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The Hale School was named in honor of John P. Hale. City Council records of 1872 state "During the past year the Locust Street school has been added to the number of our school buildings." " It is a brick building of four rooms, 30 by 25 feet, 13 feet stories. With sittings for 175 scholars. It is pleasantly situated on Locust Street, south of Silver Street. It is substantially built and furnished, and will answer the demands in that part of the city for many years to come." First teachers of this new school were:
grade 1- Nellie E. Littlefield
grades 2 and 3- Abbie E. Jenness
grade 4- Emiline Thompson
grade 5- Sophromia A. Smith
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