Randolph Henry High School - Log Yearbook (Charlotte Court House, VA)

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Joreworcf Randolph-Henry High School is completing its twenty-fifth year of service to Charlotte County. These fruitful years have resulted from simple beginnings. Lest the importance and meaning of these beginnings be lost, the staff of The Log is recording for you OUR FIRST STEPS in a quarter of a century of progress. Administration 18 Classes 26 Activities 68 Features 116 Advertisements 134 PROPERTY 0 7 THE IT .. 7 ’ v FJCF O.VA 2

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Oar Of ' irst Sfeps For a quarter of a century the boys and girls of Charlotte County have entered the halls of Randolph-Henry High School. In September 1939 the eight high schools which were located at widely separated places in the county were con- solidated to form a county-wide comprehensive high school. The idea for consolidation started in 1927 when the State Board of Education recommended to Superintendent R. W. Bobbitt and the Charlotte County Board of Education that one big central high school would serve the county better than a number of small ones. Ten years were spent in talking and planning for a new school but when the Phenix High School building was destroyed by fire in 1937, the Charlotte County School Board decided not to replace the building but to con- struct a consolidated school building. The school was built at an approx- imate cost of $240,000. This was fi- nanced by a P.W.A. government grant of approximately $110,000, funds from the county of approximately $105,000 and a gift of $25,000. The building site includes 200 acres of land in the village of Charlotte Court House, Virginia. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS I CHARLOTTE COUNTY R-S .CHAMBER LAYNE . JR. .CHAIRMAN P.J. ADAMS T.H. CHAMBERS W. E. HAILE Y MB. RICE O.O. TUCKER COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD OF CHARLOTTE COUNTY W.H CREWS. CHAIRMAN £.B. CANADA W.D. HUNTER LEE W MORTON J.W. MYERS C.B. ROBERTSON . JR . E.S. FITZGERALD. CLERK SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS R.W. BOBBITT CONTRACTOR TJWlER- JONES CONSTRUCTION COMPAN ARCHITECT ' % DIVISION OF SCHOOL BU-IOlNGS ' ATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUcATlOf 4