Pennington High School - Yearbook (Blountsville, AL)

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Present school built in 1939 at a cost of S250,000. Named J. B. Pennington High School 1942. Vocational Agriculture and Home Economics Building

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Mrs. W. A. Lowery in foreground in 1927. Water tower furnished the school with its water system. This sixteen-room dormitory with a large dining room and kitchen, erected by the citizens of Blountsville at a cost of S12,000. It will accomodate fifty girls. Located on the campus and joined by a drive way to the main building is this modern dormi- tory and teacherage. Within a week -- from Monday morning to a Saturday afternoon - a ten class room building with blackboards and 400 desks was built by 147 townsmen, and so the school went on after the fire without the loss of a single day of school. Mrs. Jim Alldredge collected chickens and eggs i to build this bathhouse. The town creek was no longer used for bathing after football practice. 10 The grounds are being beautified by terracing and land- scaping by students.

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Gymnasium Tennis Courts were built from funds collected by senior classes.