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

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Senior Class History When we, the Seniors of nineteen hundred fifty, entered high school, all the dreams of preceding years lay ahead of us. We knew we had a part to play on this great stage of life for the four ensuing years. Hence, inclined to use the past as a guide to the future, we began our high school career as understudies to those who had succeeded in portraying leading roles. As the curtain rises, let us review several scenes from those memorable years which are now the past. In the year nineteen hundred forty-six, eighty jolly lads and lassies entered Granite Quarry High School as Freshmen. School was extremely different from that of the preced- ing years, but under the guidance of Mr. J. O. Rodgers and Mr. W. L. Rhyne we quickly became adapted to our new environment. Although we played only a small part in the school activities, we undertook each task with enthusiasm. Four of our class members, Jennie Safrit, Bill Julian, Annita Elium, and Howard Crossett, were selected to serve on the Student Council, and a group of girls participated in the May Day dances. We selected the following as class officers: President, Bill Julian; Vice-President, Ray Cauble; Secretary-Treasurer, Mary Ellen Jarrett. The following year we returned to assume the responsibilities of Sophomores. We were now only sixty-four in number, but under the guidance of Mrs. J. R. Felts, Jr., and Mr. W. L. Rhyne we succeeded in each task we undertook. Again, this year, four members of our class were on the Student Council. They were Nancy Cain, Joyce Thomas, Billy Witty, and James Julian. Several of our most athletic classmates began training for the basketball and baseball squads, and two of the boys received letters in baseball. Eunice Silliman won first place in the County in the Kiwanis Oratorical Contest. Our class officers this year were: President, Howard Crossett; Vice-President, James Troutman; Secretary, Roana Agner; and Treasurer, Ray Cauble. There were fifty-six who began the year as jolly Juniors. We were greatly interested in a variety of extracurricular activities. Four boys and si x girls received their basketball let- ters and one boy received his letter for baseball. Others revealed talent in the various liter- ary publications, and the local speech contest on World Peace was won by Jean Trexler. For the first time our school had representatives sent to Girls’ State. Those chosen to go were Rebecca Peeler and Mary Ellen Jarrett. There were two boys sent to Boys’ State also. They were Howard Crossett and Joe Kesler. This was a most important period in our high school career, for we selected our class rings, our invitations, and our calling cards. As Juniors, we presented our first stage production, “The Gang’s All Here”, under the direction of Mrs. Bryte K. Crowell. The play was a great success, and with the proceeds we received from it we entertained the Seniors at a formal banquet. The theme of the banquet was “Maytime Plan- tation.” The officers for the year were: President, Marian Misenheimer; Vice-President, Annita Elium; Secretary, Polly Fisher; and Treasurer, Helen Brown. Then, all too soon, we entered our final year of high school. Our dreams of preceding years were now realized, for we were Seniors at last. Only fifty had found it possible to continue their high school career thus far. The following served faithfully as class officers: President, Paul Webb; Vice-President, Ray Cauble; Secretary, Sybil Barnhardt; and Treas- urer, James Julian. We now had the star roles in the various school activities. Two of the Student Council officers, and four other members, were chosen from the Senior class. These were: Howard Crossett, President; Frances Beck, Secretary; Nathlyn Fesperman, Jean Trex- ler, Bill Julian, and Donald Bruce. Mrs. J. L. Sowers and Mrs. Eugene McCombs directed us in our various activities. Under their guidance we selected our Senior Superlatives and our Mascots. We also planned to present one last play before stepping out on the stage of life. Eagerly we awaited our class day exercises and that final day of graduation. Now, as the curtain slowly falls on those happy scenes of our high school career, we would like to express our grateful thanks to all of our faculty advisors, and to Mr. E. C. Staton, who has directed us during these most cherished years of our lives. We know not what the future holds in store for us; we can but wonder what scenes will be revealed when next the curtain rises. ANNITA ELIUM Historian

