Avondale High School - Spotlight Yearbook (Avondale, CO)

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l AVOND.llJE : BQHQUL cilrrsroax' V.-4 A ' .,-- . i' 'I . The fir5i.rccor6c which were kept on Schml T'D1st.l18acateMhuck+mof1895 when school op- 1 cned ic Q small Hdrlcin .located on. Jchc grounQc2whcrc Hrg and irc. Schlattcr now' live., No othcr records could be found un- til the ?cariI9O0J 0n Hay 7,of this. your Hrs. Hattie 8war6z,.who-is still d rcsidqm. of Avondale, was olcoted Scorctary of gthc- School Boarf for a-term of cnc ygat. .'-f In 1901 several things happened. ,Mrs Ssnuc1'Taylor 'f., was elected Tncacurcr of.theg Boarc and Hr. A.-T. Swartz wacwclcctci pqmw ldcnt, succeeding Nr. Evans. 'On Junc .1155 19011 it was votcd ucwn fc caloric QLD bu+ 1l61Hf to tf1rc'1ts nriflncl sive lQJvas4.Q In tbl? icq? Mr. Aloha Bickle Has 1y nnmcdf QQROIBP of the sohool'by President Swcrtzv, v On Hay 5, l902,IIr. Samuel Tajlog was , W . G-EQCCTNQ if cancer cfgzhn sckooljbocr6g,I . 111, Q , f and inl905'Irc.'HatLic4bwartz wad rcqelccb- V M- ,. V a6Y S3G349tPiQfJ - -4 1. J, 5 gacmncj fu En 1904 Hr. Swrrtz wae Po-dbctcd Wrccident, and it-was cecicca thai 1 new school building was to be constructed at the same n1ccogQ,ias :hc old one. KP. Green G0RVU?f'R'f lout had W1OQ wig! UHiQh F0 ovl' C035 struct tic building. Hr. S. H. Manning drew plans for tdc Juilqingg .,, und a soeclrl mcctiny wan hcl? to consider bi ff'. S for creating f ajdi :hose bids were awarded to Noah Swantz, nnc,A. T. Fvc. H1500 was zllotff for thc oonotruct1on'of the builcihgl The Holmes Hardware So. was Elven thc'bid for olmcinf thc furnace in the school buildug Pt a cost of Sl50.00. At this tiff Scuce Hogan wqs,thej1epchnr for :he orimary :rad-c. At the orvsens timc'chc is-teachingischool at :hc Auericrn Buslnace Collofc in Pueblo: Af ' -A 1 -,lf On Hay 1, 1905, at thc aniua1 ce51ng of.tha cckoo1'boarC A.M. Swartz was rc-clcctci orcsidcnt of the board. ' -'g I' In 1907, gr. Ponituis was namaQ'thc brincinal, and Kiss Wolfe ras app inted tcachcr of the primary Grades. Nr. Pon1thc's salary :as to bc Q80 vcr month includiuy all Jan1mo?:work.x,Aft': Misc . Yolfc, Hive o'BP1en was the primary Zeachfr. Her aa1ary'was 555ocr zonuh. ' ,' fl 1 4' 1.5 ,AQI ,Q When School began id 1908, Billie dhitlcck omQ'Lil11c Watcrs :ere peaclcrs with Mr. Fonitius still actin fmcfprinclbnl of the 20210010 1 ' 1. -. RJ' A On Hay 18, 1910, c special bogcd moaning was-ccllcq for the ,urposn of consolifating Dic3rlct118 and D1ctr1cc'55 into one sdxxl 'hc Diszrict 55 was 1ocatcigipVthf'olC'F2g Rngnci -'V' cURcnc . Also at ahis same time Dietrict.33pco5gol1d t'6 wit? ivccinlcf ,This school ras located Giroctly cpoobice Past Johnson's olmcc. The building 8 no long r stan ing. At this time Jvc. Kcennh Nurtha was clcctcdlin mcsiisnt of the school bomri. KQgQ'tJ lil. Ill' g:lil' ffm -2--if -W f Q ...-.1-ff T

