First members of the Bermuda Union of Teachers in February 1919. Back row, from left, are: E. Scott Tucker, Miss Matilda “Mattie” Crawford, Mrs. Hetty Tucker Morrell, Mrs. Mildred Outerbridge Paynter, Miss Lauretta Smith, Miss Ida Hinson and Mr. Ossie Francis. Front row, from left, are: Miss Edith Crawford, secretary; Rev. R.H. Tobitt, president; and Miss Adele Tucker, treasurer.  
Photo: Collection of Dr. Kenneth E. Robinson.
Courtesy of Mrs. Rosalind Robinson
Adele Tucker’s penmanship won plaudits when she was well into her 90s. Right, Tucker and the first BUT members are immortalised on the 2007 stamp series, Pioneers Of Progress. 
 
Letter: Courtesy of Enith King

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