Robertson County
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1943

 Franklin High School Monarch Yearbook

 

Contributed by Bill Brunette

Dedication

"To the ex-students of the Franklin Schools who are so courageously devoting their efforts in this worldwide struggle
for the preservation of our freedom and ideals, we take pride in dedicating this, the 1943 issue of The Monarch."
(At the end of this issue of The Monarch, there are 17 pages containing 102 pictures
of different servicemen from Robertson County serving in World War II in 1943.)

School Board

Mrs. T. G. Curry, Secretary

Harry Gilland

B. L. Parten, President

Carl Duffey

H. O. Jennings

F. A. Woods

 

C. E. Maris

 

Faculty

Mrs. Vernon Anderson
Homemaking

Mrs. T. P. Jones
Spanish, Mathematics

Mrs. J. C. Mitchell
Commercial, Mathematics

E. B. Bounds
Vocational Agriculture

Norma Layton
Commercial

L. R. Reaves
Superintendent

T. P. Jones
Principal, Science

Sarah Finch Maiden
English

Mrs. Jewel Woodhouse
History

 

Doris Mahon
English

 

Seniors

Margaret Adams

Marcelias Henson

Mary Dell Mullins

Coy Akins

Odell Howell

Harry New

Joe Baldwin

Edgar Jackson

Johnnie Nieman

Loretta Barnett

Allie Lee Johnson

Talva Parker

Mary Jo Baxter

Willie Belle Johnson

Janelle Petty

Wilburn Bruce

Eva Nell Lary

Geneva Richardson

Charles Brunette

Janie Lewis

Gretchen Russell

Frank Brunette

Bonnie Faye Maris

Luther Singleton

P. D. Brunette

Pat Maris

Carmen Smith

Ruth Corn

Bobbie Marshall

Ruth Stegall

Dorothy Cunningham

Billy Ruth Martin

James Stephens

Mary Faye Davis

Alice Jane Matejka

Betty Supak

Beulah Dowdy

A. J. May

Frank A. Supak

Billie Duncan

Auta McBride

Gladys Towns

Maxine Frost

Malcolm McCain

Estelle Tullous

Darrow Fulton

Verla Mae McCormick

Audrey Turman

Helen Fulton

Ocie McLeroy

Ione Turner

Wilbur D. Galloway

Ollie Sue Merryman

Lillian Turner

Clarence Grace

Joe Mitchell

Maudelle Wilkerson

Pearl Grace

Travis Morgan

Martha Jo Yates

Juniors

Mack Abbott

Lois Rae Fulton

Alton Meadors

James Baker

Betty Haskel

Ray Merchant

Tommie Lou Baker

Jimmie Hickman

James Millburger

Horald Becktold

James Jackson

Elsie Marie Morgan

Billie Jean Blackmon

Doris Jett

Alvin Nieman

Revie Blount

Gloria Johnson

Billy Pecena

Alyne Bolton

Lavone Johnson

Ruby Lee Ramsey

Mavis Buchanan

Joyce Johnston

Doris Faye Reid

Marie Byrd

Mary Kegler

Albert Ray Scasta

Dorothy Corn

Maudine Kirkpatrick

Howard Sills

Lillian Corn

Mary Louis Blloyd

Ruby Smith

Denver Cornelius

Mary Virginia Lyles

Vernon Sweat

Orville Cornelius

Melton Martin

Zenelle Tarver

William Davis

Thelma Lois Martin

Mildred Taylor

John June Dieckman

Roy Martine

Bobby Drue Wallace

R. L. Dodds

Robert Matejka

Lucille Watson

Junior Duncan

Ruth Matejka

Imogene Whittington

Mary Sue Ferguson

Billy McBride

Marie Weir

Frances Fickling

Jessie McDaniel

Dale Woodall

Sophomores

Ellen Anderson

Glenn Freeman

Juanita Merryman

Mary Lou Ansley

Imogene Fulton

Julia Merryman

Bonnie Baxter

Mavis Fulton

Pryse Metcalfe

Martha Jean Baxter

Hotence Grace

Fannie Morgan

Vivian Bishop

Wylie Grace

