Waverly High School graduated its first class in 1892. By 1936, a new high school was built behind the old one. This gives us reason for the high school’s large grassy front yard.
Then in 1957, a new grade school was built two blocks west of the high school to accommodate students from the country schools.
Waverly unified as a district with Lebo in 1966. USD #243 Lebo-Waverly district’s office is located on Waverly’s Pierson Street.
Originally a Sunday school class and through the encouragement of their teacher M.L. Hays, the “Day Star Daughters” established the first free public library in Waverly in 1895.
Waverly’s first water tower was built in 1903. After the tower was found providing inadequate services for the town’s water supply, citizens voted to replace it in 1963.
In 1965, the old water tower fell on the Santa Fe Depot crushing it. The water tower that is standing today was built in 1965.
A tornado did some damage to the Waverly area in 1905. The Waverly Volunteer Fire Department was also organized in 1905 by three sections that included a hose company, a ladder company and chemical company. J.F. Grennan was elected as the first fire chief in Waverly.
Ron Senior closed the Waverly skating rink in 1909. On November 14, 1913, the new Gem Theatre opened in Waverly. About 15 years later, the first talking motion picture was shown at Waverly’s Bailey Theatre on March 3, 1930.