Westerville High School 1924-1949
The population of Westerville was 2,500 in 1920, 2,879 in 1930, and 3,146 in 1940.
In 1923, due to a population burst, Westerville builds the first high school in the uptown area on State Street. That school, known as Hanby, serve as Westerville’s High School until 1960. Today, Hanby is a magnet arts school. Westerville is also the headquarters of the Anti-Saloon League, making Westerville the epicenter of a national debate about the legality of alcohol for the following two decades.
Would take the Columbus-Westerville Interurban into Westerville to the Westerville High School.
Fred Salter 1924-1925
Fred Salter was appointed on the non-resident staff to take charge of the program at Westerville in 1924-25. He continued the position for one year and was appointed in the Soils Department at The Ohio State University, where he continued until his retirement. Previous to his appointment at Westerville he taught vocational agriculture for four years at Stryker, Ohio.
Ted Merriam 1925-1928
Ted Merriam a graduate of the University of Illinois, taught vocational agriculture at Raccoon Township in Gallia County in 1923-24 and 1924-25. He took over the trainng center at Westerville in 1925-26 and continued in that position for three years. In 1928 he accepted a position in Public Relations with the Portland Cement Association in Chicago
Howard McClarren 1928-1939
Howard McClarren graduated from The Ohio State University, College of Agriculture in 1925. He taught three years at Bloomville and then took over the position vacated by Ted Meriam at Westerville in 1928. Mr. McClarren continued at Westerville until 1939 at which time he was appointed assistant state supervisor. In 1943 he accepted a position in Washington in the Office of Education as field supervisor for Out-Of-School-Youth. After two years in this work, he continued in Washington as the Youth Director for the American Institute of Cooperation until his retirement in 1964.
C. E. Rhoad 1939-1941
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.
Williard H. Wolf 1941-1949
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.