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Public education late in starting
Public education in Georgia
began in 1877. By constitutional
law, aid was established for
public grammar schools at that
time.
But for Griffin, public educa
tion was still some time away.
For the city had tried to
establish a public system some
years before, and because of its
failure at that time, they were
hesitant about trying again.
In 1885, however, the voters
relented and brought into being
what was to be known for many
years as the Griffin Public
School System. The Sam Bailey
building was donated to the city
by a private school. A grammar
school was initiated using that
building, and some months later
a high school, too, was created.
But a class was not graduated
from the high school until 1892.
In that year a new building was
constructed facing South Sixth
Street, and Sam Bailey reverted
to serving grammar school
interests entirely.
In 1917 a change was again
made, when what is now termed
the “old building” was complet
ed. The former high school
building became a combination
administration building and
first and seventh grade class
rooms. Sam Bailey consequent
ly served to house the second
through the sixth grades.
In 1930, with the opening of
Third Ward School, Sam
Bailey’s function was again
changed, and from that time
until the consolidation of the
city and county systems in 1953
it housed the seventh grade.
With the advent of consolida
tion Sam Bailey reverted back
to a high school building, and
with the help of occasional
remodelling, it stays in constant
use today.
Yet even with the addition of
the Sam Bailey building to
Griffin High’s campus, the
education boom of the fifty's left
the high school with a much-felt
need for expansion. This was
met in the fifty’s with the
construction of the “new build
ing”, built in 1951. It has been
eased in the sixty’s and
seventy’s by the addition of the
Math Building and Library in
1966, and the English building,
completed in 1970.
Additions have also been
made in other than just housing
stuations at G.H.S. Buildings
have been built to serve our
community as well as the
student body. Such things as the
Auditorium, which was added to
the campus in 1951, and the
Gynasium, completed in 1950,
are prime examples of this.
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Griffin has done well in the
past to strive for better public
education. Through such things
as consolidation and integration
it has made great strides in this
respect. And though it made a
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ON THIS SPECIAL OCCASION WE WANT
TO SAY THIS TO OUR FRIENDS
A special salute to Quimby Melton, Publisher, and Quimby Melton, Jr., Editor. You have
contributed much to the progress and development of Griffin and Spalding County. Our
Community is fortunate to have had you living and working among us.
We recognize the capabilities and efficiency of the staff and all employees of Griffin Daily News,
you too have individually and collectively contributed much to the development of our
community.
"Thank You” to all the people of Griffin and Spalding County, and to our many other friends in
the entire Griffin Area, you have been good to us during the twenty-seven years we have been
living and working here. There are no better people on earth than you. There is no better place to
live.
"We Pledge” our continued and best efforts to build a still better Griffin and Spalding County,
and surrounding areas. In our business we will always try to serve efficiently and fairly. We will
strive to always offer you the very best quality of merchandise, and at reasonable prices.
JIM PRIDGEN RUTH PRIDGEN JIM PRIDGEN, JR.
late start in the field, it has and
will continue to be a leader in
education, because it has realiz
ed that it is only through educa
tion that our future generations
will succeed.
Griffin High student body
presidents since 1953-54
Henry S. Copeland, Jr. 53.54
i C. Merlin Lewis 54-55
i J. Thomas Gresham 55-56
James F. McLean 56-57
G.Grant Brantley 57-58
: W. Barron Cummings 58-59
W. Ennis Parker, Jr. 59-60
: Mitchell H. Clark 60-61
i James R. Woodruff 61-62
: Richard Owen Shirah 62-63 ;
: Lyn Westmoreland 63-64 ■
: Barry L Collier 64-65 ;
; April Dawn 65-66 i
: Richard Turner 66-67 ;
; Reggie Griffin 67-68 i
: Jeff Allen 68-69 ■
: Mike Kent 69-70 =:
■ Dorcas Evans & Danny Smith 70-71 :=
: Mike Zager .71-72.1
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