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

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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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Stiff MemSevs Cecil Hill, ' 46, Glenn Macey ' 50. Handling the financial matters of a book is an important phase. Miss Coltrane, Lillian Kirkman ' 39. Picture identifications required many hours by many people. Sharon Jones ' 61, Betty Jo Taylor ' 56, Frances Nixon ' 55, Roger Nixon ' 56. This faithful four did all the typing for copy. Ruby Wagoner ' 31, Ruth Blackburn ' 38, Glenn Macey ' 50, Robert Holder ' 48, Lillian Kirkman ' 39, Miss Kendall. Many hours were spent in making plans and preparing copy. Lillian Kirkman ' 39, Mary H. Golding ' 39, Ona Golding ' 34. The records committee handled hundreds of card ; typed thou¬ sands of names, and received all the orders. Ruby Wagoner ' 31, Senator Golding ' 55, Ruth Blackburn ' 38, Nan Fleming ' 45. Material was gathered by the bushel and contacts made of hundreds of former students. 4

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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