West Jefferson High School: 1937-1952
C. E. Rhoad, 1937-1939
C. E. Rhoad is a native of Seneca County graduated from The Ohio State University, College of Agriculture in 1933. He taught vocational agriculture at Wauseon for three years in 1933-36, and he then accepted a position at West Jefferson to begin a training center at that school in 1937. He remained there for two years. He moved to Westerville, continuing the program at that school after Howard McClarren left. In 1941 he was appointed to the resident staff in the Department of Agricultural Education at Ohio State. During this time, in addition to his work in teacher education, he had several supervisory assignments. In 1949 he accepted a position as Chairman of the Department of Agricultural Education, University of Nebraska. He remained there three years. He then returned to Ohio to operate a farm in Fayette County. Later he accepted foreign assignments in Iraq, Iran, Nigeria, and Transjordan. He retired in 1964.
Willard H. Wolf, 1939-1941
Willard H. Wolf was reared in Medina County and graduated from The Ohio State University, College of Agriculture in 1925. lie taught vocational agriculture at Dalton until 1933 and at Smithville until 1939. In 1939 he was appointed to the non-resident staff to conduct the program of teacher training at West Jefferson. He remained there for two years and in 1941 moved to Westerville. He continued the program in that school for eight years. In 1948 he joined the resident staff in the Department of Agricultural Education.
C. H. Clary, 1941-1942
C. H. Clary is a native of Erie County. He taught vocational agriculture at Lewisville in 1934-35, at Versailles from 1935-41 before accepting a position in the Department of Agricultural Education at the training center in West Jefferson. After one year he discontinued teaching and entered the insurance business in the Columbus community.
R. O. Deacon, 1948-1952
R. O. Deacon was the final teacher in West Jefferson.