The Tennessean from Nashville, Tennessee • Page 19

I 19 THE TENNES5EAN, Thwtdoy, March 5, 1981 Franklin Road Academy Returns To Normal; Accord Expected INFORMED By ROBERT SHERBORNE and SAUNDRA IVEY Calm was restored yesterday at Franklin Road Academy, while negotiators continued quietly to forge a compromise between embattled school officials and leaders of the First Christian Church. "The classes went smooth as silk it was great," said interim headmaster Gene Andrews, who was selected to run the school after its" founder and former headmaster, Bill Bradshaw, as well as the school's board of di-. rectors, resigned Sunday night following a dis-, pute with church leaders. "Everything is back on an even keel." FOLLOWING THE resignations, which "I WANT TO see the school we are associated with operates properly and see that we have access to the information we need." Some 400 parents of children enrolled in the school voted Tuesday night to have the former school board members represent them in negotiations leaders. Jacques is trying to schedule a meeting between the former board members and the interim board members so differences can be aired and an agenda set for discussing these differences.

BELL IS optimistic the discussions will prove fruitful. "These are reasonable people who for some reason have had the channels of communica "I certainly am encouraged," said John F. Jacques, a parent with two children in the school who has been acting as an unofficial mediator between the feuding factions. ALL OF THE people involved seem keenly determined to keep the school open, he added, and their primary interest is the students. Officials of the church, which owns the school building, insist they don't want to take over the school's operation and are eager to keep it open.

"I don't want to operate the school," said James C. Bell, church treasurer and a member of the interim school board which was named after Bradshaw and the former school board members resigned. tion blocked," he said. "They'll get with the acting board and present their concerns and we'll present what we see for the future. I think we may be very close together." One area of friction, however, may be the desire of some parents to separate the school from the church entirely either by ing or leasing the school building.

Yet, Bell said: "I don't know how it would be possible without just outright selling the school, which we would not be interested in doing." Earlier, James L. Barton, minister of the church, said church members initially voted to found the. school because they believed the church's facilities should be used more than one day a week for church services. Keep abreast of history in the making Know what's new in the news whether it be on the local, national, or international scene. Read the daily newspaper.

It's a great way tojbe in. formed. THE TEPESSEAN Mornings and Sunday stemmed from the school board's belief it should have absolute authority to determine school policy, many of the students were un-. I sure they would have a school to attend. parents, the former school board church officials have been struggling to work out a compromise, and all sides agree one will probably be reached.

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has had 21 years of experience with the 3federal Bureau of Investigation and also has "experience as an extradition hearing officer. 'His law degree is from Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. Donald P. 35, of 1004 Tartan Drive in Franklin. Harris is a local attorney current-l ly serving as interim City Court judge.

He has been in private practice here for six years and has had extensive experience in criminal defense work. He is a graduate of the Univeristy of Tennessee Law School, where he was a member of the Law Review and the Order of the Coif, both of which are based on scholastic achievement. Mayor Jeff Bethurum appointed the court study committee in January following the oust-'. er of former City Judge James T. Short.

Bethurum instructed the committee to deter- mine whether the city should retain the court I and if any changes should be implemented. The committee will meet again at 7 p.m. next That's what General Motors and Gi fferingi ealers are out to do. Bv senuiRg 1-1 1 Thursday. Services Set for Lillie Burton, A Key David Lipscomb Patron (Continued from Page 13) "forces behind the school over many years and -assured its survival as an institution of higher learning.

Burton, who in 1 903 founded Life and Casual- ty Insurance Co. one of the leading insur- ance carriers in the nation, was appointed to the Lipscomb board of directors by David Lip- scomb shortly before Lipscomb's death in 1917, and served almost half a century. He was -chairman emeritus at the time of his death in 1966. Together, the Burtons contributed more than $4 million to Lipscomb, plus the family home and 190-acre farm on Hillsboro Road in Green Hills. deals ou-iasn lonea rail through Ma EOW payment on your new GM car.

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GM and GM dealers from one end of America to the other are going all out to get the economy moving again. How? By offering hefty cash incentives on "Mrs. A.M. Burton and her late husband kept Lipscomb alive during the Depression days of the early 1930s," Lipscomb President Willard Collins recalled. "Immediately following two tragic fires on the Lipscomb campus the dormitory fires of 1929-30, major gifts from the Burtons kept the school going.

Mrs. Burton save her BONUS $700BOMUS Mrs. Lillie Burton home and farm that "Gracious, kind" Lipscomb might I receive benefits in all the years to come. She loved Lipscomb, and appreciated the good that was being done by the school. "She was a gracious and kind lady.

She loved young people. She believed that the Christian training of young people would really help determine the future of our country. She was generous in many good works. She was most concerned that her Lord would be pleased with --her life." -In addition to Lipscomb, the Burtons sup- ported many other activities through the years, financially and otherwise. Upon Burton's selection to Who's Who in Phi- lanthropy in the South and Nashville, it was es-1 timated that the Burtons' contributions to charitable works had exceeded $15 million, in- eluding $500,000 to Nashville Christian Insti- CHEVROLET CHEVETTE CHEVROLET CITATION PONTIAC PHOENIX OLDSMOBILE OMEGA BUICK SKYLARK CHEVROLET CAMARO CHEVROLET MONTE CARLO PONTIAC FIREBIRD PONTIAC GRAND PRIX OLDSMOBILE CUTLASS SUPREME BUICK REGAL NOTE TO FLEET BUYERS: See your participating GM dealer for details on fleet bonus.

'tute, a school for blacks operated by the late Marshall Keeble a school which since has I ceased operation and the support of two schools founded by the Burtons. 'They also were instrumental in founding Central Church of Christ ip 1925, a congrega-r tion which continues to meet in downtown Nashville. Survivors include a son, Nelson Burton, Estill three daughters, Mrs. Mizella Grant, Nashville, Mrs. Louise Roberts, Chatta-nooga, and Mrs.

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