George Winfield Blount joined the faculty of the Durham Union High School at Durham, six miles south of Chico, Butte County, California in the middle of summer in 1921. He took up his duties as mathematics teacher and principal in September 1921.
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Chico Enterprise, June 3, 1921: George W. Blount, faculty member at Chico High School, has been named principal of the new Durham High School, according to an announcement made last night by George W. Jones, member of the Board of Trustees of the Durham District. Blount resigns as a member of the faculty of the local school to head the Durham institution, which will come into existence as a high school after the vacation season. Four and possibly five teachers will comprise the faculty of the new school, and 30 Durham students will be drawn from the Chico High School to make up the first class.
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Blount was instrumental in getting broad support in building the "new" high school, north of town, when the three classrooms added to the Durham Grammar School proved inadequate for space almost immediately after completion in 1921. The new Italianate style building completed in time for classes in 1924 served the community until 1968. Mr. Blount drove the school bus, helped with shop classes, coached both basketball and baseball, and was a well-beloved teacher and fellow staff member. - Source: (partial excerpts) Durham High Corona of 1928-1929 school year.
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Oroville Mercury Register 07 May 1929, Tuesday Page 1: Durham High Head Resigns. CHICO, May 7. – George W. Blount’s resignation as principal of the Durham Union High School was regretfully accepted by the board of trustees at their meeting held yesterday afternoon at the high school.

Yesterday Blount wired the Lincoln High school of Los Angeles accepting a position on their faculty as instructor of mathematics.
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Oroville Mercury Register (Oroville, California) 11 Jun 1929, Tuesday Page 2: Mrs. Hughes Entertains Graduates and Faculty at Farewell Party for Mr. Blount. Mrs. Elizabeth Hughes entertained the graduating class of the Durham high school at a lovely garden party given at the Hughes home last evening. The affair was also in the nature of a farewell to George W. Blount, principal, who is leaving to make his home in Los Angeles …
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Chico Record (Chico, California) 20 Aug 1929, Tuesday Page 3: Blounts Leave for New Home in Los Angeles. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Blount and their children, Bertha and Robert, are leaving this morning for Los Angeles where they will make their future home. Mr. Blount for the last eight years has been principal of the Durham Union High School and at the close of last semester resigned to accept a position as instructor of mathematics in the Lincoln High School of Los Angeles …