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Former educator receives influx of appreciation in the mail
Students send cards to teacher on her 100th birthday
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Frances Haynes received a tremendous amount of cards and several bouquets from well-wishers on her 100th birthday. The Gainesville woman was a teacher at Main Street School and Candler Street School in the 1950s. She became principal in 1954 and held the position until 1962. Next she was the assistant superintendent of Hall County schools until 1970. - photo by CHELSEY ABERCROMBIE
The stack of envelopes on Frances Haynes’ sitting room table was large ­— maybe as much mail as an average person would receive in a year. But the envelopes were not bills or notices. They were birthday cards, wishing the former Hall County educator and administrator well on a far less-than-average milestone: her 100th birthday, which was Wednesday.