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1 of 1977 Retrieved from the La Crosse Tribune

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Imagefile	People\Hale_Quincy.jpg
Name	Hale, Quincy
Other Name	Quincy H. Hale "Q" Hale
Birth Date	3/24/1893
Birthplace	Spring Valley, MN
Deceased	2/28/1987
Place of Death	La Crosse, WI
Mother	Helen Hale
Father	Samuel Hale
Spouse	Helen Wilson Hale
Children	Molly Hale Olsen Jane Hale Utterback Helen Hale Thiesen
Occupation	Attorney (Hartwell & Cowie, later Hale, Skemp, Hanson, Skemp, & Sleik) U. S. Army Air Service - Balloon Corps Observer (Austin, TX and California) La Crosse Public Library Board trustee/vice president - 1953-1980 Chairman of the LCPL's committee of buildings and grounds Other community service positions (see notes)
Role	Law
Education	Spring Valley High School University of Minnesota-Minneapolis - graduated with law degre in1918
Places of Residence	Spring Valley, MN Minneapolis, MN Austin, TX Arcadia, CA La Crosse, WI Stevens Point, WI
Notes	Quincy H. Hale was born to Samuel and Helen Hale in Spring Valley, MN on March 24, 1893. Quincy, known as "Q", played baseball while attending Spring Valley High School before attending the University of Minnesota-Minneapolis. He obtained his bachelor's degree there before attending the university's law school and graduating with a law degree in 1918. In April 1917, he and his brother Everett H. volunteered to join the U.S. Army. While his brother was accepted, Quincy was rejected due to being underweight. A few months later, Hale learned that the U.S. Army Air Corps was looking to recruit pilot prospects, and he believed being underweight might help him join the Air Corps instead. Hale was accepted into the Air Corps and began his training in April 1918 at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas. After completing his training in July 1918, he was stationed in Camp Dick, TX. World War I was coming to a close around the time Quincy was meant to begin his pilot training, so he signed up as a volunteer balloon observer instead. He and the other volunteers were sent to Arcadia, CA. After being discharged, he came to La Crosse, WI in 1919 and took a job with the law firm of Hartwell & Cowie. The partnership between Hartwell & Cowie dissolved after three months of Hale's employment, and Cowie offered Hale a partnership in the firm. In 1923, he married Helen Wilson, with whom he would have three daughters: Molly, Jane, and Helen. The firm closed on 1925 after Cowie took the position of Circuit Judge for La Crosse, Monroe, Vernon, and Trempealeau Counties on January 1 and Hale contracted tuberculosis later that year. He spent a year recovering in River Pines Sanatorium in Stevens Point, WI, then transferred to the Oak Forest Sanatorium in La Crosse. After his recovery, he became a trustee of the Oak Forest Sanatorium, the first of many his many community service contributions. His many community service contributions include serving on the City Planning Commission for 18 years, acting as a trustee of the La Crosse Public Library for 27 years, lobbying for a new building for the La Crosse Public Library in 1964, helping establish the Winding Rivers Library System and the Friends of the La Crosse Public Library, helping establish the Swarthout Museum, serving as president of the La Crosse County Bar Association in 1929 and the Wisconsin Bar Association in 1945, serving on the G. Heileman Brewing Company's board of directors for 48 years, serving as vice chairman of the Pettibone Park Commission, serving on the board of directors for First Federal Savings and Loan, serving the La Crosse County Historical Society and handling the transfer of the Hixon House, and being involved in the planning and completion of the La Crosse Municipal Airport in 1942 and the Mary E. Sawyer Auditorium. He eventually partnered with Tom Skemp and formed Hale & Skemp, which eventually would become Hale, Skemp, Hanson, Schnurrer & Skemp, and is currently known as Hale, Skemp, Hanson, Skemp, & Sleik. For his community service, he earned the Man of the Year award in 1952 and the Wisconsin Library Trustee of the Year award in 1966. Hale passed away in La Crosse on February 28, 1987.
Image Caption	Retrieved from the La Crosse Tribune

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