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Frantz worked in the unsuccessful mayoral campaign of J. Claiborne Foster and as assistant secretary for the Shreveport-based Louisiana State Fair from 1916 to 1918, when he returned full-time to ''The Shreveport Journal.'' He was ''The Journal'' managing editor from 1919 to 1942 and editor from 1947 until 1953.<ref name=bio/> After 1925, he worked under the Journal president and publisher, Douglas Fisher Attaway, Sr. (1878-1957).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Attaway&GSfn=Douglas&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1957&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=53534190&df=all&|title=Douglas Fisher Attaway, Sr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 25, 2017}}</ref>

Frantz worked in the unsuccessful mayoral campaign of J. Claiborne Foster and as assistant secretary for the Shreveport-based Louisiana State Fair from 1916 to 1918, when he returned full-time to ''The Shreveport Journal.'' He was ''The Journal'' managing editor from 1919 to 1942 and editor from 1947 until 1953.<ref name=bio/> After 1925, he worked under the Journal president and publisher, Douglas Fisher Attaway, Sr. (1878-1957).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Attaway&GSfn=Douglas&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1957&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=53534190&df=all&|title=Douglas Fisher Attaway, Sr.|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 25, 2017}}</ref>

In 1910, Frantz married the former Elda Verne Weaver; after her death, he wed in 1935 her sister, Dell Weaver Lawhorn. He also taught at Centenary College in Shreveport and was affiliated with the First [[Presbyterian]] Church, Rotary International, the [[Boy Scouts of America]], Masonic lodge, the Shriners, Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks, and the [[American Red Cross]]. He was a member of the Caddo Parish [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Executive Committee.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site23.php|title="Frantz, Dolph G." in ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography''|publisher=The Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=September 25, 2017}}</ref>

In 1910, Frantz married the former Elda Verne Weaver (1884-1934);<ref name=eldaf>{{cite web|url=https://www.myheritage.com/names/elda_frantz|title=Elda Frantz|publisher=Myheritage.com|accessdate=September 27, 2017}}</ref> after her death, he wed in 1935 her sister, Dell Weaver Lawhorn. Frantz also taught at Centenary College in Shreveport and was affiliated with the First [[Presbyterian]] Church, Rotary International, the [[Boy Scouts of America]], Masonic lodge, the Shriners, Benevolent and Protective Order of the Elks, and the [[American Red Cross]]. He was a member of the Caddo Parish [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] Executive Committee.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site23.php|title="Frantz, Dolph G." in ''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography''|publisher=The Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=September 25, 2017}}</ref>

Information is unavailable on the circumstances of Frantz's death, two months before his 67th birthday. His uncle, Andrew Jackson Frantz, Jr., is interred at Greenwood Cemetery in Shreveport.<ref name=ajfrantz/> Frantz had a namesake nephew, Dolph Griffin Frantz (1920-1991) of Iberia Parish, Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=86686095|title=Dolph Griffin Frantz|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 25, 2017}}</ref>

Information is unavailable on the circumstances of Frantz's death, two months before his 67th birthday. Like his first wife Elda, his uncle, Andrew Jackson Frantz, Jr., is interred at Greenwood Cemetery in Shreveport.<ref name=ajfrantz/><ref name=eldaf/> Frantz had a namesake nephew, Dolph Griffin Frantz (1920-1991) of Iberia Parish, Louisiana.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=86686095|title=Dolph Griffin Frantz|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 25, 2017}}</ref> He was sufficiently prominent that ''[[The New York Times]]'' filed an article on his death.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/1953/07/08/archives/dolph-g-frantz-66-shreveport-editor.html|title=Dolph G. Frantz, 66, Shreveport Editor|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|date=July 8, 1953|accessdate=September 27, 2017}}</ref>

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