- T.‘io Class of 1943, State ■ ' ■■ ' of Morin Cs: olina, asks rou to appear on this serious occasion to listen to her last will and tesfi F and to receive from her dying hand teSlP the eifts she has has-hnw H n rl .. V s. ' «� w the gifts she has bestowed in her last moment. pie Class did its best to distiibut ' Tiese articles to friends for whose needs they seem, best fitted. Listen, then, one and all, while I read the document as drawn up and sworn to. We, the Class of 1943, as a whole being about to pass out of this world of education in full possession of a crammed mind, well- trained memories, and good knowledge of under- staiiding, do hereby make our last will and testament: To members of the Faculty, the Class wills its ability to work. To Mr.Gaddy, we leave our thanks and good will. To our parents, we leave our everlasting love and devotion. To the Junior Class, we leave our home room and teacher. Miss Kendall, and we hope they will be accepted as something valuable. As individual members we make the following bequests; To Betty Jean Llneback, Berdlne Nichols wills her athletic ability. Maxine Jones leaves her cute smile to Lillian Lon . To Roy Lawrence, Annie Lee Jarrell leaves her small feet. Helen Nowlin leaves her lipstick to Ruth Norman. Roger Felts bequeaths his popularity to anyone who wants it. To Rajjfle Amburn, Raymond Blackmon leaves his weight. Mabel Towe wills her typewriting ability to Velma Sykes. ■k v5 i Class Will (Continued) To Faye Branson, Marie Eerier bequeaths her talent and low voice. Robert Creasy wills his mp.rrir.ge license to Hugh Heirimings. Irene Gillespie wills hoj- dramatic ability to someone in next year’s se::’ior play. Frances Brown grants her size to Faye Davenport. Wiley Dean Stover wills his yearning to become a sailor to all future graduates. To Ora Mae Sumpter, Irene Tolbert leaves her long hair and pleasing personality. Mary Rose Jarrell leaves her quicr ways to Mary Sue Locklear. Ray McGee wills his good looks to Alton Phillips. Arvln Edwards leaves his knack for loafing to Roland Shelton. Thelma Gravley wills her ’’Crazy Way” to Geneva Beasley. Norma McCormick and Ethel Freeman will their tardies to Mary Lou Conduff and and Myrale Morris. To Norris Hall and Ray Tate, Franklin Haym.ore and Leslie Jarrell leave their ath¬ letic ability. Audrey White wills her ability for house- worJ: to Gladys Lewis. To Willie Ruth Wagoner, Jane Weddle leaves her height and ig appetite, Voo Collins wills her sweetness to Gladys Freeman. Mitchell Sprsrger bequeachs his dignity to Marvin Holder. To Henry Tate, Clarence Beasley leaves his nickname ”Pa”. Joe Frank Gardner leaves his task of see¬ ing that the bells are rung to some spend¬ thrift Junior. Jack Gwyn wills his habit of going places to someone in the Junior class who doesn’t get around much any more. Annie Chandler leaves ’’Freezer” to some Junior girl who will take care of him. To Thomas Gardner, Jack Tate wills his habit of being late because of combing his hair. SrPSRLATIVES 1942-43 Best Actor: Dick Allied Best Actjareea; Irene Gillespie If’cst Popular: Jane Weddle Roger Pelts Kost Attractive; Jane V. ' eddle Ray I. ' cGee MASCOTS: Mary Gardner Sparger David Gaddy Friendliest :• Irene Gillespie Roger Felts Best Sport; Annie Chandler Billy Gray Stone SUPERLATIVES 1942-43 Most Likely To Succeed; Marie Bernier Mitchell Sparger SUPERLATIVES 1942-43 Most Athletic: Best All-roundr Berdine Ulchols Leslie Jarrell Class Poem We are Seniors in a V orld of turmoil. Pacing a future of uncertain fate. Seeking guidance through paths of toll. Fighting for victory ’ere it’s too late. We are the hope, a future generation. And to do our