The Republican journal., 1906-04-19
THE FRYE SCHOOLHOUSE.
some of Miss Frye's Many Pupils. The
SchooIhouse is now to be IA Dwelling.

and interior alike are familiar to at least
two generations of BelfaSters, has been
moved from its old situation in the rear of
the, Frye block, to Mayo street, where ii
viii be turned into dwelling house. The
house was originally built by James P.
White for his sister, Susan Jane White,
who taught school in it when it was stu
ated on the lot back of the Bean house on
the corner of Pearl and Court streets. Miss
Lydia Wetherbee, afterward Mrs Nicker-
son, also taught there, as did several others.
Miss Esther c. Frye taught her first term
Of school in the Beech Hill district, North
port, at the age.Of sixteen, after which she
returned to Belfast and opened a private
school in this building. Shortly after that
her father, Jonathan Frye, bought the
school building and moved it to the site it
occupied for so many years, enarging it
somewhat. Miss Frye has no written rec
ord of the many pupils before 1864, but up to
that time many Belfast young people went
to school to her and benefited by her in
Structlon as did their children in their
turn, Among those who went to the little
school, learned the Wel-remembered songs.
spoke pieces and ate ice cream and candy
on the ''last day, brought home "merit-
cards" f., axchanoa for merit
Us ~ eA'ii"nse lol a gorgeous picture
'2ard later on, and played horse" and stag,
the yard at recess time, were the follow
,e,
'Ioo4'
Thomas Bartlett, Winfield Cunninobam
AZURE IinS Mahoney, Jordan Coombs, VII,
liam Nelch, Mark WEIGH. Thomas Rio1i
tI VIII tigi' eiqgrt ootdhaker, Willie Cot
,ie,', "Hl5t Sylvester, Charle Thompson,
5leuI! T,utS, Iiollls Hall, Horace Poor.
~ ueSt alteISoH' Charhe Burgess, Eddie
> l.eI n =, 81 anus ONION, Justus Thorndike.
+ re oi,. elh lIs, EdaIe Boyle, Walter Cot
Ella NcFaT1anJ W., ger flel 9eIt Fendleton,
,a,iS' TnllIe Ian Ellen Pierce, Lille Nat
1eWs' LI4z'e Dodge Annie Wight, Mabel
Hiram Freenau. CLariie I'M itlIh9iHIahl,
ella RobjnSo1 Ch l9 'ie 1Giii5hcaster Mel
itoiX. Lizzie Pottle. Eta Rnnjtar' rNIll.!Ie
Anderson, Lizzie (iIbart 1a G, george
'7'-N'7 'iIoei'' anna Frye.
Io'o'
Emma Davis, Pvuddie Pierce yyiIlio NJ.
Ison, Melville Robinson iIeyhar+ NJ;
,,@h, Willie Walker, Josie Russell. Mand
.aIn i{r,n,i,,II UiieSi Hafah Stanley, Hi
Injds Fra lI'i.i, '14an ufner, Neddie Rey-
Iula Batas Canre yoG n'},,hh' Mary CaldWell,
Ella Whiteomb, ia W ;ajII,T G nary I,eIce'
Essip Fierce Cor, S 9iGGl, OSCAR Emery,
sell, Alice 4icLntlI "'GIuml; aga 1rus-
Charlie W..I,b F., go rie MorIlSon,
ALVIN Wood Sammia Sarlta '3,41e9s, LEV
Mary Bean Frami g. pa" SgLl, hadIe NTalg,
llet6u. Charles pinor lIaliiiiiid aI Allyn Zen
lie Haskell Tina PTiI bS,", me H Hi9I5imeS Will
'''i'"n' E'dofus Mahoney,
1866.
Augustus Robinson Carrie o,I.,,
ler and Leslie Burgass E,a iG Gs2qIll, ines
Tie Moody, Carrie iCnt's tWInhle I1oaS, Gar
ert and Willie Alden F Ii"r oeua W. hob
Efreqdle simpson, Nettie Green. HMM
4 '~,' E Sftofg,lanna Ihombs, Lulu Hilton,
and 1Ft ra6'If1 LIZZIE Chase, Ida Gar
NAV ln nTVpie y 9iley, Carrie Pendleton,
Waller IBii nSl' hoole RYE Cora Mathews,
'''''e' i''Ss' ,o.-
me-. 1861
Minnie cCIure Flora and Hattie Free
man, Charlie Hartman, Johnnie IIarvev
FRANK Emerson, Eddie White. Lizzie XII,
.,fa ,r,,1 nflIe Mathews, Annie Locke, Min
oburr. Mile "thio D"Hle wis., loves, Alice
Charlie Brjer. Frar,li Feo1 feislt mGW3TlIVery'
lIervey IIowes. sarah HroI;n ~ Er1n Hesc11'
0"'i' ri"llA 'ohiIlh'
1870.
belle Carter, Adele Cottrell. Emma HOW
iId, Hattie Fuller, Linda Patterson. TnIu
~! ''I' i,, i'd ana lSa Cunningham, Jennie
lucifda End AZ I, n,eH h'iSSell, Mary hoX,
sumner iSalfn,a,t "1i NAY FANNIE BAKER;
White. Ra.hin cartar ei aul
-r,ranc.. Trns,o1 SI''iSei; FRANK olcklley'
Banks Fr4ddia S,ptInTth iin, rTI,'
'o]Ius ''--''e'
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IS'l'
Josie Hill, Estele Card, Fannie Ryder,
Npllie Haney, Willis Thompson, BERTHE
fprl1U1. Preston Davis ma bel and Ma hpl