Gurdon High School - Gurdonian Yearbook (Gurdon, AR)

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AN ARTISTS’ CONCEPTION of Gurdon High School as we know it today. AN ALL NEW and modem business department is a highlight of today. THE AP L Reddi Room serves as a meeting place for many clubs. in 1940 as WPA projects. The present gym, com- pleted in 1962, is a modern, well-equipped struc- ture. Gus Brown Field, dedicated in 1947, was at first a baseball field. In 1923 it was converted into a football field. It is the oldest pan of the school, having been a ball field from the very beginning. The newest structures are the Fine Arts Building and the Science Building, both completed in 1964. Bell Public School and Gurdon Public School consolidated in September of 1969 to form a 4-4-4-system. The u

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HERE WE HAVE the 1930 Pep Club and Cheerleaders standing in front of CHS. The boy cheerleader is Gordon Powell and those THE 1929 GO-DEVILS were led by superstar. Duke Wells, (top row. fourth from A CHEERLEADER IN ALL her glory right) is Pauline Carter Lowe. organization grew so that by 1907 the Gurdon Graded and High School had an enrollment of 288. Though several buildings have occupied the ground, GHS has always been at the same location. In 1923, the pres- ent main building was erected to be occupied by the Jr. and Sr. High students. The east addition of four classrooms and cafeteria was built in 1947 while the auditorium, built on the site of the old Gurdon Grade School, and the Library were added in 1956. The Home Economics and Shop Buildings were both built

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first four grades occupy the Gurdon Elementary School; the fifth through the eighth grades occupy the Gurdon Middle School, which was formerly the Bell School; and the ninth through the twelfth grades occupy the Senior High School. 15