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mn nun C mares? or avensats Con'?iV' p 1- fears ago LenordQ-Crossetyand Rifet contracted sod acres' ' of onions each year. Now they are. rown and sold individually. McNeil and Libby contracted pic Pas that were put up at their plant in North Avondale, but thi Whas been closed for yearsNdw tomatoes are contracted. buying in Avondale on a Beet Sugar Company, the Holly Sugar Corporation We are served by a Power Company furnishes Three sugar beet factories havebeen large scale,these being the American 'National Crystal Sugar Company and the modern bus line. The Southern Colorado electric power and lights for many of the farms, thus allowing us to have some of the been equipped farm homes in Colorado, Daily papers are brought to our doors by rural carriers. Ice is delivered in the summer daily by the Pueblo Ice Company. With only thirty minutes of pavedd rv- ingtfrom Pueblo, it is almost like living in a suburb of a large city. Avondale now has a consolidated accred1ted,h1gh school, a modern church, a modern hotel, an up-to-the-minute barber shop a general merchandise store, a soda fountain, a restaurant, a liquor store, a roomlng house, three garages and filling sta- tions combined, a newly built post office, and many nice homes that furnish thenbig littlen town of Avondale. YES? HE'LL PASS I've studies long and hard tonightg Tomorrow we write exams. My head is full of facts and dates, For new each student crams. Jamestown began in 1606, Or was it 1909? Columbus saw the Philippines In --- I forget the date. The square of six is sixty-six, And Shakespeare conquered Spain. Balboa crossed the Isthmus ' In a Ryan monoplane. Appollo sailed around the world In spite of a raging gale. Won't I surprise the teachers? They think I'm going to fail! Ho! Holt . 2 5.- is i9:li Se :Hifi Si1... .... ' ' -7 Q ' if -

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.l Y -... -. r My-AVOHEXIE GCHOGL-HISTORYofCon'tJ Also ln this ferr Avcn 'lo was snegseviny a school in the ,T Orchard Park reg1on.n This was continued until the year 1914 , when it was turned over to the Boone Bch ol D1striot.' In the Spring of 191-cf., the old frame huildinf' located in the cornrv of the grounds in which the building now stnnds,burn- cd to the Qround. Immediately after this, construction was be- Jnn on the two story Eulldiny which is the first half of the uressnt building. School was not started until October 5 bcceu the new building was not complete. In 1922, the second half of the budding was added and ded- icstion was held on Sept. 26, with the orogram using hold lnthc new auditorium. ' The following year Mr. R. H. White became principal of the school and he was f91lowed by Mr. Stoner. The next prinoipalww Mr. Reed who was here two years. Mr. Runyon then became prin- cipal and he held this position for nine years. Mr. Macy was our next principal and he remained for two years. He is now'Ero- of History at the Pueblo Junior College in Pueblo. At this time Mr. Wood came to Avondale to act as superintendent. While here he made arrangements for the construction of the fine gymnasium, we now have, landscaping of the grounds and the planting of the nice lawn which now surrounds the school. Our gymnasium is one of the finest in Pueblo County. It is equipped so that all kinds of indoor sports can be played as well as dramatic work of all kink which may be presented for the stage in tho building. Thus closes the story which gives you a short summary ofthe gistory of Avondale School from its beginning up to the present H Go WWWQWNQNQNWWWN School Days School days, school days, Dear old golden rule days Readin' writln' and rithmetlcu Taught do the tune of a hickory stick. You were my queen in calico I was your bashful Barefoot bow, Where you wrote on my ilate I love your Joe, When we wer5 a couple of kids. ' 1: ' IX : vnclzrtr - 23'5.' aah: 5'l5C' NNin5....i......- -- .,, an -