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

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I r j. ' •f hie) Or 4 o 3V NAT JONES A11 classes , that 1 have graduated front FFranklin School since 19.29 have been an honor to this Alma Ma¬ ter and we believe that the Class of 1948, my class will carry on this tradition 0 • . We entered high school in v. 1944, fifty-three strong. We t tero green, young and. sophisticated and thought we had to study. We numbered so many and were so ignorant we had to have two home room teach¬ ers , Mrs, Pearl Hatcher Starling ana Mrs. Louisa Johnson Jordan, Due z o th§ fact that we were in two rooms, we did not effect a class Organization. Our social life was rather limited. We had a Christmas party in our home rooms. and our class par¬ ty in the gym - ' ■■■■ ' .. ;; ' ’ ' ' 1 But we were trying to learn th r;opes ' of ‘’high school. Slowly, but surely our class ’ was winning honors. The following w ere Boy Scouts: Bill Belton, Nat Jones, Ivan Bowman Donald ' Blackburn, Donald Byrd, and Jimmie Shelton. In basket ball, Billy Grey Bel¬ ton and Baxter Smith were beginning to make aa name for themselves. Katherine, Wilma,:and Betty . Itried their luck .at , cheer leading, so you see we were be¬ ginning to. take our ' part-’in the extra curricula act¬ ivities of the High School. By the close of our Fresh¬ man year we numbered only fifty, but we.were look¬ ing forward to our Sophomore year. Forty-five important Sophomores returned for our second year in High School and all our greenness was gone--This year all forty-seven of us had Mrs. . Star¬ ling as our home room teacher, and did we have ; a mer¬ ry classl We organized our class with the fbllowing officers: . ».■• . ■ • » 4 ‘ l r .f ' , , President. .... Billy G, Belton ; Vice-President . ...Jimmie Shelton Secretary. . . . . v v -Edgar Hodge , t Treasurer. .... .Gladys Gravley k Again Billy Grey Belton , and Baxter Smith were making a name for themselves and ■ our class in basket ball. As Baxter ahd Billy Grey,played ball, Frances Quesinberry and Adele Caudle lead yells. One rather f

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COMMENCEMENT Thursday, June Third Processional Invocation ♦ v Ch o r us, ,? B 1 o s s the Lore ?? fc r « t (.Congregation Standing) IvanofT High School Chorus Address .Rev Frank Jordan, P.a.stor Eiipst Methodist Church Chorus, ' ? Corne, there The Lillies Bloom” - -Thompson Girls 1 Glee Club Awarding of,Medals.Mr.JvG. Hiatt Mr.Ralph Wiggin Awarding of Diplomas. . Mr.-H.S. Broome, Principal Benediction . . . . . ; . . . Marshals Helen Stone (Chief) Annie Laura Lambert • Rosa Nichols Myrtle Phillips , ' Wanda Golding Louis Allred Morris Hodge Honor Students Wilma Frances Broome ; . Edgar.Hodge Jimmie Shelton Pauline.Thomas Frances. Quesinberry • Lucille Leftwich Bernice Noonkester ; : ; Betty Lou Lawrence Nat Jones

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Page 2. History (continued) important thing happened to us. Our picnic planned for the mountain had to be held in the gym, due to rain,but we had a good time in our typical, happy-go-lucky way But, our Sopho¬ more year was ending with only forty-five in number » ' i A marked change came over us between our Sophomore and Junior yeah We grew up We donned our first formals. As we started oub Junior year weV had only ' thirty-five in ' our class. We considered ourselves fortunate in having for our home room teacher, Miss Louise Kendall, and we grew in class spirit un¬ der her guidance. .. . ’ Our class selected as officers . ( $ , v • President. ......... .Jimmie Shelton Vice President . ., » ; Frances Quesinberry ; • Secretary. . . Katherine Blackburn ' Treasurer , , . . , . .Bernice Noonkester No Junior will ever forget our- Sneak Day, to the moun¬ tains of Virginia, We, were not supposed to have a Sneak Day, but we did, and paid for it. But it was worth it. Our ' Junior party was at Cumberland Knob Miss Kendall said we held the record for being the biggest eaters . We had, the best, time. ' And who will bve ' r forget our Junior-Senior g[inner at the, Blue Ridge Hotel, the first- time £h the . history of any. class-, at Franklin that a class, has-- been . guests at,the hotel? Amid ' a scene of rainbow color’s, the Class of ■ ’ 4$ were hosts to Class of 47, with Jimmie .Shelton ,as Toast. Master , had a perfect evening, • 1 V .■ ■ ■we ' r f The Junior cheer-leaders were: Mary Ann, Frances, .Kath¬ erine, and “Wilma .Franc es. Another event-in our Junior ' history, never to be forgot¬ ten was our play, Introducin’ Susan coached by ' . Miss Kendall The cast included Baxter Smith, Donald Byrd, Donald Blackburn,-. ' Birchell J. Hiatt,.Hester Quesinberry, Billy Grey Belton, .Wil¬ ma Frances Broome, Katherine Blackburn, Jimmie Shelton, Betty Smith and myself- • ” . ' ■ ... Our Junior year was passing too rapidly--commencement was at hand. The Junior Marshals were,:. i Wilma’., FFrances Broome, Frances Quesinberry, Jimmie Shelton,i Bernice .Noonkester, Lu¬ cille Leftwich,and Edgar Hodge. On Glass Night i we formed a rainbow arch in the Processional if or’the Seniors and, realized ‘ that we were the incoming Senior Class of Franklin H High School. , • • -■ •• $ • • V Then came our ..Senior year, the most important -and histor¬ ical of all four,years. Many events crowd themselves into this too short year, ,f . ;