Joe New

John T. Blount

Ruby Hall

Ruby Odstreil

Rondal Brewer

Mable Henson

Sylvester Perkins

Wilma Brewer

J. P. Holiday

Gladys Regan

Jack Bristow

Doris Howell

Irma Jean Reaves

Beth Buchanan

L. C. Johnson

John Henry Scasta

Lois Bush

Edelweiss Kehlenbrink

Mavis Simmons

Horace Bumpers

Lloyd Lock

Raymond Singleton

Sarah Cornelius

Elbert Maddox

Clara Smith

Fairy Jo Cunningham

Mae Eileen Matejka

Doris Jean Stanley

Lovelle Cunningham

Bessie McAlister

Betty Jo Stegall

Frances Cross

Margaret Jo McBride

Billy Jim Stegall

Joe Davis

Margie McCallum

Mina Trietsch

Sammie Duncan

Rueben McMillan

Billie Turner

Gordon Elliott

Aaron McNair

Mary Frances Turner

Ophelia Franks

Jack McNair

Gertrude Varvel

Freshmen

Naomi Barnett

Louis Gray

Cornelia Moss

Joe Allen Beasley

Ray Griffin

Raymond Moss

Eleanor Best

Ida Goodman

Juanita Perkins

Doris Bishop

Peggy Haskel

Mary Alice Powell

Mary Bishop

Leona Haverkorn

Sophie Gene Redden

Evelyn Blazek

Kenneth Johnson

Barbara Richardson

Virginia Blount

Myrtle Johnson

W. C. Scasta

Elaine Boyd

Mary Virginia Jones

Nelda Jean Scott

Dan Brewer

Marie Kaster

Albert Seale

Juanita Buchanan

Edna Lindsay

Jennie Sims

Travis Carlisle

Alvin Matejka

Elizabeth Smithers

Jim Bob Carter

Sammie Ruth Merryman

Maurice Starkey

Marvin Coker

LaNelle McCullough

Bradie Stark

Jimmie Cooper

Joe McNair

Peggy Tobias

Doris Currie

Joe Y. McNutt

Nelson Toomer

Richard Davis

Bill Mitchell

Earline Watson

Elise Fulton

Thomas Morgan

Jack Wilkins

Servicemen From Robertson County Serving Their Country In 1943
(dates are when they attended Franklin High School)

Cpt. Tommy Autrey
1938 - 1940
Army

Lt. Glidwell O. Galloway
1928 - 1932
Army Air Corps.

Jeff Nickelson
1928 - 1932
Navy, Chief Petty Officer

Albert Baxter
1921 - 1925
Coast Guard Storekeeper 1C

Sgt. Jack W. Galloway
1935 - 1939
Army Air Corps.

Ranzell Nickelson
1926 - 1930
Navy, Chief Petty Officer

Lt. Leonard Becktold
1934 - 1936
Army Air Corps

Pfc. Arthur A. Haverkorn
1931 - 1935
Army

Pfc. Cleo O'Rear
1934 - 1939
Army

Emmett Lester Brazier
1937 - 1941
Army Air Corps., AC

Sgt. Edward F. Haverkorn
1936 - 1940
Army

Pvt. Floyd O'Rear
1923 - 1926
Army

Sgt. Milton Brazier
1925 - 1931
Army

Pvt. John Henry Haverkorn
1936 - 1940
Army Air Corps.

Pvt. Norman Pack
1937 - 1941
Army

Charles Brown
1928 - 1932
Navy, Gunners Mate 3C

Sgt. Thomas R. Haverkorn
1932 - 1937
Army

Ben Parten
1936 - 1940
Army Air Corps.

Cpl. Jack Brown
1934 - 1938
Army

Pfc. Royce Jackson
1929 - 1933
Army

Leo H. Poetter
Navy, Petty Office 2C

Pvt. Robert J. Bruce
1935 - 1939
Army

Pfc. Clyde Johnson
1938 - 1940
Army

Pvt. Leslie J. Rains
1928 - 1930
Army Air Corps.

Pfc. Layne Caldwell
1935 - 1936
Marines

Lt. Jack Lastor
1932 - 1936
Army Air Corps.

Eugene Reagan
1934 - 1939
Navy, Seaman 1C

Lt. Robert Caldwell
1927 - 1930
Army

Pfc. William H. Lloyd
1933 - 1938
Army Air Corps.

Pvt. Bob Reeves Jr.
1937 - 1941
Army

Sgt. Wayne Caldwell
1935 - 1936
Army

Pvt. Kenith Hill Lomas
1930 - 1934
Army Air Corps.

Pvt. Roland Reynolds
1922 - 1926
Army

Pvt. Leonard Earl Cazey
1935 - 1939
Army Air Corps.

