Buchanan High School History and Related Information

File submitted to Lincoln Co., Missouri Heritage pages by June Groshong, 21 July 2003. Link change or file update: 2 September 2003

Buchanan High School History and Related Information
Buchanan Spring Bulletin, 1929, Souvenir Edition.

A public meeting of the citizens of Troy and vicinity was held at the opera House, March 20th, 1893 for the purpose of securing an educational institute in the City of Troy. A corporation was formed and shares were sold. A. S. Buchanan being the first subscriber . A constitution was adopted and ratified, and it was agreed that the institute should be named Buchanan College in honor of the first and largest subscriber, A. S. Buchanan.

The college was first opened to students in 1893. The campus then extended from College Street on the north and Buchanan Avenue on the east to Boone Street on the south and Perkins Steet on the west.

On November 13, 1905, the Board of Curators of Buchanan College passed the resolution to transfer to the Troy Village School District the entire College property, with all improvements for and in the consideration of the sum of $5,373.46, under the condition that the name of the institute should not be changed. The Troy District bought this property for the purpose of maintaining a public High School.

The rapid growth of the school made an addition necessary, and on June 6th, 1928, the citizens of the Troy School District voted a bond issue of $35,000 to erect a building which is now under construction. This building is to be known as the Eugene and Henrietta Bonfils High School, in recognition of a gift of $10,000 from Fred Bonfils, a former Trojan. Mr. Bonfils' unselfishness is shown by his gift and the fact that he preferred that the building be a memorial to his partents rather than himself. This sacrifice on the part of the citizens of Troy, and Mr.Bonfils' gift is a direct challenge to future students of Troy.

Robert Brown	Frederick Buford
Reavis Creech	Arthur Dowell
Wm Drunert	Ward Frank
James Miller	Geiger T.J. Hammet
Hal Harbaum	Lawrence Kuda
Hadley Rice	George Schloeman
Vernon Vogel	Claude Watson
Joesph Zalabak	Abby Brown
Clara Rosa Campbell	Helen Casner
Eleanor Cockrell	Mary Chandler
Floy Creech	May Dyer
Lonmarie Donaldson	Marjorie Eversmeyer
Laura Belle Gerdiman	Eleanor Groshong
Georgiana Hammonds	Alice Hamlet
Kate Avery Killam	Ada Lavermeier
Helen LaRue	Willie Montgomery
Elizabeth Meyer	Valla Monroe
Alice Miller	Tula V. McCulloch
Elizabeth Norton	Jane Penn
Virginia Penn	Regia Pieper
Ethel Raney	Bertha Rinaman
Iva Skinner	Edith Smith
Johnnie Sykora	Nora Sheets
D'Arline Watts	Thelma Watts

Gifts To Buchanan High

1909---Piece of Statuary
1911---Rug for Stage
1913---Concrete "B" on SE Side of Building
1915---Left Money to Manual Training Department
1917---Sun Dial at South Entrance to building
1918---Trophey Case
1919---Victrola
1920---Posts on East Side of Campus
1921---Flag Pole
1923---Walk on East Side of Building
1924-- Electric Clock
1925---Chairs and Table for Office
1926---Encyclopedia and Desk
1927---Office Furniture
1928---Stage Furniture
1929---Stage Curtain Fund

1906	5	1914	11	1922	26
1907	7	1915	16	1923	31
1908	6	1916	9	1924	11
1909	9	1917	16	1925	34
1910	15	1918	18	1926	22
1911	11	1919	17	1927	49
1912	10	1920	23	1928	24
1913	20	1921	23

File submitted to Lincoln Co., Missouri Heritage pages by June Groshong, 21 July 2003. Link change or file update: 2 September 2003

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