Franklin School

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=200 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000" background="006fa9e3.jpg"> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#99FFFF" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Franklin School<B>   </B></FONT><A HREF="http://www.jaspercountyschools.org/" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.jaspercountyschools.org/"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B>   </B><A HREF="id8.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Joplin"><U><B>Joplin School </B></U></A></div> <div> In 1892 it became necessary to build again and $20,000 were voted for ward-school improvements — additions being </div> <div> made to South Joplin (now the Franklin School), East Joplin, Byersville and North Heights (now Columbia). </div> <div> The north half of the present high school was built in 1896.</div> <div> <I>A History of Jasper County, Missouri and Its People, Volume 1, by Joel Thomas Livingston, 1912.</I></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="04bbcb30.jpg" border=0 width="700" height="435" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> Photo from <I>The Joplin News Herald, Mining-Industrial Annual Edition, </I>1915.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0a1204a0.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="586" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> 1906 Sanborn Fire Insurance map.</div> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="01d58810.jpg" border=0 width="600" height="385" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> Back of the photo reads:  1926, Anita's first year at school.  </div> <div> Miss Copenhaver teacher.  She was almost blind but so sweet and patient with </div> <div> the kiddies.  A patron of mine for hair and nails for a long time.</div> <div> School on 13th & Wall, Joplin.  (writer unknown)</div> <div> <I>Photo contributed by Fred and Charlyn Hubbard.</I></div> <bR> <div> <I><IMG SRC="0fdbcbf0.jpg" border=0 width="700" height="447" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></I></div> <div> 1895, Miss Emma Price-teacher.</div> <bR> <div> Belva Lett LaRue pictured (arrow) was a Joplin school teacher.  Photo contributed by</div> <div> her granddaughter, Margaret Pickett.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> In 1948 the first Franklin Technical school was constructed at the site of</div> <div> the former Franklin school.</div> <div>  <script language="JavaScript1.2"> /* Disable right click script II (on images)- By Dynamicdrive.com For full source, Terms of service, and 100s DTHML scripts Visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com */ var clickmessage="Please send an email if you would like a copy of this photo." function disableclick(e) { if (document.all) { if (event.button==2||event.button==3) { if (event.srcElement.tagName=="IMG"){ alert(clickmessage); return false; } } } else if (document.layers) { if (e.which == 3) { alert(clickmessage); return false; } } else if (document.getElementById){ if (e.which==3&&e.target.tagName=="IMG"){ alert(clickmessage) return false } } } function associateimages(){ for(i=0;i<document.images.length;i++) document.images[i].onmousedown=disableclick; } if (document.all) document.onmousedown=disableclick else if (document.getElementById) document.onmouseup=disableclick else if (document.layers) associateimages() </script>  </div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><script language="JavaScript1.2"> /* Disable right click script II (on images)- By Dynamicdrive.com For full source, Terms of service, and 100s DTHML scripts Visit http://www.dynamicdrive.com */ var clickmessage="Please send an email if you would like a copy of this photo." function disableclick(e) { if (document.all) { if (event.button==2||event.button==3) { if (event.srcElement.tagName=="IMG"){ alert(clickmessage); return false; } } } else if (document.layers) { if (e.which == 3) { alert(clickmessage); return false; } } else if (document.getElementById){ if (e.which==3&&e.target.tagName=="IMG"){ alert(clickmessage) return false } } } function associateimages(){ for(i=0;i<document.images.length;i++) document.images[i].onmousedown=disableclick; } if (document.all) document.onmousedown=disableclick else if (document.getElementById) document.onmouseup=disableclick else if (document.layers) associateimages() </script></B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>