Sacramento County
Biographies
JOHN FRANKLIN DALE
JOHN FRANKLIN DALE.--California’s
fame as one of the most desirable states in the Union in which to live has
undoubtedly been due, in part, to the superiority of her excellent educational
system, and that educational system has seldom or never been better represented
than by the high school of Sacramento,
whose principal is the successful pedagogue, John Franklin Dale. He was born at Arkabutla,
Miss., on February 15, 1878, the son of Edward Hill
Dale, a progressive and prosperous farmer who came to California
when our subject was four years old. He
had married Miss Virginia Catherine Thompson, a charming lady of
accomplishments, who has contributed much to making their home circle one
distinguished for its refined atmosphere and inspiring ideals. Under such an environment, John Franklin Dale
grew up, attending the public schools and a private college, and taking up
teaching after passing the examinations required for the grammar grades.
grades.
John Franklin Dale
also went to college for four years, and in 1898 he came into Tulare
County, where he was principal of a
school for four years. He then became
vice-principal of the Tulare high
school, and held that responsible post for five years. In 1908 he came to Sacramento,
and was vice-principal of the high school for nine years. He was next
principal of the Harkness Junior
School for three years, and in 1920
he became the high school’s principal.
While in Tulare County,
he was president of the county board of education for eight years.
Mr. Dale was
married in 1920, to Miss Sarah Maud Green, the ceremony taking place at Sacramento;
and the happy couple have since enjoyed the best of
life, largely because of what they have put into it. They are fond of tennis, and Mr. Dale likes
hunting and fishing. He is a
thirty-second degree K. C. C. H. Scottish Rite Mason and Shriner, an Odd Fellow
and a Red Man, and he belongs to the Rotary Club. In national politics a Democrat, Mr. Dale has
always sought to act as independent of political party trammels as possible in
purely local affairs, and in that way has become one of the effective and
appreciated boosters.
Transcribed
by Patricia Seabolt.
Source: Reed, G.
Walter, History of Sacramento County,
California With Biographical Sketches, Pages 578-583. Historic Record Company, Los Angeles, CA.
1923.
© 2007 Patricia Seabolt.