Grove High School - Ridge Runner Yearbook (Grove, OK)

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'Mdgerunner -- l lXL ycars ago rn thc fall of l9Z9 bus transportatton was furmslacd to th puplls of thc Groxc I-Ilgh School from outsldt dlstrxcts for thc fxrst txmc 'Ihc Board of Fducatlon consrstlng of M E I-Icpklns A S Andrcws and C A Babb xlsuallzcd thc posslblllty of burldmg up the largcst and bcst hxqh chool rn Nortlacastcrn Oklahoma at Grow But tlaey nccdcd to makc room lol the addcd cnrollmcnts cach ycar Rcallflng that thc schocl dlstrlct was alrtady staggcrrng undcr thc hcayy tax lf now pays rctxrmg the bonds on thc old school bulldxng ll would bc rmposslblc to pay for addcd bulldlngs through taacatron At that tlmc thc Prcsbytcrxan church pcoplc had a church bulldlng con structcd of ccmcnt blocks locatcd a short dlstanct cast of tht school ground 'I hrs bulldmg had not bc n ln ust for mana, ycars 'I he Board of Educatxon madc a trlp to 'I ulsa and took up thc proposxtxon of purchasmg tht church bunldlng from tht Prcsbyttr an Church Ihxs vxas donc strlctly through donatron of th4 school board pcrsonally Wlth tlars rhcy started a campaxgn of donations ln xxhnch many patrons partlclpatcd somc donatlng moncy and othcrs labor 'I hc hlgh school 1ll'llx.IlC fund also contrlbutcd to thas projcct llacrc has bI4n consrdclably our 'I37 O00 of donauon ln labor and matcrral put unto tht bUllCllI'lg brxnglnq ll up to 1ts prcscnt stagt ot complctnon 'I h balancc of thc vxork was donc lrough FLRA and CVVA projccts thc govcrn Illklll flll'f1lSl'llflQ thc labor lhc orcscnt WPA proycct vull complct thc tvso class rooms thc stagc pmnaslum floor folr drcsslng rooms Ixlth all flxturcs brlck partxtlons vur mg and palntlng Ihc bunldmv I9 lf5 I t hx l8O ttct xx tl bl4ach4rs and dr ssmg rooms ll has a floor spacc ol approxmaattly I 500 squarc fcct Not ont ctnt oi tax monty has bccn spcnt on thas llulldlflg 'Xlur tht Board of Iducauon had starttd thc bunldmg proutt a bulldmg commlttcc xx as appoanttd conslstlng ol thc follovung mcn C. A Babb Allxtd Rtcd .lr Frcd M Hartlcy Pam 944 l I l .I II I I 1 ' , I, 7 V3 I D ' ' 5 I . . . I X 4 - I . . . . . A' v ' I I ' , , ' f' 1 H L vI. A Ix I V I - I I I I yI I , , ' ' 4 . 4 4. , I 4 I I I I I L L ' I I r I I I 4. . - I I I I I I I 4 4 - I I I I I I I , I 4 4 . I.I I I II c . H V ' 1 4 4 4 I I I I I I I 4 '44 . . I I II , C L I 7. - I I Iv L V L ! I I 4 I I - I I I- 4 . 4 - ' x 1 it ' x- v V! H , 4 4 I . . i . . . . . x x y ' 0 .t - I , , II- . I I I - 4 4 4, . I I 'I I I I 'I- y IQ I y ' I I. I' I ' y' V x V - 7' ,4. . L Y, . 4 4. 4 .. I 4 . , ' ' ' ,II I II Il 1 I I ,I . 4 I - CI L , - , . I I B I II I I I I4. 4 14 4 , 4 . 4 . 1 Iv II I C . , . : x I s X . . .xi . . , I ' 4 - 4 4 4 4 A 1 . ' is Y ' , ., .I 7 I v I - C -I I L I k . . . . II 1 ' K X' I K IIN,

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QE'lQc1gerunner 3 Q GROW Hlc H Sc Hoot The first pubhc school burldmg IH Grow wis 1 two story btuldmg wrth four rooms 'I ht two rooms on tht top story wtrt rtachtd by a stalrway buxlt on the outsxde of tht burldlng Flht brrcks ustd m constructmg t IS burldmg wtrt madt and burmd IH Qroxt Tht brlck tattory was locattd medrately back of whert tht Slntlarr Struct Statlon Iocattd on hrghway 59 on the west tdgt of town now stmds llttr four more rooms vxtrt buxlt on to thls bulldmg two abox md two below In 41921 D tht xxmg novx us d by tht htgoh school puplls vms addtd to tht blllldlllg Ihxs pa t of tht blllldlrlg now uctomodatts approxxmutlv 775 puprls tnrolltd ID hrgh scht ol ll tht prtstnt txmt Puat Sm 1 Ff, Q 4 7,3 , , . 1 , . 1 V- . . t , . . , . . , , , , h . , , . ., . - , t lm, I x 1 x 7 H 1 t , . . , V . . .. , H . , , A . . . 'l 4 . 1 , , . , , , .- 1 r . 'L f - V - , . . . L . , , , N , . , t , . , .

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