SCHOOL NEWS: We’ve been telling readers about a special edition
of The Era which coincided with the opening of the newly renovated
Bradford High School some 40 years ago.

In the edition was a story that pinpointed key dates in the
development of the Bradford school system.

It reads: “The multi-million-dollar construction program just
completed at the Bradford Area Senior High School is certainly the
most spectacular in the history of the school system. We have come
a long way from the log schoolhouse.”

“However, for the record, it is worth noting just how the
construction pattern has developed through the years.

1873, two-room building, 3rd Ward

1877, frame schoolhouse on Congress Street, 2nd Ward

1878, High school organized in Congress Street building

1879, Elm Street, 5th Ward, frame

1881, Jackson Avenue, 4th Ward, frame

1882, Four rooms added to 3rd Ward building

1884, Congress Street, 2nd Ward, new frame structure

1890, School Street, 3rd Ward, wooden, eight rooms

1895, Jackson Avenue, 4th Ward, rebuilt after fire

1900, High school built where 3rd Ward School later stood

1902, Elm Street, 5th Ward, eight-room brick built after
fire

1914, New school on Kendall Avenue, 6th Ward

1920, Derrick City School

1925, New high school on Interstate Parkway

1929, New school on Jackson Avenue, 4th Ward, replaced one which
burned

1930, Lee Driver School built

1931, Custer City School

1931, West Branch School

1931, Lincoln School

1931, Hobson Place School

1934-35, Annex to 6th Ward School

1934-35, Junior high school built on 3rd Ward grounds

1934-35, New school on old junior high site, 3rd Ward School

1937, Earl J. Hyatt School

1938, M.J. Ryan School

1939, 16-room annex to senior high school

1945, Purchased Avenue B School as special school

1949, M.J. Ryan addition

1950, West Branch addition

1951, Custer City addition

1953, Lincoln School addition

1954, Derrick City School addition

1955, Annex to 2nd Ward School

1955, West Branch School addition

1956, 5th Ward remodeled

1958, Blaisdell School

1960, Floyd C. Fretz Junior High School

NEW WORD: Interface. Segue. And the latest is, “notion.” Pay
attention to news shows and see how often journalists or their
subjects refer to “notions” – what we used to call “ideas.” We’ve
always like the word, notion, because it’s meatier than its
synonyms. No more! Once a cool word goes mainstream, it instantly
loses its coolness.