Lt. E. Brinton Lomax
1931 - 1935
Army

Cpl. Raymond Howell Richardson
1934 - 1938
Army Air Corps

Glydon Nelson Cockrum
1935 - 1939
Army Air Corps, AC

Sgt. Henry "Son" Lumpkin
1922 - 1926
Army

Ensign Louie Rodgers
1926 - 1930
Navy

Pfc. Jimmie Derrell Coker
1941 - 1942
Army Air Corps.

Cpl. Louis Lumpkin
1926 - 1930
Army

Pvt. Edward Sanders
1938 - 1940
Army

Ensign Fred Carrington Cole
1924 - 1928
Navy

Sgt. Jack Maris
1934 - 1938
Army

Pvt. Warren Shipper
1936 - 1937
Army

Lt. Luther E. Cole
1935 - 1939
Army Air Corps.

Sgt. Luiell Maris
1933 - 1935
Army

Pvt. N. O. "Bill" Sills
1936 - 1937
Army

Thomas Carroll Cole
1919 - 1923
Navy, Lt. S. G.

Hayden Marsh
1934 - 1938
Navy, Seaman 2C

Pfc. Warren H. Simmons
1936 - 1938
Marines

Sgt. L. M. Commander
1935 - 1937
Army

Cpl. James Marshall
1937 - 1939
Army

Pfc. Wayne Smith
1934 - 1938
Army Air Corps.

Pvt. John Cook
1932 - 1936
Army

Pvt. Calvin C. Martin
1938 - 1940

Army Air Corps.

Pvt. William Rufus Smith
1925 - 1929
Army Air Corps.

Pvt. Austin Cooper
1939 - 1940
Army Air Corps.

Pvt. Leonard C. Martin
1938 - 1940
Army

Pfc. William F. Stark
1933 - 1935
Army

Cpl. Charles Ellis Corn
1932 - 1936
Army

Dillard Martine
1936 - 1940
Navy, Seaman 2C

Fred Stobart
1939 - 1940
Navy Petty Officer 1C

Pfc. Joseph Elton Corn
1935 - 1938
Army

Ray Maxwell
1937 - 1939
Navy, Seaman 2C

Pvt. Darwood Miles Towns
1939 - 1940
Army Air Corps.

Leslie J. Corn
1928 - 1932
Army, Technician

Cpt. Wayne McAlister
1937 - 1939
Army

Lewis Varvel
1939 - 1941
Machinist Mate 2C

Pvt. Paul Corn
1939 - 1941
Army

Sgt. Frank A. McBride
1937 - 1939
Army

O. M. Travis Hubert Watson
1936 - 1937
Merchant Marine

Lt. Bradley Caldwell Crane
1932 - 1937
Army Air Corps.

Lt. Autrey E. McMillan
1932 - 1936
Army Air Corps.

Hill Calvert White
1932 - 1935
Navy, GM1C

Captain Jack Crane
1928 - 1932
Army Air Corps.

John Henry Merchant
1936 - 1940
Navy, Aviation Metalsmith 3C

Lt. Jack Moore White
1931 - 1933
Army Air Corps.

Sgt. Allen J. Cude
1934 - 1938
Army

Lt. R. Z. Michael
1928 - 1932
Marines

Lt. Joe Harwood Whittington
1934 - 1938
Army Air Corps.

Joe Curry
1924 - 1928
Navy, Pharmacist's 1st Mate

Norris Milstead
1937 - 1941
Navy, Seaman 2C

Henry Wilkins
1936 - 1940
Navy, Motor Machinist 2C

Pvt. Wylie Davis
1934 - 1939
Marine Air Corps

Sgt. Mack Mitchell
1932 - 1937
Army

Captain John Thomas Wilkins
1926 - 1930
Army

Sgt. Richard Duncan
1932 - 1933
Army

Roy P. Moody
Navy, Seaman 2C

Travis Bud Wilkins
1938 - 1939
Navy, F2C

Ensign J. C. Fickling
1926 - 1930
Naval Reserve

Cpl. John Merchant Moss
1934 - 1938
Army

Captain William Taylor Wilkins
1928 - 1932
Army

Pvt. John Fickling
1937 - 1941
Marines

Pfc. Clifton Neiman
1935 - 1938
Army

Hubert A. Willis
1932 - 1936
Navy, F1C

Sgt. Gerald Wayne Fullbright
1927 - 1932
Army

Jack Harold New
1936 - 1940
Navy, Seaman 2C

Joe Carl Willis
1935 - 1939
Navy, F1C

Pvt. Charles H. Galloway
1926 - 1929
Army

Ensign Asa Nickelson
1935 - 1939
Naval Air Corps.

 

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