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

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This group of approximately 55 students made up the entire high school in 1928, the first year of operation. There was no graduating class, but many class activities were begun with enthusiastic participation. The com¬ munity began at once to plan ways and means of securing needed equipment for the school. First row, left to right: Mamie Hill, Virginia Collins, Mary Lou Hodges, John Dee Allred, Irene Gentr) ' , Woodrow Hall, Alice Boyles, Vera Allred, Lincoln Southern, Katlileen Simmons, ila Beamer, Nina Hill, Lacy Southern. Second row: Williesue Blackburn, Beatrice Creed, Doris Gant, Lucy Simmons, Mrs. Pearl Hatcher Starling, Lennis Stewart, Mr. E. P. McLeod, Mary Miller, Mellie Gox, Nina Alderman, Ethel Booker, Robert Sykes. Third row: Lyla Lineback, Ellen Shelton, Hattie Davis, Lettie Tate, Una Hall, Nell Gentry, Ethel Gaudle, Olivia Marion, Madge Beamer, Grace Leonard, Clara Cox. Fourtli row: Glenn Wood, Claudia Thore, Corinna McKinney, Glenn Hatcher, Emma Greed, Howard Edwards, Lorena Greed, Garl Snow, Violet McKinney, Malecta Gombs. Fifth row: Floyd Harbour, Rosa Marion, Alice Seal, Gharles Terry, Ethel Daniels, Virginia Hatcher, Ruby Wagoner, Frank Beamer, Kermit Wood. Student Body, 3ran lin Hiyd Scfiool, 1928 6

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5nis u as 3ran Im Franklin is one of the oldest Surry County ' communities. Always there was a scliool, and several buildings have been used at the present school site. As the area developed, schools were enlarge d, teachers added, and equipment provided. In 1920, this was the school, located near the present road, and it was to be used until the large brick building, to house the elementary grades and the newly organized high school, was built. Here, Franklin people centered their interests around their school. First row, left to right: , B. Caudle, C. Hollingsworth, R. Hodge, B. Mauldin, J. Patterson, J. D. Alderman, L. Ball, W. Branscomb, J. Johnson, L. Bobbitt, W. McCraw, A. McCraw, J. Taylor, C. Holt, W. Creed, T. Hodge, S. Bobbitt, L, Branscomb, M. Watson, J. Brown, H. Johnson. Second row: C. Anderson, H. Mauldin, F. Payne, S. O ' Dell, T. Oakley, M.N. Tickle, A. Montgomery ' , D. Taylor, M. Phillips, N. Johnson, L. O ' Dell, E. Payne, E. Hall, L. Simmons, M. C. Harbour, N. A. Hatcher, M. Savv-yers, , L. Martin, R. Marion, B. Terry, P. Gardner, T. Horton. Third row: C. Anderson, , , G. McCraw, T. Johnson, A. Phillips, L. Cox, L. Haynes, J. Edwards, L. Livingood, R. Gardner, M. Bobbitt, A. Creed, , . Fourth row: R. Mauldin, C. Edwards, J. Poore, E. Edwards, B. Watson, E. Hall, , , , f J I J f } , , . Fifth row: D. Watson, J. Gardner, S. Holt, W. Hodge, L. Cox, E. Gardner, C. Snow, K. Nichols, L. D, Allred, M. Branscomb, 1. M. Doss, L. Livingood, E. S. Venable, E. Bowman, E. Bobbitt, H. Phillips, G. Alderman. Sixth row: O. M. Wood, E. Marion, K. C. Samuels, N. Bowman, C. C. Frye, L. Poore, D. Bunker, E. G. Norman, J. D. Hall, B. Creed, E. O ' Dell, G. Alderman, M. D. Hodge, G. Terry. Seventh row: Teachers: Mr. George Burrus, Miss Leanna Hutchens, Mrs. Pearl H. Ghilton, Mrs. Ida R. Fu 1 k. Eighth row: W. Simmons, G. Davenport, R. Nichols, O. Shelton, B. Simmons, L. Nichols, E. Moody, Z. Gritz, A. T. Moore, F. Creed,T. Tilley,L. Creed, R. Shelton, L. Poore, S. Senter. No story of the growth of Franklin School would be complete without the name of Mrs. Mag Jones. Always interested and always present, she was a beloved person to all who knew her. She gave her time and effort for others, and was never too busy to help her neighbors. 5

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3ivst Principal sm£ •- - JT • EDWARD P. McLEOD Edward P. McLeod came to Surry County ' from Elon College to become principal of the new high school when it opened its doors in September 1927. His administrative ability was immediately apparent, and he was soon firmly established in the community. Mr. McLeod was a man of integrity’ and Christian character. His dignity never deserted him, but his happy smile was also ever-present. No student ever questioned his judgment or sense of fairness. Every ' teacher had his understanding and help in school affairs. Loved by everyone, respected as few men are, he spent fifteen years establishing Franklin High School, and indeed, helping the community ' to develop and grow as a desirable place to live. There is no way to measure the influence of such a man. We, as students, teachers, and community citizens, can only be grateful that we were privileged to know him, to work with him, and to feel his influence in our lives. As long as he lived, Mr. McLeod kept his interest in Franklin and his love for those who shared his years here. He was ever proud of the forward steps made here. We can only keep faith with such a man in our own devotion to the interests of our school and community ' . 7