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

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GIRLS’ BASKETBALL FIRST ROW: Sally Ann Venable, Annie Laura Lambert, Coach J. C. Hiatt, Wanda Lou Golding, Bobby Lou McCraw, Thelma Hanks, Esther Nichols, Bettv Ruth Bunker. SECOND ROW: Mary Felts, Rosa Nichols, Peggy Hall, Nancy Nichols, Annie Belle Webb, Doris Nichols, Mildred Leonard, Margaret Carter, Virginia Chandler, Patricia Gordon, Joanne Caudle. 1948-49 SCHEDULE Franklin 45 Copeland 29 Franklin 26 Beulah 22 Franklin 25 Pilot Mountain 19 Franklin 22 Flat Rock 23 Franklin 27 Critz 16 Franklin 33 Yadkinville 20 Franklin 33 Francisco 24 Franklin 32 Westfield 17 Franklin 33 Dobson 23 Franklin 26 Melvin’s Amoco 27 Franklin 37 Blue Ridge 13 Franklin 25 Yadkinville 12 Franklin 18 Pilot Mountain 22 Franklin 32 Melvin’s Amoco 32 Franklin 3 8 Stuart 12 girl’s team lost only two gi rls last year, Wilma Frances Broome and Berbiedell Slate, so began this year with a roster of veterans. Bobby Lou McCraw, Rosa Nichols and Wanda Lou Golding are the leading forwards, with able support from Esther Nichols, Nancy Nichols, Sally Ann Venable, and Margaret Carter. Outstanding guards are Mary Felts, Annie Laura Lambert, and Thelma Hanks. Guards who are gaining experience are Betty Bunker, Annie Belle Webb, Patricia Gordon, Peggy Hall, and Doris Nichols. By January 15, the Maroon and Grey lassies had won 12 and lost 3 games. It looks as if Coach Jimmie Hiatt is on his way toward another championship.

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HI-LIFE STAFF 4 % sis ® FIRST ROW: Mrs. P. H. Starling, Betty Lou Sutphin, Bobby Lou McCraw, Louis Allred, Charles Sykes, Raymond Gardner, Wanda Lou Golding. SECOND ROW: Mary Felts, Betty Ruth Bunker, Thelma Hanks, Betty Jo Quesinberry, Barbara Shelton, Billie Gentry, Virginia Keye, Mildred Jarrell, Benton Wagoner, Mildred Leonard, Jack Renegar. THIRD ROW: Billy Venable, Carlos Surratt, Glenn Macey, Annie Laura Lambert, Marie Webb, Arthur Beamer. FORENSIC CLUB FIRST ROW: Dorothy Hill, Annie Lee Woodruff, Ruby Harold, Rachel Miller, Iris Miller, Patricia Gordon. SECOND ROW: Louis Allred, Arthur Beamer, Billy Venable, Carlos ourratt, Donald Golding, J. D. Hiatt, Advisor.

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BOYS ' BASKETBALL FIRST ROW: Buddy Hutchens, Roger Jones, Eldridge Belton, Alfred Gardner, Edgar Draughn, Norris Hodge, Coach J. C. Hiatt, Herman Nichols. SECOND ROW: Woodrow Beamer, Albert McHone, Dona ld Nichols, Benton Wagoner. 1948-49 SCHEDULE Franklin 29 Pilot Mountain 25 Franklin 35 Copeland 28 Franklin 35 Beulah 19 Franklin 27 Pilot Mountain 26 Franklin 24 Flat Rock 29 Franklin 37 Critz 18 Franklin 43 Stuart 20 Franklin 36 York Oil 34 Franklin 29 Y adkinville 23 Franklin 26 Francisco 28 Franklin 33 Westfield 20 Franklin 14 Dobson 27 Franklin 42 Blue Ridge 29 Franklin 42 Yadkinville 24 The boys’ basketball team was hit hard for this season when Baxter Smith and Billy Belton graduated, Herman Nichols played cut his four years, Norris Hodge was forced out by illness, and Bruce Odell dropped out of school. Because of his mother’s illness, Edgar Draughn has had to miss several games. Despite this, and facing a tough schedule, Coach Hiatt has come through with a record of ten victories while losing four as of January 15. The new men who are showing up well are Roger Jones, Buddy Hutchens, Alfred Gardner, Albert McHone, Benton Wagoner, Eldridge Belton, Woodrow Beamer and Donald Nichols.