best we will ever strivei We start to build from a mere foundation; We hope someday at the top to arrive We are parting now, but ’tis not forever For we will meet again. It may be clear or stormy weather. But the struggle is never in vain. Classmates, as through life our host Goes seeking for joy and success. Let’s conquer troubles that vex us most And brighten each path of stress, Norma McCormick, Poet ' T3r ; F npr - fj ipr - ly . LEDICTORY • 4- such an emotion as hcappiness mixed with sadness, then I think v e as Seniors are ex¬ periencing that emiotion tonigbi-. Wo are complet¬ ing a cert-ain phase of our Ij ' es and are beginning anew, Tneno is a tangible final.ity about bidding larewell to anything--bo it a friend, a town, a favor-to scene, or, as in this ca.so, an institut¬ ion . We c ' .-ire leaving the institution known to you and uO us as I ' ronklin School, a passerby sees only I ' ed orick v alls frarriod by shrubbery and top¬ ped o; a bell tower, but Franklin lias become more to us cnan a name and some walls. This institution has moulded our lives. We have known both joy and sorrow here. V. ' e have acquired friends--both among our classmiatos and among our faculty . Wo have learned what a priceless heritage it is to be an America.n. tjo have talked of those great men who who made our country what it is. We feel that we know themx. We feel that we know this land of ours--the sweepin i majesty of our mountains, the turbulent strength ol our huge rivers. We ha.ve become steeped in tradition--ln the tradition of such men as Theodore Roosevelt who saidt ' He w ho is not fit to die is not fit to live . We are emerging into the world with an edu¬ cation somo with a oettor education than oth - -...wu iors, tis true, but that is imierica—a land whero a man can take his two hands and his riind and make of himisolf ¥hat he will Vi e wish to thank our parents and teachers for helping us acquire that education, and we wish to miako a pledge--a pledge that we, the Seniors of will do our utmost to preserve this privilege for the generations which will follow us. Frances Brown, Valedictorian : . ' -•C V ■ i ii; ■ r ' ■ ••• ::i ' . :- . .,. •• a- i- j . ■ i - . 5 • Sj-p F ' S •r-v-p- isi ' «. ' •« ' ■V ! |-t .. , ?r W ' -: F ' dk ■ ■i, ' . •¥ ' .. -■•. 4 , f S « « ,« .� . J -;- i-- ■« � • ij� • . it « ' . - r,� ■ t� I .� . J ' - i ' - ; -f. “■ V ■ % ' ! ’? J ■ Vi� ■A ' . .,« • .‘%ii-ii‘ ' - ;il ’•r ' ' ' ' Sr ' ■ A.; i. ' t ’ ' I ■ . ' ■ i r 9 ■. ;-i.s ii ? � j� ' ’ll if . - A, •• ' j j • ‘ ii ' iV;? ,■ ' ■■■-� ■ , t« «;� 5 ‘.t, iv - -V-r ♦ 5 tlSRmSIi ■v —if ' ■ -V ' . , ’ . -� V - .. s ..- ‘-. fc i � -V- ;. « , ( y ' ■ .,f ,,•� -� ' ' ■ f • ■- ■: , u ' J :;;-::’’’;, ' ; 5 |« p s! ' u 4 � ■ t p n ' s.. i ' r A Ml t f f i . .r JUNIOR CLASS CLASS OFFICERS President: Mabel Robertson y.-Pres: Mary Sue Locklear Sec. Treas: Velma Sykes Rawley Amburn Geneva Beasley J.G. Booker Pay Branson Irene Carter Nellie Sue Childress Mary Lou Cundiff James Daniely Gladys Freeman Thomas Gardner Hugh Hemmings T. ' Iarvin Holder Robert Hutchens Calvin King Roy Lawrence Gladys Lev is Betty Jean Lineback Mary Sue Locklear Lillian Long Melba MeHone M -u ' tle Morris fj Ruth Norman Alton Phillips Gurney Robertson Mabel Robertson Kyle Shelton Roland Shelton Ora Mae Sumpter Velma Sykes Ray Tate Howard Thomas Willie Ruth Wagoner - .,V ;■ mwm ' ■ ' ■y ' ■kr v ' W ' ' V? ' ; J. -- i i i % f. T-. ' • : ; i , ii; ■ , I . • ' • i ' ' • .•- I f V f - V- ' “ - V■ • 4 ' ’ . ' ■ ' ' •• ' ■v ., •, % ■ I ' . i ■ .■ ' - ' ' v.-. ' ' i i ' ■• . ,¥ ; - ’. ,s • ' ' ■ ■ - . ■ ' - : ■ ; . V- ; ' -. ' ■-- - , ' -r : - -s ■ ■ ' -.- ;• .,. ! . r . .