Teacher's Examination, 1899

PIONEER WOULD BE PEDAGOGUE

Among the seventy odd teachers who are taking the teachers' examination at the county court house is Walter H. FOUTS, one of the pioneer of Whatcom County. Mr. FOUTS has taught school before in this vicinity, years ago when the children were forced to walk miles to acquire education and the financial condition of the school system was anything but good.

When asked for reference by County Superintendent of Schools SCHUSMAN, FOUTS gave the names of Jacob BECK, Chris SIEMON and Governor Albert E. MEAD.

FOUTS gave his age in the form of an algebraic problem yesterday but none of the teachers present were able to figure out just how old he really is. Superintendent SCHUSMAN finally marked the figures 90 plus after FOUTS' application. The pioneer is not ninety years old but he was willing that it should go on record this way.

Following are the name of those taking the examination:

**The Teachers**
AINSWORTH, Ethel, Port Orchard ARNOLD, Fay, city ARNOLD, Olive, city AUSTIN, Luella, city AUSTIN, Fanny M., city BAILA, Julia, city BALCH, Nellie, Ferndale BARRY, Anna E., city BAUTHUES, Walter, Custer BELLIS, Louisa, city BENTHEIN, Emma, city BOLEY, Edna S., Sumas BULL, Lorena, Auburn CAMERON, Ida M., city CAMPBELL, Helen, city COCHEL, Frances, city CONNER, Cora A., city COOK, Emma, Sumas CRAIG, Mabel, Sumas CROY, Ella M., Blaine DAHLEEN, Alma, Ferndale DATER, Amanda Mrs., Sumas DILLARD, O. F., Twisp DRAKE, Mabel M., city DUNNING, Guy, Blaine DUXBURY, May, city	ELDRIDGE, Syrl, Sumas EMMETT, Helen, Everson FOUTS, W. H., city FROST, Alice, city GOODELL, Grace, Lynden GOODING, Edna, city GOTCHY, Hattie, Blaine GREENWOOD, E. Maud, city HAMILTON, Carrie, city HAMMOND, C. W. Mrs., Deer Harbor HANCHY, Orel, Lynden HOLM, Merle, Nahcotta HOOK, Estella M., Everson HOWE, Barbara, Burlington HOWE, Hazel, Silver HOWE, Maggie, city HUILDONK, Elizabeth, San Raphael, CA JONES, J. B., Custer JONES, Sarah, Lynden JOHNSON, Hypatia, Bow MARTIN, Inez, Orcas McLEOD, Mary, city MERRITT, Harriet B., city MILLER, Claude B., city MITCHELL, Ivy M., city	PEESE, Elizabeth, city PINPLE, Gretchen, Moore PLANK, Mabel M., city PRICE, Carrie Mrs., Lynden PROUTY, Minta M., city REGAL, Ida, city RHODES, Rose E., Blaine ROYAL, Louis A., Custer RYAN, May, Chelan SCHAGE, Florentine J., city SEELEY, Hattie M., city SETZER, Eleanor, city SMITH, Edna, city THOMAS, Alta, Sumas THOMAS, Anna M., city THOMPSON, M. A., city TIBBETTS, Edna, Hayward, WI TURNER, Bertha, city VAIL, Laura M., Ferndale WOOLET, Florence, city

From The Morning Reveille, May 11, 1907; copied by Susan Nahas

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