"Cecil and Sara Brown Franklin. The uniqueness of Durham is rooted in its' historic dependence on the land, a strong work ethic in the past and its' people. When some of those people have lived here close to 80 years and have adjusted to changing technology in the work place, raised a family and celebrated 66 years of marriage – there is established a sense of stability, direction and purpose in the citizenry and the social mores of the community.
"This year the Durham community honors two such people who stand as a role model for all Durham residents. This year's Parade Marshal and Woman of the Year are Cecil and Sara Franklin.
"In 1912, at the age of 6, Sara Brown Franklin moved from Bangor to Durham. Her dad, Enos Brown, was a blacksmith in the Beck and Brown Blacksmith Shop, the forerunner of Abshier and Son Blacksmith Shop. Sara attended the primary grades in the Durham Grammar School at the Midway and Brown Street. Upon graduation from 8th grade, Sara went directly Heald's Business College in Chico.
"In 1918 Cecil Franklin arrived from Texas with his dad to join his sister who was staying with their Uncle Al and Aunt Ella (Burdick) Franklin. Cecil went to work for Cyrenus J. Burdick. He was paid $1.25 a day plus room and board. He worked from dawn to dusk, walking behind a horse-drawn three plow hitch, hand loading gravel wagons and graveling roads, operating stationary harvesters, cranking the separator at the Burdick Dairy … Cecil moved into the mechanical age by testing Holt tractors at their plan in Stockton.
"On February 21, 1925, Cecil and Sara were married in Red Bluff. They have two children, Lucille Cowan of Durham and Wayne Franklin of Rocklin. Through their married life Cecil found continuous employment at various jobs. Among others, he worked at the Adams Ranch where he ran the tractor to open rice fields at harvest. He also worked on the dredger at Marybill Ranch on Butte Creek for five or six years and retired from the 2,000 acre Maddrill ranch west of Chico where he farmed grain, rice, safflower and barley. Until four or five years ago, Cecil sharpened saws in his home shop for area ranchers.
"Sara kept busy over the years, raising the family. Sara took her weekly turn in the 24-hour-a-day "Airplane Watch Defense System" in place in California after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Sara became famous for her cooking as she provided the meal for the weekly Rotary dinner meetings from 1945 to 1978.
"Local residents are encouraged to set aside an hour on Friday night, May 10, at 7:30 p.m. to attend the high school cafeteria official festivities honoring the Marshal and Woman of the Year as well as the crowing of the 1991 Parade Queen and her court.
"On Saturday Book's Belgian Horse Farm, located on Highway 99, will be donating their time, horses and carriage to transport Sara and Cecil down the parade route in style. Doff you hat and say hello as 'Durham Honors Our Own': Cecil and Sara Franklin, the 1991 Parade Marshal and Woman of the Year."
"Durham Picnic 1991 – Durham Honors Our Own - Parade Marshal Cecil Franklin and Woman of the Year Sara Franklin", in the Durham FORUM of May 8, 1991, pg. 1.
"This year the Durham community honors two such people who stand as a role model for all Durham residents. This year's Parade Marshal and Woman of the Year are Cecil and Sara Franklin.
"In 1912, at the age of 6, Sara Brown Franklin moved from Bangor to Durham. Her dad, Enos Brown, was a blacksmith in the Beck and Brown Blacksmith Shop, the forerunner of Abshier and Son Blacksmith Shop. Sara attended the primary grades in the Durham Grammar School at the Midway and Brown Street. Upon graduation from 8th grade, Sara went directly Heald's Business College in Chico.
"In 1918 Cecil Franklin arrived from Texas with his dad to join his sister who was staying with their Uncle Al and Aunt Ella (Burdick) Franklin. Cecil went to work for Cyrenus J. Burdick. He was paid $1.25 a day plus room and board. He worked from dawn to dusk, walking behind a horse-drawn three plow hitch, hand loading gravel wagons and graveling roads, operating stationary harvesters, cranking the separator at the Burdick Dairy … Cecil moved into the mechanical age by testing Holt tractors at their plan in Stockton.
"On February 21, 1925, Cecil and Sara were married in Red Bluff. They have two children, Lucille Cowan of Durham and Wayne Franklin of Rocklin. Through their married life Cecil found continuous employment at various jobs. Among others, he worked at the Adams Ranch where he ran the tractor to open rice fields at harvest. He also worked on the dredger at Marybill Ranch on Butte Creek for five or six years and retired from the 2,000 acre Maddrill ranch west of Chico where he farmed grain, rice, safflower and barley. Until four or five years ago, Cecil sharpened saws in his home shop for area ranchers.
"Sara kept busy over the years, raising the family. Sara took her weekly turn in the 24-hour-a-day "Airplane Watch Defense System" in place in California after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Sara became famous for her cooking as she provided the meal for the weekly Rotary dinner meetings from 1945 to 1978.
"Local residents are encouraged to set aside an hour on Friday night, May 10, at 7:30 p.m. to attend the high school cafeteria official festivities honoring the Marshal and Woman of the Year as well as the crowing of the 1991 Parade Queen and her court.
"On Saturday Book's Belgian Horse Farm, located on Highway 99, will be donating their time, horses and carriage to transport Sara and Cecil down the parade route in style. Doff you hat and say hello as 'Durham Honors Our Own': Cecil and Sara Franklin, the 1991 Parade Marshal and Woman of the Year."
"Durham Picnic 1991 – Durham Honors Our Own - Parade Marshal Cecil Franklin and Woman of the Year Sara Franklin", in the Durham FORUM of May 8, 1991, pg. 1.