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1950 Graduates First Row, left to right: Hilda Eller, Betty Sue Roseman, Betty Lou Whirlow, Margaret Walton, Patsy Miller, Lottie Ritchie, Nancy Cain, Frances Miller, Sybil Barnhardt, Margaret Yost, Shirley Peeler, Frances Beck, Eunice Silliman, Sara Jo Lingle, Mary Lee Earnhardt, Mary Louise Lentz. Second Row: Annita Elium, Roana Agner, Jean Broadway, Pansy Hopkins, Jerrel Ann Fisher, Helen Brown, Mary Ellen Jar- rett, Marian Misenheimer, Sylvia Peacock, Jean Trexler, Rebecca Peeler, Betty Holshouser, Nathlyn Fesperman, Jean Peeler, Gay- nelle Fulk, Sherry Gantt, Rebecca Rash, Grace Bost. Third Row: Howard Basinger, Joe Kesler, Ray Cauble, James Troutman, Gregory Harrison, Bill Julian, Eston Doyle, George Cas- tor, Verne McCombs, Paul Webb, Donald Bruce, Bill Witty, Herman Ritchie, James Julian, Howard Crossett, Clyde Brown. Mascots: Vickie Kay Heilig, Tommy Trexler. Absent when picture was made: Billy Canup.

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Senior Class Prophecy The Seniors are giving one of their greatest stage productions—their future. The charac- ters are the graduates of Granite Quarry High School, attaining their goal in life. The time is nineteen hundred and sixty-five. The settings differ as the future of the individual differs. The audience settle in their seats and the curtain rises on the first scene. The scene is a large hospital. We recognize immediately two of the girls in white, Jean Peeler and Jean Trexler. They are carefully attending their patient, Gregory Harrison, who was injured on his job of traveling salesman. Beautiful flowers are in evidence about the room. These flowers were sent by Frances Beck, owner of Granite Quarry Florist, and by Patsy Miller, Mary Lentz, and Hilder Eller, co-owners of the Friendly Flower Shop. The scene changes suddenly to a busy avenue in Granite Quarry. We see a large sign, “Lou Lou’s Lunch”, predominating other signs. The owner of this restaurant, Betty Lou Whirlow, informs us that she has employed as dietitian Rebecca Rash. She also tells us that Nancy Cain, now a famous interior decorator, designed the interior of her building. The foun- tain service is efficiently carried on by two lovely soda jerks, Frances Miller and Sylvia Pea- cock. Other members of our class appear on the stage. Gaynelle Fulk, Annita Elium and Betty Holshouser have left their husbands at home while they have an evening of entertainment. The television set in this fashionable restaurant is now working perfectly, thanks to How- ard Crossett, a television technician, and we see the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers competing for the pennant. How can the Yankees lose with Herman Ritchie as third baseman and James Troutman as pitcher? Narrating the game is Ray Cauble, a well-known sports writer. Scenes are rapidly being presented on the stage and we see many of our classmates. Eston Doyle, owner of the Doyle’s Rabbit and Flower Farm, is busy counting his rabbits. He has enlisted the aid of Detective Joe Kesler in the fast growing job. A large business office is another scene. Very busy are Grace Bost, Polly Fisher, and Helen Brown trying to please their executive, Clyde Brown, Jr. We see Eunice Silliman and Pansy Hopkins as teachers, telling the students about the excellent missionary work that is being done by Mary Lee Earnhardt and Margaret Emma Yost. Sybil Barnhardt and Margaret Walton are in darkest Africa, uncovering the ruins of a once-existing city. In the jungles not far away are Bill Witty and Donald Bruce capturing wild animals for the zoo. Sara Jo Lingle is singing an operatic solo, accompanied by Rebecca Peeler at the piano. They are touring with a New York Opera Company. Verne McCombs is waiting on customers in McCombs Grocery Store. Patiently waiting at home for Verne to bring home the pay check is Mary Ellen Jarrett. Paul Webb and James Julian have perfected their supersonic jet plane and they are giv- ing a demonstration at La Guardia Field, New York. Betty Sue Roseman and Lottie Ritchie are telephone operators. They are quite expert at saying “Number please”. Out on the highway someone is getting a ticket for speeding. George Castor is the alert patrolman and we find that Bill Julian is the driver. Bill was hurrying home to see if his beans, wife, and ’taters were okay. Two of our classmates, Sherry Gantt and Billy Canup, are managers of chain stores. Sherry Gantt is manager of Kress’. Roana Agner is Sherry’s secretary and Nathlyn Fesper- man is buyer for the store. In an airplane is Shirley Peeler, airline hostess, comforting the fears of Jean Broadway. Jean is taking a few days off from her job as secretary for her sister in Hollywood to visit the folks back home. Howard Basinger has just reached the height of his ambition. He has received the title “World’s Tallest Man’. In the last scene we see Marian Misenheimer as editor of a new magazine, “Eighteen”. The curtain falls and the audience show their approval by a thundering applause. SyvBIL BARNHARDT Prophesier