Worthington

Worthington High School: 1918-1930
Worthington was one of the original training centers in January of 1918.

Worthington created their first school in 1804 close to the Village Green.  At that time, the founders of Worthington set aside one hundred acres of farmland just west of the town to be rented in support of a school.  This land was used to construct the Worthington High School on the Worthington school farm lot in 1916.  This building still exists and is now the McConnell Arts Center.

 

William W. Montgomery, 1918
William W. Montgomery was the first Smith-Hughes instructor in Worthington.  Montgomery only served for the first semester from January 1-July 1.  Montgomery would go on to do work with the Boys and Girls Club and then became one of the longest serving Agricultural Agents for Ohio Extension, serving from February 1, 1923, until March 3, 1962.

 

 

Ralph H. Schreiber, 1918-1920
Ralph H. Schreiber graduated from Purdue in 1917. He became the cooperating teacher at the training center in vocational agriculture in Worthington in 1918. He continued in that position for two years.

 

 

Arthur C. Kennedy, 1920-1930
Arthur. C. Kennedy was teaching in Medina High School when the Smith-Hughes Act was passed. He was one of the original nineteen teachers of vocational agriculture in Ohio and started the program at Medina in January, 1918. He continued at that school for three years. He accepted the position at the training center at Worthington in 1920 when Mr. Schreiber left. He continued at Worthington for ten years until 1930 when the department was discontinued.  He then established the training center at Reynoldsburg High School in 1930-31 and was there until 1937. He was appointed to the staff of agricultural engineering to teach the methods and skills courses, both pre-service and in-service, in the area of agricultural mechanics. He remained in this position until his retirement in 1956. He passed away in 1967.