"Cecil and Sara Brown Franklin. The uniqueness of Durham is rooted in its' historic dependence on the land, a strong work ethic in the past and its' people. When some of those people have lived here close to 80 years and have adjusted to changing technology in the work place, raised a family and celebrated 66 years of marriage – there is established a sense of stability, direction and purpose in the citizenry and the social mores of the community.
"This year the Durham community honors two such people who stand as a role model for all Durham residents. This year's Parade Marshal and Woman of the Year are Cecil and Sara Franklin.
"In 1912, at the age of 6, Sara Brown Franklin moved from Bangor to Durham. Her dad, Enos Brown, was a blacksmith in the Beck and Brown Blacksmith Shop, the forerunner of Abshier and Son Blacksmith Shop. Sara attended the primary grades in the Durham Grammar School at the Midway and Brown Street. Upon graduation from 8th grade, Sara went directly Heald's Business College in Chico.
"In 1918 Cecil Franklin arrived from Texas with his dad to join his sister who was staying with their Uncle Al and Aunt Ella (Burdick) Franklin. Cecil went to work for Cyrenus J. Burdick. He was paid $1.25 a day plus room and board. He worked from dawn to dusk, walking behind a horse-drawn three plow hitch, hand loading gravel wagons and graveling roads, operating stationary harvesters, cranking the separator at the Burdick Dairy … Cecil moved into the mechanical age by testing Holt tractors at their plan in Stockton.
"On February 21, 1925, Cecil and Sara were married in Red Bluff. They have two children, Lucille Cowan of Durham and Wayne Franklin of Rocklin. Through their married life Cecil found continuous employment at various jobs. Among others, he worked at the Adams Ranch where he ran the tractor to open rice fields at harvest. He also worked on the dredger at Marybill Ranch on Butte Creek for five or six years and retired from the 2,000 acre Maddrill ranch west of Chico where he farmed grain, rice, safflower and barley. Until four or five years ago, Cecil sharpened saws in his home shop for area ranchers.
"Sara kept busy over the years, raising the family. Sara took her weekly turn in the 24-hour-a-day "Airplane Watch Defense System" in place in California after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Sara became famous for her cooking as she provided the meal for the weekly Rotary dinner meetings from 1945 to 1978.
"Local residents are encouraged to set aside an hour on Friday night, May 10, at 7:30 p.m. to attend the high school cafeteria official festivities honoring the Marshal and Woman of the Year as well as the crowing of the 1991 Parade Queen and her court.
"On Saturday Book's Belgian Horse Farm, located on Highway 99, will be donating their time, horses and carriage to transport Sara and Cecil down the parade route in style. Doff you hat and say hello as 'Durham Honors Our Own': Cecil and Sara Franklin, the 1991 Parade Marshal and Woman of the Year."
"Durham Picnic 1991 – Durham Honors Our Own - Parade Marshal Cecil Franklin and Woman of the Year Sara Franklin", in the Durham FORUM of May 8, 1991, pg. 1.
"This year the Durham community honors two such people who stand as a role model for all Durham residents. This year's Parade Marshal and Woman of the Year are Cecil and Sara Franklin.
"In 1912, at the age of 6, Sara Brown Franklin moved from Bangor to Durham. Her dad, Enos Brown, was a blacksmith in the Beck and Brown Blacksmith Shop, the forerunner of Abshier and Son Blacksmith Shop. Sara attended the primary grades in the Durham Grammar School at the Midway and Brown Street. Upon graduation from 8th grade, Sara went directly Heald's Business College in Chico.
"In 1918 Cecil Franklin arrived from Texas with his dad to join his sister who was staying with their Uncle Al and Aunt Ella (Burdick) Franklin. Cecil went to work for Cyrenus J. Burdick. He was paid $1.25 a day plus room and board. He worked from dawn to dusk, walking behind a horse-drawn three plow hitch, hand loading gravel wagons and graveling roads, operating stationary harvesters, cranking the separator at the Burdick Dairy … Cecil moved into the mechanical age by testing Holt tractors at their plan in Stockton.
"On February 21, 1925, Cecil and Sara were married in Red Bluff. They have two children, Lucille Cowan of Durham and Wayne Franklin of Rocklin. Through their married life Cecil found continuous employment at various jobs. Among others, he worked at the Adams Ranch where he ran the tractor to open rice fields at harvest. He also worked on the dredger at Marybill Ranch on Butte Creek for five or six years and retired from the 2,000 acre Maddrill ranch west of Chico where he farmed grain, rice, safflower and barley. Until four or five years ago, Cecil sharpened saws in his home shop for area ranchers.
"Sara kept busy over the years, raising the family. Sara took her weekly turn in the 24-hour-a-day "Airplane Watch Defense System" in place in California after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Sara became famous for her cooking as she provided the meal for the weekly Rotary dinner meetings from 1945 to 1978.
"Local residents are encouraged to set aside an hour on Friday night, May 10, at 7:30 p.m. to attend the high school cafeteria official festivities honoring the Marshal and Woman of the Year as well as the crowing of the 1991 Parade Queen and her court.
"On Saturday Book's Belgian Horse Farm, located on Highway 99, will be donating their time, horses and carriage to transport Sara and Cecil down the parade route in style. Doff you hat and say hello as 'Durham Honors Our Own': Cecil and Sara Franklin, the 1991 Parade Marshal and Woman of the Year."
"Durham Picnic 1991 – Durham Honors Our Own - Parade Marshal Cecil Franklin and Woman of the Year Sara Franklin", in the Durham FORUM of May 8, 1991, pg. 1.
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