The Nancy Reynolds School was burlt rn 1923 by Mr Wrlllam Neal Reynolds as a memorral to hrs mother Mrs Nancy Jane Cox Reynolds Mr Reynolds bought ten acres of land from Mr Jesse George rrght on the srte of Nancy Jane s old homeplace Wrthrn a few months the srx room schoolhouse was under constructron a real showplace rn those days Besrdes the srx classrooms the new school house contarned an audrtorrum and two offrce rooms Even durrng the frrst year the new burldrng was crowded By 1930 the enrollment at Nancy Reynolds had mcreased untll there was great need for more classrooms Mr Wrll Reynolds came to the ard of the chrldren and communrty by addrng to the orrgrnal structure wrngs whrch gave fourteen classrooms and a large basement It was rn the followrng year a so that Nancy Reynolds became recognlzed as a state accredrted hlgh school At the death of Mrs W N Reynolds the school recerved an endowment of S25 000 wrth rts yearly drvrdends to be spent on the school campus or for playground equrpment Wrth thrs a beautrful archway was erected across the drrve up to the front Sometrme rn the 40 s a lunchroom was opened rn the basement of the burldlng Later funds were provrded through the County Board of Educatron for constructron of a new cafeterra burldrng After thrs was completed an agrrcultural burldrng was erected by the Reynolds Founda tron In 1951 Mr Reynolds gave the school a S125 OOO gymnasrum Thrs rs one of the largest and most modern rn thrs part of the state Srnce 1958 the Reynolds Foundatlon has grven the school three scholar shrps each year to be awarded to three deservrng senrors Each scholarshrp has consrsted of S2 OOO to be used over a four year perrod at any college of the student s chorce Wrth the passrng of Mr Wrllram Neal Reynolds we as well as the county the state and the natron lost a real frrend and a great benefactor . 1 1 1 1 ' D 1 1 1 I , - . 1 . . . l . 1 . . 1 . . . . , , . . ' I . 1 . . , . 1 1 . 1 , . - 1 , 1
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