Fayetteville High School - La Famac Yearbook (Fayetteville, NC)

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9'--11 kiwi New Fayettevllle Hxgh School bunldmg, on Fort Bragg Road, to be first occupied m September, 1954 Another c1use for pride 111 our herxtage IS the flCE th If these records show 1 never falling Interest of our predecessors 1n bulldlng churches 1nd schools The erectlon of new church bulld lugs 1nd the LI1llI'gCll1CIN1 of the older ones rn our midst sl ow that the men and women of 1954 are church going people The flct th1t Flyettevllle people 1n 1878 when they were still Sl1lllCI'l1'lg Hn 1nc1ally from the rigors of c1v1l war and an unsympa thet1c government durlng Reconstruction, or 2l 'lIllLCC1 1 public graded school, IS another cause for 1954 Fayettevllllans to doll thelr hats to the CICIZCIIS of the past Since the organlzatlon of that hrst graded school in our town, IH terest IH schools has kept pace with the growth of our pop11l1t1on FIFSE about 1900, new rn dustrnes then rn 1918 Camp Bragg later an exp lnded Port Bflgg and mlny new business enterprlses cursed Pwettevllle to grow from 1 sm 111 country town to 1 shopping center of 1bout sexenty hve thousand Always as our town h1s felt the need, our voters h1ve pro vlded lnczelsed 1nd Improved school f'lClllClCS Tlus year IS we celebrate Cumberland County s BlCCIlCCI1I1Ill we m my celebrate another lmpor t1nt event the COIISEIUCEIOII of severll new schools, Including 1 new senlor lugh school for Plyettevnlle Thls new bulldmg IS the Clllllllfll tron of several yeflrs of pl xnnlng It wlll 1l1lliC possible an lmproved and expanded vo '1t1on1l program, IC will h1ve 1 whole wlng for the science 1nd home economlcs deplrtment lf wlll contaln ample rooms for student councll md guldance actlvltles for lrt, speech dr1m1, music Pl'1ySlC'll educatnon, 1nd If wlll h1ve well equlpped classrooms for the Ef1lCllIl0Illl wcademlc subjects, an ample 21LldlCOl'lllf11, and 'ln up to date cafeterla openmg onto 1 flwstone court which will be dehghtful for student IC tlvltles, such as the annual unlor Senlor Thxs new bulldmg IS the culmlnatlon of much planning, and yet 1ts completlon IS only 1 contnnmtlon of 1 pohcy handed down by the earlier generations As long as Fayetteville lllel Cumberland County rem 11n true to thelr Scotch Enghsh lrlsh Germ ln AIHCTICIII hen tlgC they wlll contlnue to build 1nd offer rehglous, educ11t1on1l, economlc, md cultur1l o POI'CLlfllElCS to 111 wrthln thelr bound 1rles Ana' it shall come to pass a terwards that I will pour out my sprrzt upon all lesh and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy your old men shall dream dreams your youno men shall see wszons 11, II 28 A 11 II lr Page I'l11 1 Il 'AZ 1 A ss. , ap 1-I , ,. .1 1. 11 11,11 , 5 -311111 'li' i ,,, . ' W-fvcslmfs was-1 cn A x 1 , 1 N 1-1s?fw .- x 'f V 2 . 'I 9. :.' ' 1 1 1 1 ' . . . 1 , . , 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 . ,. , 1 1.1 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 , . . . . 1 1 1 1 . 1 , . S 4 1 L C C 1 - . 1 , 1 , 1 1 1 1 1 , , 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' ' . - 1 . ' ' . 1 1 1 L 1 ' L K - 1 - - ' 1 1 1 U 1 1 1 ' 1 1 1 . 1 - . L - 1 . 5 U 1 1 . - 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . , 1 - 1 . 1 1 ' 1 1 , 1 , 1 1 1 , 1 1 - - - 1 - 1 - . ., 1 , 1 1 , 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 1 1 1 . ' 1 . 1 P 1 1 . . I ff . . - 1 - f , 1 1 1 . f , - s 1 1 ' . , 1 , 1 1 1 - , . s . . . H 1 , ' 1 1 . 1 . 1 , . el 1 , e . 1 ' 1 1 r

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ff sail' if fa T E5 lw5a.,,3P f,fF?5 1 is 1 1 LaFayette Hotel, on Hay Street, clrca 1880 ...wwf Centennlal Parade, 1889 Cape Fear Rlver steamer, circa 1900 From 1789 to 1793 Fayetteville was the Capntal of North Carollna It was ln Fayettevnlle that our State rttlhed the Federal Constltutnon chartered the Unlverslty and granted the right to Tennesseeans to ongmwe 1 new state In 1800 the Scotch Presbyterlans 0fg3I'llZCCl the Flrst Presbyterlan Church then IH 1815 they com pleted a bllllfllllg whlch along with a large part of the town was destroyed by Fare ln 1831 A few vears later workmen rebullt the church on the omg xnal wall lt IS generally believed that thls beautlful lilllldlllg was made from plans designed by Slr Christopher Wrerl Another lJC3LlClfl1l ednhce xn our town IS St ohn s Episcopal Church whose orglnl 7lC1OH dates back to 1817 ln 1835 the Old Market 1-louse was bullt to xeplace the State l-louse whlch had been destroved Ill 1831 Three years later 1838 the Unlted States btult an arsenal of fortv .1 res of the 1-laymount terrltory When North Carolina seceded 1n 1861 she senzed thns arsenal and held nt untll Sherman destrov ed lt ln 1865 The name Arsenal Avenue glVCIl to a lesldentlal street lil what used to be a part of Federal property lS all that survxves of the arsenal ln 1889 the people of Fayettevllle held a centennlal celebratlon of North Carolinas ratlhcatxon of the Constltutlon Agaln ln 1939 our people held a sesqulcentennlal At this tnme an lmportant feature of the celebratlon was the nlghtly presentatlon for a week of Paul Green s SyIT1PllOHlC drama The I-hgh llnd C111 wrxtten especnlly for our sesqulcenten mal lt ns nn keeplng w1th the custom of our section then thlt wc celebrate the two hundreth bnthdlv of Cumberland County delvlng into old papers and books for lI1lfC1'CSflI1g records and customs Ind cvcn lllillflflllg the stvles of long ago a...-,...-ov ..,..-vw'- V1ew of Hay Street, before the days of automobxles Pay: Ten zfjs' 3 ' . ' HU ii c S. fail l . mf, G + 1 ' ' lv n zjv ff 1 ' ' L ' 8 1 ,. ,wgaaam ,, Q, - v 1' .SYS afli' 11825 ,. f Q51 - 1:33 . ' J f L , 3 - ,::..,t..1f:13,. .N 1 A 1 I . 1 ETH., 1,31 , . M- . 'fe Q 8 'qfzxxe-I 1 1 as at . 12 -fill 1:-4- .rf - - - L 3 ..,.:-V - -f-2 J 5 ,Qty 3 'a. V. 3 an ,. ', 5 , 1 qi r- , -Q- fe 3 5 ' f .4 - ,,., g, ' ' ng, ' 1.8 ., 3- ' 8 rggflll - ' . 'l,. 'A A , wgeffflu V' , . L - 1 4 . 1 . I , . . . t , A t .1 ' . KL Y, ' ' 4 tr n - gil I - 1 1 1 I 1 4 If X t t c 4 , . ' Y 1 . , t ' L I K , t 4 . ., , ' . . , . . 1 . t . t 1. 1 . U - 2 , ' ,, . . . 1 1 , z - t . ' Y y 1 s . - . 1 I ., ' , 1 3 1 ' S, 1 , , ' ' a . . . f

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