Gaston High School — Gaston, North Carolina
Posted by DaveSanders | North Carolina | Posted on January 11th, 2010
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Gaston High School, Gaston, NC
Gaston High School
Northampton County
mascot: Lakers
colors: Red & White
(If you have any info about Gaston High School, we’d appreciate hearing from you in the Comments area below. Any tidbit you can add will be used to update this page.)
I couldn’t find any record of when Gaston High School opened or closed. I’m guessing Gaston students now attend Northampton County High School – West.
Sometime in the late 60′s or early 70′s, the school’s nickname was changed from the Rebels to the Lakers. Lakers was in reference to the lakes which were created in the area in the 1950′s. Lake Gaston was formed by a flood-control dam on the 400-mile long Roanoke River. The dam was built by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers between 1947 and 1953. Just below Lake Gaston, another dam forms Roanoke Rapids Lake which is used to generate hydro-electric power.
In the fall of 1969, the courts ordered 100 students to be transferred from Gumberry to Gaston High School.
Here’s a nice article from 1974 about Gaston Alumni Lonnie Wayne Lassiter, when he was coaching baseball at Bowman High School in Anson County. He went on to become principal of Anson County Senior High School, then Superintendent of Anson County schools.
There are about 300 Gaston High School alumni registered on Classmates.com.
The Facebook group, “You know you’re from Roanoke Rapids, NC when…” really covers all of Northampton County.
The Gaston, NC Discussion Forum discusses news and topics about Gaston and surrounding areas.
“Chunk” Rook (GHS ’70) has been coaching football, basketball and baseball for over 30 years. Here’s an intersting bio from the Roanoke Rapids Daily Herald.
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Gaston HS Lakers colors were red and white
Thanks for the info, Juliana. I’ll update the post.
Before being called Lakers they were called Rebels
Gaston Elementary School in Gaston, NC was opened sometime in the mid to late 1920′s. My father started school there in @ 1928-29. Before that I had an old maid aunt that taught in a one room schoolhouse called McKeever School down the road from Lebanon Methodist Church for two years, @ 1922-23. So I think Gaston School opened sometime shortly after that.
Class of 81, the school was such a wonderful school, the staff & students seemed to all get along. Coach Don Johnson was our principle. Many memories, thanks! Go Lakers!
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