Granite Quarry High School - Quarrier Yearbook (Granite Quarry, NC)

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THE @UARRIER Next we were in Chicago and there was Herman Ribelin tink- ering with a battered radio. We arrived next at a large bus station in Indiana. In one of the buses was Ray Bernhardt,getting ready to make his run for the day and sitting in the seat behind him was Frances Drye tak- ing a pleasure trip. Our next landing place was in a large baseball diamond, and to my amazement, I saw Warren Morgan now the manager of the Yankees. On stopping at New York, we naturally went to Broadway. Much to my surprise I found Sylvia Fowler, leading lady in the play, Mulberry Square. | We were then carried to an office in New York where I found Georgia Barger giving the daily gmynasium exerci ses over the radide The scene changed quickly to a circus. Who was the main attraction but James Millst We were carried on further and there was Freda Rogers,now a famous designer for John Powers. And who's this strolling a- round? Why it's Madge Brown modeling the latest style. Before leaving New York we stopped at a jewelry store— Holshouserts Jewelry Store. Itts owner was. John David Hol- shouser and who is that cute stenographer beside his desk? Vir- ginia Brinkleyl We hurried on and were soon in Washington, De. Ce Why there is Jean Hall and a sailor, C. C. Caskey, looking at diamond rings. C. C. is on a seven-day leave. Still in Washington and stopping at the F« Bs. Le OEEiCeGs What is that Ruth Earnhardt is inspecting so closely? It's a revolver used in the murder of Mayor La Guardia. Our next stop was in the Old North State , Is that Frances i i i ? Sure e- Trexler who is busily preparing dinner? But who for’ nough, it's Mr. Helms and +heir two little Helms! waiting in the living room for her to get dinner on the table. We soon were at the capital of Weal. There I found Ruth Miller as secretary to Governor M. L. Waggoner, in Greensboro at Greensboro Col- We ain this time EA ace bs,receiving her degree as a Music tege,and there was Fdith McCom CRAMIVE @UARHY SEN@OL-NINKTEEN FORTY-FOUR

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THE @UARRIER CLASS PROPHECY It was a warm spring afternoon, when one becomes drowsy and tired of books. I seated myself in a shady little nook and tried to concentrate on the future of my classmates, I closgd my eyes and tried to penetrate into the mysteries of the future but it was all in vain. 1 soon dropped into slumber. Suddenly some- thing appeared before me. Why it was a little fairy smiling at me with eyes like dew drops. I heard your wish and have come to assist you in your distress. Oh, I cried, “wilt thou show me the future of my class- mates? You must come with me to the Queen, she replied, and she Will help. yous In a minute we were flying swiftly through the air and landed in a large bed of flowers. She presented me with a pair of crystal glasses with which I was enabled to see the fairy court in all its beauty. My fairy companion then told the Queen of my wish and she said it could be granted on one condi- tion, that I should always believe in the fairies. I promised this immediately. A little fairy called Forget-me-not was sum- ‘'moned to take me on my-journey. I was given a robe to make me invisible and a cane. A rug was presented to carry us on our travels. Suddenly the scenes changed to five years from the pre- sent. The rug flew up into the air and my guide and I were carried many miles into the sunny parts of Florida, There I recognized Lucille Davis and her one and only sailor on their honeymoon. While yet in Florida, ‘we found ourseives at the library in Tampae Mary Frances Foster, jolly as ever, was the head librar- lane We were forced to go on and I found myself in-the heart of Texase There Dewey Miller was the owner of a large cattle ranch, Our next stop was at a great air field in Texas. There in the midst of the field was a Flying Fortress getting ready to take off to a secret destination. Piloting the plane was Ray Ritchie. As the plane was leaving the ground I noticed anurse waving to the pilot, Only a slight glimpse showed me that it was another one of my classmates, Julia Peeler. We were Off again and soon landed in California. Whots this? Dorothy Barger, marricd and living happily in an orange ZrovCe CRARIVE QUARFY SCHOOL- NINETEEN FORTY-FOUR

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HE QUARRIER teacher, The next scene was at a large beauty parlor in Winston- Salem, I found that the owner was Effie Kluttz. Gazing now over the streets of Salisbury, I caught Sight of one of my old classmates, S.B. Snider, now in the Navy, and on a leave, We hur ried on and stopped at the Salisbury Memorial Hospi- tal, I learned Madge Lingle was head nurse, and was engaged to be married to the head doctor, Floyd Elium, ® the next scene was a surprise, A young man was telling some others how to keep from being bashful, He was introduced as Mr, Bill Barger, sheik of the ladies, — Soon, we were over a large farm, There, Edith Lingle was finishing the evening work, She had landed the Yankee Lieutenant} Our next stop was at Dunns’ Mountain, There I learned that Louise Lefler was now a noted seamstress, ts We soon found ourselves back at old Granite High, in the. Agriculture room, And guess who? None other than John Barger, as the teacher: who still posseses his gleaming red hair, The next scene was one of great interest, Anne Honeycutt had finished at Catawba College and now teaching at Granite Quarry High School. In @ minute, we were at the Farmerts and Merchant's Bank in Granite Quarry, There as the bank cashier was Sally Fisher, Our last scene was through the window of a small cottage. There I saw Stella Cauble and Dorothy Graham, housekeeping for themselves, They still cared little for the opposite sex, Something made me jump. I sat up and rubbed my eyes. I was still seated in the little nook and had traveled in dreamland, The bell was ringing, so I ran in the dormitory,wandering if the foretold prophecy. would come true, Norma Jean Melchor, Class Prophet CRAMIVE QUARFY SEHNOOGL- HIRT TECR FORTY-FOUR