CRANBERRY â Cranberry High School provided education for countless local area students from its opening year in 1923 through 1968, when it, Newland and Crossnore high schools were consolidated into Avery County High School.
On Saturday, July 17, the CHS doors again welcomed familiar former students, as the Wildcats gathered for its annual reunion celebration.
Between 50 and 60 former students and family members converged on the Cranberry site to reminisce about the days in Mr. Stoker Hughesâ science class, reading in the library with Mrs. Ethel Smith at her desk to lend aid, or listening in Mrs. Julia Ramseyâs English class or Mr. James Heatonâs math class.