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

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Maroon and Qrey - 1929 - 1959 In 1939, the Franklin High School Alumni Association came into being. At that time, ten classes had graduated and many other students had spent some time here. A feeling among former students was that a closer tie with our school would be of mutual interest and benefit. The first reunion was a community picnic held in the gymnasium, and the organization was set up with the election of officers. Mr. E. P. McLeod was principal at the time. Each year thereafter an enthusiastic, loyal group of Old students have had a banquet meeting. We have renewed friendships, and walked again on familiar grounds, and sat in the desks where once we worked, played, and dreamed of the future. This year of 1963 marks the 25th reunion of the alumni group. We are proud to be one of the very few such organi¬ zations among high schools in the nation. Speaking to us in 1950, the Reverend John Wesley Clay, a revered Methodist minister of Winston-Salem said, It was my privilege to be the speaker at the alumni banquet of Franklin High School, near Mount Airy last week. I was amazed to find such a flourishing and live organization of past students of this great country school. There were more than 250 at the banquet table representing graduating classes during the past twenty years. 1 congratulate Franklin High School. It has turned out a fine group of citizens, and they are proud of their Alma Mater. Good community relationships, a sense of school pride, and cooperative effort have been factors in the growth of Franklin as a school and community of high standards. The Alumni Association is proud to be part of such a community. To us, no other school will ever be as dear to our hearts as Franklin High School. To commemorate our twenty-five years of continuity as an alumni group, we felt it appropriate to gather together in this book the story of Franklin High School. This is our contribution to our school and to the Community which nurtured it.This is our way of expressing appreciation for all that Franklin has meant to her sons and daughters, scattered now over 19 states and 6 countries. 3van lin Alumni Officers - 1963 RUBY WAGONER ' 31 CECIL HILL ' 46. %twduciion 1-6 OFFICERS 1962-1963 .President FRANCES GILLESPIE ' 45.Secretary Vice-President JOE FULK ' 49.Treasurer OaSle of Contents Adveriising 96-105 Pcrsomud 7-16 Dlvcctonj of QraduAics Classes 18-92 106- m Alumni Presidents 42 Siupshots 115 2

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jvmRim Mavoou 1929 1959 PuSlisfied By Svm lin Alumni Association Mount Airy, Nortfi Carolina May 1, 1963

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Maroon and Qrey Staff ROBERT HOLDER Editor GLENN MACEY Business Manager RUBY WAGONER Assistant Editor LILLIAN KIRKMAN Records Director RUTH BLACKBURN Materials Editor MISS LOUISE KENDALL Adviser Dedication The Franklin Alumni Association is quite unique, and is, to its members, a great organi¬ zation and a great idea. Every such great idea must have its generating spirit, that small spark within the human mind which is so rare, but for which we are most thankful when we find it. We wish, with this dedication, to honor the one whose mind provided that spark, the one who foresaw what this organization could and would be, and the one whose hands have worked so faithfully in making it what it is today. We honor this person as a leader in the truest sense of the word. She deserves this title because she has been able to say the right word at the right time; she has been able to help us find those strengths within ourselves which we did not know existed; and above all, she has been content to let our triumphs and achieve¬ ments be our own. We honor her as a true friend to the organi¬ zation and to each of us individually. We honor her for showing us what a truly dedicated life can accomplish. As long as there is a Franklin alumnus, this friend will have the honor due to such a life. It is with glowing pride, and with deep thanksgiving, that the Franklin Alumni Associ¬ ation dedicates this twenty-fifth anniversay yearbook to LOUISE KENDALL. 3