Port Washington Schools hire W.W. Gephart (8-9-57)

Woodrow W. Gephart of Dover was hired as executive head of the Salem-Washington school district at Port Washington last night to succeed Jerry M. Baird when the school board met. Supt. Baird resigned to accept a similar position at Junction City. After graduating from Dover in 1938, where he was an outstanding track athlete, Gephart attended Muskingum College and received his bachelor of science degree in 1942. His schooling was temporarily intorrupted by a three-year hitch in the Navy and upon his discharge in 1946, he accepted a position as teacher and coach at Frazeysburg until 1952. He then enrolled at the University of Pittsburgh from where he received his master's degree in 1953. He has completed all his requirements for a doctor's degree with the exception of a dissertation which he hopes to complete in the near future. After three years as executive head of the Wayne and Greentown local schools from 1952 through 1955, he was a graduate assistant at the University of Pittsburgh until accepting the position with the Salem-Washington school district. He is married to the former Martha Huebner of Gnadenhutten and they have two children. They plan to reside in Gnadenhutten.
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Friday, August 9, 1957
The Daily Reporter
Dover, Ohio