� ; ' . ' . - -. • v. f. s ■« � 1 . .-•■ •- • .? . i i ;� ■ )v - ■ X X ■ ' -■-■ t V ' . ?• - i -; ' i ' « . • • V •• . ■ ■ .■■ , ' ' 4 , ;i , j. • • • -i„ i s� . ;. .. . ■ ' ■ f- - ♦ • ts-. ■� | ;. ' - ' V H President: V. -Presiderlt I Sec ' Ireast Syvellon Belton Vera Mae Collins Ida Golden Mary Sue Hall Geneva Hicks Clorine Humphries Betty Jo Jarrell Alice Leonard Polly McCraw Betty Lou Shelton Paul Beasley Roger Blackmon Joe Chandler Jack Critz Russell Gentry Gladstone Gordon Norris Hall Cecil Hill Arlis Hodges Marley Hodges Daniel Horton Arless McCraw Grady McHonc Howard Nichols Fred Norman Junior Nov 1 in Duke Shelton Wayne Shelton Ray Smith Billy Snow Herbert Snow Henry Tate ■V ' :r5 -a is SOPHOMORE CLASS P’rances Beamer Rachel Beamer Mildred Blackmon Frances Booker Nannie Mae Booker Cleo Brinkley Betty Jean Carter Mary Lou Caudle Verona Coe Pay Davenport Ida Mae Edv ards Edna Rae Gough Margie Gravley Elvie Hawks Ruth Hill Edith Jones Betty Lou Key Rachel Lawrence Lillie Mae Lewis Gertrude Martin Carrie McCormick Cleo Mauldin Love Nixon Ninevah Noonkester Mary Mills Overby Hazel Payne Pauline Slate Alene Sykes Janice Simmons Mary Tov e Kathryn Venable : . ...-r.-JZZ .-31 Due to the war, Franklin High School‘s Physical Education program expanded exten¬ sively during the yeah 194 :3-1943 Requests by military authorities that high school students be made as physically fit as possible found recognition in Coach Hiatt s physical ed classes. As a full time physical educat¬ ion director this year, Mr Hiatt could devote more time to tne physical welfare ' df the stu¬ dents than formerly. An Obstacle Course, known popularly as the ' ’Killor-Diller”, was constructed by five boys and will rank with most any built in present-day army camps. Sports rather new-to the program were table tennis, football, box¬ ing and baseballo Approximately eighty boys are coming out for physical education--a maich larger number than in past years. Everyone seem;S to be more interested in outdoor activities, also. For the first time in the history of the school, an eight-man tag football team was organized. The team won all of its games and received the distinctive honor of not being scored upon. Four games were played in all-- the entire schedule being with Flat Rock due to the difficulty of securing games with other schools. In most of the physical education classes, the time is divided into three parts: first, calisthenics and marching; second, boxing and gym equipment; third, oasketball. The boys have put d)n two exhibitions this year to give the public an idea of what is being done in the classes. I i ■ ■a 1st: Stone,Haymore, Lambert, Jarrell, Phillips 2nd: Shelton, Hemmings McHone Lawrence, ate Booker Mr. Hiatt, coaching his eighth year here, carried his basketball squad through a very successful season. Despite heavy losses from last year’s squad, the team won fifteen out of seventeen games. The team scored 415 points to the opponents’ 250 points. In the new Surry County Conference, com¬ posed of Franklin, Flat Rock, ' Vhite Plains, and Mount Airy, Franklin tied Mount Airy for top honors. Individual scoring was divided as follows: Co-Captain Leslie Jarrell, 114; Franklin Hay- more, 102; Co-Captain Billy Stone, 85; Alton Phillips, 54; R.C.Lambert, 26. The boys receiving letters this ear are: R.C.Lambert, Alton Phillips, Hugh Hemmings, Grady McHone, Roy Lawrence, J.G.Booker, Wayne Shelton, and Raymon Blaclcmon. Those receiMing stars are: Franklin Haymore, Billy Stone, Leslie Jarrell, and Jack Tate. Baseball is being resumed after a lapse of three years. Hopes are high for a good team. Leslie Jarrell, Sports Editor. A 9 f % - IMI I|Mm ’ ‘ - . ..