 George Aiken graduated from the school in 1909.Facing increasing enrollment in the late 1940s the town moved to establish a new high school to serve area towns that would be equipped with modern facilities and safety features as well as plenty of space for sport related activities, something desperately unavailable at the then downtown location.In the early 1950s the decision was made to build the new high school on the "Old Fairgrounds" in the southern section of town.