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

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FOREWORD We, the Senior Class of 1949, store within Pee OCCeSseOluNesecillon OF thes Oucrricr the countless treasures of everlasting mem- ories of our beloved and cherished activi- ties at dear old Granite Quarry from our first year, to this, our last one. Future refer- ences to these pages will recall days of joy and days of hardships. The priceless mem- ories that we here record, will always re- mind us all of Granite Quarry High School.

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PRESENTING “FORTY NINERS” “THERE'S A GOAL IN THEM THAR HALLS” As our forefathers traveled west to the fabulous gold-rush of 1849, we the “forty-niners of this century have been constantly traveling for twelve years a similar trail that leads to this, our graduation. Like our predecessors, hardsiics nave hindered sour progress=cauising some colour clam tomtall by the tudgeeak trail. But withthe cid of capable leaders, we crossed the barriers, forded the streams, and settled a land quite strange to us. Our experiences, although new and often trying, were both enjoyable and exciting. With our homesteads erected, our work completed, and the day of graduation here, we have reached our goal, as the “forty-niners’ had reached their gold. t¢ bse! ”

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DicaD CA | LOUN MISS BETTY JEAN FRICK This issue of the “Quarrier’’ is dedicated by the Seniors of Granite Quarry High School to Miss Betty Jean Frick who would be a member of the graduating class if she had not met with an unfortunate accident in 1945. Her cheerful smile shines through the darkness to everyone.