William Byrd High School - Black Swan Yearbook (Vinton, VA)

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History of Vinton Vinton, one of the earliest settlements in this part of Virginia, was first known as Gish's Niill, or sometimes called Gish's. The first railroad came through in I84O, and four years later the town was incorporated and the name was changed to Vinton, from the names Vinyard and Preston, prominent families in Vinton. Under its new government it had a mayor and six councilmeng the town's boundaries being First Street and Washington Street and extending one mile north, south, east, and west. In 1891 a dummy steam line composed of two cars and an engine, was put into opera- tion from Vinton to Roanoke. Vinton is proud of the fact that it has not had a traffic fatality in eleven years and that it has a very low crime record, a fine reflection on the townls eflicient police force. Vinton's present type of government, the town manager type, was adopted on September 1, 1936. Working for the welfare ofthe community is a voluntary type fire department with a fleet of fine, modern fire trucks. Vinton has a beautiful War Me- morial Building, built following the Second World War, and also a community swim- ming pool. Vinton's present population is 3,629, having increased by 2,ooo since 1890. A great majority of the citizens work in Roanoke and also a great number are em- ployed at the Burlington Nlills Corporation in Vinton. History of William Byrd As we look back over the past years, we see many changes that have been made at William Byrd High School. In the year 1933, the high school was moved to the new building on the hill, bearing the new name of William Byrd. This name was selected by a group of Vinton citizens and our annual became the BLACK SWAN in honor of the great Virginia statesman who bore this nickname. The enrollment that year was 451 with a teaching staff of fourteen. In 1953 there are 608 pupils enrolled and thirty- two teachers are on the faculty. The size of the school has grown, too. In 1936 several classrooms and the cafeteria were added. In 1938 the shop and music room were built. Along with these other developments, the curricula has been broadened very much over the years. There have been many additions to the list of courses, among them journalism, shop, agriculture, dramatics, speech, music, industrial arts, the commercial department, diversified occupations, the home economics department, and driver education. We have come far in the past twenty years. With the cooperation of teachers and students, we hope to make further improvements for the school of tomorrow. -ff 10 15+ Black Swan

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