. Bethany sketches and records . is now in good condition. A few years ago a porch andcupola, for a large bell, were added. He/xkiah Thomas was oneof the first teachers in this schoolhouse. Miss Jane French, after-ward Mrs. Peck, also taught here. The Southeast District is now known as the Beecher District-deriving its name from the manv families of that name who have THE SCHOOLS. Ill lived in the district. The schoolhouse now standing there wasbuilt in 1870, and is the third erected on that site. It was enlargedin 1899. A porch and large bell were also added. The schoolhouseis located in the
. Bethany sketches and records . is now in good condition. A few years ago a porch andcupola, for a large bell, were added. He/xkiah Thomas was oneof the first teachers in this schoolhouse. Miss Jane French, after-ward Mrs. Peck, also taught here. The Southeast District is now known as the Beecher District-deriving its name from the manv families of that name who have THE SCHOOLS. Ill lived in the district. The schoolhouse now standing there wasbuilt in 1870, and is the third erected on that site. It was enlargedin 1899. A porch and large bell were also added. The schoolhouseis located in the highway a few rods south of the four-corners atthe residence of Mrs. Allen. The Smith District provided for the erection of a schoolhouse in1876, on the site of the former one. D. B. Hoadley was the was ready for occupancy early in 1877. Mrs. Justine C. Coe wasthe first teacher in the new schoolhouse. It is very pleasantlylocated on a hillside which slopes to West River. There areabundant shade trees near the THE GATE SCHOOLHOUSE. The Straits Turnpike was built a century ago, and a tollgate wasmaintained near the Major Lounsbury house, now the residence ofCleveland Doolittle. The locality was designated as the tollgate disappeared long ago, but the name clung to the ham-let, and finally, about 1880, it was applied to the school schoolhouse in this district having fallen into a condition unfitfor school purposes, the school board threatened to withhold the 112 BETHANY. appropriation for its maintenance, and after considerable delibera-tion it was decided to build a new schoolhouse. Wales H. French,Allen Lounsbury and Arthur Lacey were elected a building com-mittee. A knoll a short distance south of the old schoolhouse, calledThe Sandhill, was chosen for the site of the new building, and itwas completed in 1880. The most recently built schoolhouse is found in the DownsDistrict. It was erected in 1897-8, with a thoroughness very credit-ab
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