Granby High School - Yearbook (Norfolk, VA)

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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