Granby High School - Yearbook (Norfolk, VA)

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'ina The band annex. Finally by 1894 Norfolk established its f1rst public high school. A large house owned by a prominent family in Norfolk, the Hemmingways, was converted into a high school It was called the Norfolk High School and had previously been privately endowed by the Hemmingway family They sold it to the city for S25 OOO and it was immediately put into use This school is still standing today although its name has been changed from Norfolk High School to John Marshall It is now being used as an elementary school During the following year or two three or four different schools were built and the city s school system began to expand rapidly For a while these few schools were sufficient for the few people who populated the city by the sea but the progressing years brought newcomers and schools seemed to spring up everywhere One of the more prominent of the many new additions was Granby which was built in 1939 in the center of a somewhat desolate area tas compared to its large population todayl. The city with Federal help built this beautiful brick school which was then, and still is a beautiful landmark in the city of Norfolk. At the time it was a good size and proved a great benefit to Norfolk, as it served the city well. It was used as both an elementary and a high school in its first years. This took a big load off of the other schools in the city. The war broke out in Japan in 1941, a new era was brought forth, and Norfolk's population seemed to almost double itself. The increasing population thus, crowded the schools and newly built Granby was be- coming over-crowded and required annexation. By the fall of 1942 an annex was completed on the north end and included approximately eight new classrooms. This newly added annex was used as an elementary section B49 The new gym annex for a few years and proved successful Within a period of three or four years the addition was converted into a regular part of the high school '- WI 'a-.44 .Q-as The annex and Cooper s College

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Foreword Hustory us an open doorway to humanuty Every sma uncudent un our dauly luves wull be hus ory tomorrow As the years have elapsed our world has grown and progressed The vast area formerly forests and un unhabuted terrutory has become ummensely populated Thus populatuon has brought about a change An evudent alteratuon to the American publuc us the vast change whuch has taken place un the Jamestown area A famous landmark un Vurgunua us Jamestown whuch has recently been completely reconstructed unto an hustoruc Colonual settlement as ut had orugunally been established ln the year 1607 a settlement was establushed at Jamestown where a few puoneers buult forts and cabuns on an area that was no larger than approxumately two cuty blocks Thus Jamestown became the orugunal door way unto the new world As the years have progressed the orugunal settlement of a luttle less than one hundred lated area of over 170 OOO OOO people 350 years growth has built the Unuted States of Ameruca unto a highly undustrualuzed country Such a change has become well evudent and thus past year has brought thousands to the 350 year old exposutuon The Jamestown Exposutuon has paved the way to future years openung the gates of prosperuty for Vurgunua and the surroundung areas The many tourusts populating these localutues have brought about an era of good fortune Vurgunua us now famous for un dustry manufacturung farmung and for uts seaport at Hampton Roads The Tudewater area us prosperous un many aspects lt has recently had many alterations the Hampton Roads Tunnel beung one of the most promunent The tunnel us the gateway to the seas and an emunent tume is qw The plaque of Granby Hugh School saver to tourusts busunessmen and commuters Thus new tunnel has greatly auded Norfolk and has unuted ut wuth Newport News Hampton Warwuck and the many other surroundung towns Thus ut us a doorway whuch has been opened wude and has auded our cutues un takung a bug leap unto future prosperuty Not only has the Jamestown Exposutuon brought massuve crowds unto the Hampton Roads area but the summer of T957 untroduced the Internatuonal Naval Revuew whuch attracted tourusts from all over the world The Fleet Week brought shups from many vusutung natuons to Hampton Roads Caputal of the Navy Saulors from Belguum Canada Cuba Great Brutaun France Spaun and many other neughborung countrues unhabuted the Tudewater area celebratung the annuversary of the settlement of Jamestown Vurgunua The State seal of Vurgunua As Norfolk and the Tudewater area have grown and prospered so has uts school system Untul T856 there were no publuc schools un Norfolk but the cuty grew so rapudly that the demand for elementary schools became detinute Therefore un the followung year T857 the J H Smythe Elementary School was erected and was the first un Norfolk It served uts purpose well for a whule but as tume travelled on ut was faced wuth a bug handucap the populatuon contunued to grow and children needed to be educated . . . U . I . I U . H . . . . . . .T . . . . ' I I . , - , , . I . . . . . I . I . . . . . . , I , . .I I . I I , . . I ' ' I pioneers has grown continuously into a highly popu- I I ' , I l I A I . : . . I . A . D I. . I I 6

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