Boonville High School - Spotlight Yearbook (Boonville, NC)

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To live in hearts we leave behind The student body of Boonville High School in 1921. The 1927 Boys Basketball Team The 1927 Girls Basketball Team Senior Class and Faculty - 1926 10 The 1928 Baseball Team In 1928 Boonville girls were the Yadkin County champs

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“Knowledge comes but wisdom lingers.” In 1958 the Golden Shield Honor Society was founded in honor of Professor Pardue. The By-laws state that the purpose of the society is to give special recognition to those boys and girls of the Boonville High School who are good and worthy students and who meet the standard of excellence required for membership as set forth in the By-laws. - A 2» In the school year 1924-25 the first transportation provided school children in Yadkin County was at the Boonville School. The bus was driven by Fred Hobson who is shown here with his passengers. Mr. H. F. Pardue In 1913 the name Yadkin Valley Institute was dropped and the name of the school became Boonville High School. It was at this time that Professor H. F. Pardue, a man who had received his secondary education at the Academy became princi- pal. He served in this capacity from 1913-1926, a period of 13 years. Boon- ville High School was accredited by the North Carolina Department of Education in 1922, the first school in Yadkin County to be accredited. In 1918 the first building of brick construction was erected. This building constitutes the front part of what is the elementary building at the present time. The transition from a private to a public school took place over a few short years and took place under the leadership of Professor H. F. Pardue. 9

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is to live forever Fred C. Hobson, third right in middle row, was named Superintendent of Yadkin County Schools in 1939. Class of 1925 In 1923 an addition was made to the building. An auditorium was added in 1935. This building is used by the elementary school today.