Walton High School,  at the Corner of Main Street and High School Court	circa 1918	c. 1965	c. 1908

 

WVHS, 1955

The school at the end of Alta Vista opened in 1955.
So they put the old school up for sale.

The Gym, c. 1947 from a Facebook by Barbara Groger Keller	Walton Basketball, 1910 That's former postmaster Hess Vest on the left, in the back, in the vest	Construction of new Gym, c. 1929

 

The first Asa Rouse	Model T

Both taken at the Walton High School, May 6,  1923

 

Walton School
Corner of Beaver Road & Stephenson Mill Road

 

Class at the Beaver-Stephenson Mill School, c. 1926
The teacher, on the left is Sarah Weaver Sleet and the boy in the front row with the bib-overalls is Chester Sturgeon.
Thanks to Don Sturgeon for sending me this one.

Joseph C. P. Dow left New Hampshire and became a school teacher in Walton 1847-48. He wrote three letters home which have survived.
The 1961 Dawn published a complete list of graduating seniors  from 1902 to 1961.  You can find it here (pdf).
Walton-Verona's Dawn, it's yearbook, is likely derived from the motto of the class of 1925: “Not the Sunset, but the Dawn.”	There's a history of the Walton and Verona Schools, here. (the first Walton public school principal quit - to teach at Harvard)
Walton-Verona held a public meeting in 1955 to decide whether or not WVHS should integrate. Courier-Journal coverage is here, the Walton Advertiser's story is here, and the Kentucky Post's story is here. But one month later, they changed their mind. One superintendent abruptly resigns and another is hired in the midst of the integration discussion.
A Note from 1903 on the Walton Graded School, is here.	A Note from 1879 on the Walton Free School, is here.

1940's Walton Baseball
From a Facebook post by Mark Butler