Fredonia High School - Hilltopper Yearbook (Fredonia, NY)

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KO IQEWOVQD I2 IIAVIQ SHI' DOWN WITHIN 'I'IIIiSIi lmuus I ' 'I' 'wus SUM IIII1 INIQNIS AND SCl1INI1S XXHCII. Q ., .1.. MOST NO'I'AI5IIi. OUR AMISITION WAS TO CIARRN ON 'l'lIIi l'IONIiliR Sl'IRI'I' OIf I-ORMIQR IiDI'I'IONS AND IO CLIVIZ OUR AI,IVIA MA'I'liR A YOl.UMIi OIf XVIIICIII II CAN Bli .lUS'Il.Y PROUD. Wli SINCI2RIiI,Y lIOI'I 'IIIIAI IIIIS AIM IIAS I5IiIiN RIZAI IZIED. 'I'IIIi S'I'AI-If WISIIIQS IO IiXl'RIiSS IIS DIiIlI'IiS'I 'IIIANKS 'IO 'I'IIl2 IIACUIfI'Y. TO 'IAIIIZ S'IxUDIiN'I'S OI I5RIiDONIA IIICIII SCIIIOOIH AND IO AII, WIIO IIAVI IN ANY XVAY CION'I'RII5U'I'IiD TO 'I'III2 SUCCIISS OI 'I'IIIS BOOK. IN 'I'lIIl YliARS 'I'O COME MAY 'I'IIl 1030 IIII.I.'I'OPl'IZR RIQCAII. I'I.EASAN'I' MIiMORIIiS OI A IBYGONIZ DAY, AND I'IiRIIAI'S, IN SOMIE SMAI.I WAY, MARIE l.IIfli MORli WOR'I'HWIIlI,I2.

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DEDICATION O SINGLE IfACTOR HAS PLAYED A MORE IM- PORTANT ROLE IN SHAPING THE DESTINY AND THE ECONOMIC XVELITARE OIT THIS COMMUNITY AND ITS PEOPLE THAN HAS THE GRAPE INDUSTRY. THIS IIACT IS MORE READILY REALIZED IN THE LIGHT OI? THE ESTIMATE THAT SEVENTYTIVE PER CENT OI: THE POPULATION OI: FREDONIA OWE THEIR LIVELIHOOD, DIRECTl.Y OR INDIRECTLY. TO GRAPES. EOREMOST IN THE PRODUCTION Olf NATIVE AMERICAN GRAPES IS THE CHAUTAUQUA-ERIE REA GION. TIIE NVORLD IfAMOUS NURSERIES OIT TIIIS SECTION ARE INDEBTED TO THE VINEYARD SPECI- MENS NVHICH THEY PRODUCE FOR THEIR BEGINNING AND REPUTATION. SEVERAL OI? THE NATIONALLY KNOWN CANNERS ESTABLISHED THEMSELVES BY THE PRODUCTION OIT GRAPE JUICE PROM THE ITRUIT GROWN IN AND AROUND VREDONIA, THE VALUE OI1 THE INDUSTRY TO NEXV YORK STATE WAS SOON RECOGNIZED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF AGRI- CULTURE AS EVIDENCED IN THE IIOUNDING OI: ITS IIIRST ITIELD LABORATORY IIOR THE STUDY OI: THE PRODUCTION OV GRAPES AT PREDONIA. IN A GOOD YEAR THE LOCAL BANKS HAVE IIANDLED OVER 313,000,000 DIRECTLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO VINEYARD PRODUCTION. AUTOMOBILE SALES- MEN BASE THEIR ESTIMATES ON THE SIZE AND QUALITY OI? THE CROP EXPECTED. EACH YEAR THOUSANDS OI: DOLLARS ARE BROUGHT TO ITRE- DONIA BY GRAPES AND GRAPE PRODUCTS WIIICIT ARE SHIPPED TO ALL PARTS OIf THE COUNTRY. WITH THE REALIZATION OI: THE IMPORTANCE OIT THIS LOCAL BUSINESS IN THE EVERYDAY LIVES OI? ALL OIT US. WE. THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1039. DEDICATE THIS EDITION OE THE HILLTOPPER TO THE GRAPE INDUSTRY.