1886 | Thomas H. Goyne
he second teacher was Thomas H. Goyne who arrived in Tillamook in August 1886 (22 yrs old). He later married Daisy Evelyn Latimer in 1888. One of his former students, and their son, Thomas W. Goyne, was responsible for getting the deeds from the Latimer Heirs so the property could be transferred to Tillamook County Pioneer Foundation (later transferred to the Friends of Latimer Quilt and Textile Center).
1923 - 1926 | Rose Tilden Anderson
Miss Tilden taught 3rd, 4th and 5th grades. She mentioned many interesting happenings at the school. The school board was reluctant to purchase fire equipment but after a fire started in the basement and the flames came up through the wall registers, the older boys, having no hose or buckets, filled their boots with water and were able to extinguish the flames. Purchase of fire equipment was then authorized. Since the school was situated on the banks of the Wilson River, the flooding of the basement was a common occurrence leading to many unscheduled holidays in the winter.
One of her more amusing recollections was when the basketball team defeated Liberty School's team, much to the chagrin of their coach.
1923 - 1926 | Lillian Keyte Logan
Miss Keyte was the school principal and taught 6th, 7th and 8th grades.
1929 - 1933 | Evelyn Steidinger
Evelyn taught school for more than forty years and from 1921-1953 taught in Tillamook County at Fairview, Hunt, Long Prarie, Maple Leaf, Pine Grove, Wheeler and Rockaway Beach. She taught 3rd, 4th and 5th grades at Maple Leaf.
1930 - 1934 | Rose Schild
Rose had 12 pupils in her room - four in the first grade and eight in the second grade.
1934 - 1939 | Margaret Perry Fountain
She began her teaching career at Maple Leaf School in the fall of 1934 teaching grades 1 through 4. Albert Wilson was the teacher for grades 5 through 8 during this time except for her last year - 1939-1940 when Harold Lewis taught the upper grades.
1939 - 1941 |Harold V. Lewis
"On my first school teaching job we jokingly called the school "Maple Leaf University". As it turned out, it was nearly a university for me. I taught and lived the best I knew how, but I gained a wealth of "goodies" as a teacher and citizen of Tillamook County.
From September 1939 to May 1941, I taught the four upper grades and was principal and head janitor of the two teacher school. Margaret "Mickey" Perry, who later became Mrs. Irvin Fountain, was teacher of the first four grades. Music was her added responsibility, while my long suit was athletics. We had many wonderful times in organized teams playing softball and basketball. The softball team consisted of both boys and girls. We played and practiced in the neighbor's cow pasture due to lack of space on the school grounds. Very early on in the game everyone learned not to slide in to second base.
I boarded with August and Dorothy Boquist until December 22, 1940, when I married Marguerite Zink who was teaching her first year of high school at Bay City. Living wih the August Boquist family was quite different from married life. I didn't have to do dishes at the Boquist's.
I enjoyed the wonderful community of Tillamook County and the teaching association of the Maple Leaf students. There are many interesting and amusing situations that I experienced but I must not reminisce too much for fear of forgetting certain situations or persons. I loved them all and they were great to me."
