Baker High School - Lions Pride Arrowhead Yearbook (Columbus, GA)

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VI-l When Amenca went to war nn 1041 many changes and adlustments were thrust on her cxtuzens Out of the un unng chaos there was born un Muscogee County an unstrtutuon not dedicated to war but to the development of future generatlons For years educators of lvluscogee County had dreamed of a central hugh school for thenr youth but wxth the rountx s scattered populatuon and un suffncuent resources had been unable to reuluze nt Wnth the nnflux of greater army personnel and war workers at Fort Bennnng un 1941 there arose a demand for better housing facllltle Tne l-l us ng Authority of Columbus under the leadershup of Brown Nxcholson m t th demand wnth the construc tion of Newton D Baker Vullage A communntv as large as Baker Vnllage could not exist wlthout a school for nts youth Plans at furst provided for tempora y wooden buildings to be used through the duratnon Here Mr Cl nton Moon and other county offlcnals safv a chance for the realization of thenr dream Why not make the school at Baker Village a coun y wlde hugh school and a permanent lnstltutlonl After several traps to Washnngton ccunty offlcuals re elved federal approprla tuons wnth whnch to bu ld a modern fureproof structure valued at over half a mullnon dollars J W Blgge s F F Lockwood and E D Smith drew plans for the bJlld year Its doors were opened to tudent Mr E W Cook a leadlng educator n the Muscogee County S hool was eected prnncnpal A staff of ff I fu r was ca efu se dare tclasses and actnvntues Modern buses were secured to transport studerwts from all corners of Muscogee County So out of chaos and the darkness of war there arose a lnght a 1 ht to erase Ignorance from youth s rnunds to bunld st ong healthy bodies and to gunde hearts ln the paths of honor and peace 1llll m ' - ing whnch was finally completed in August, 19-43. On September 13 of that ' ' ' I 1 F C I .I ' ' . e ice: t teache s r . lly ' lected to . ' , . . lg