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• [Abraham’s sons, Willis <strong>and</strong> Selvyn Ernst, made a direct contribution to<br />
the new school. They sold an important strip of l<strong>and</strong> to the trustees so that<br />
the school could be built facing <strong>School</strong> Street, in front of the old school<br />
[which had faced Maple Street site].<br />
Steam Freight Service to <strong>and</strong> from Halifax<br />
• ‘….We had freight service from Halifax not only on the Hellish Slow &Weary<br />
[The Halifax & South Western Railway] but by the S. S. Kinburn…In 1910…the<br />
Ernst Yard…built the S. S. Kilburn…a steam freighter which ran a regular schedule<br />
of freight deliveries from <strong>and</strong> to Halifax….I often saw it making deliveries...it<br />
would stop at any Government Wharf. So the Cliff Thomas <strong>and</strong> A.G. Eisenhauer<br />
stores in Indian Point could get their groceries etc that way, which for them was far<br />
better than <strong>Mahone</strong> Station.’<br />
• [Roads in 1914, before the age of the mass motorcar, on the south shore of<br />
Nova Scotia, were in poor shape, especially in the winter. It was easier to<br />
travel longer distances by rail or boat].<br />
Zwicker Inn..Freeman Home<br />
• ‘Next is what is now called the Zwicker Inn [now street no. 662 <strong>and</strong> a C<strong>and</strong>y<br />
Store <strong>and</strong> Real Estate Agent]. But from 1910 to well after 1940 it always was<br />
the John Freeman family home…Captain John Freeman was hit by a 1913 September<br />
gale <strong>and</strong> all h<strong>and</strong>s were lost…Their children were Lena..Claire…Ethel…<br />
Amy…Mary [called Molly]….Crop…who later purchased the Smeltzer concrete<br />
forms business <strong>and</strong> moved it to New Germany…Howard…Murray, always called<br />
Happy…excellent hockey player...<strong>and</strong> Margaret’. [Margaret, born in 1908, was to<br />
become a teacher at the school.]<br />
Those who live on <strong>and</strong> by the sea know<br />
tragedy. Fred Mosher was asked by his<br />
gr<strong>and</strong>mother never to go to sea. The large<br />
Freeman family survived through hard<br />
work <strong>and</strong> determination.]<br />
The newspaper clipping <strong>and</strong> photo of Captain<br />
John left are courtesy of the Margaret Freeman-<br />
Kedy collection. The photographer was the gr<strong>and</strong>father<br />
of Helen Dodge, <strong>Mahone</strong> <strong>Bay</strong> student <strong>and</strong><br />
year book collector.<br />
C.U.Mader’s Store <strong>and</strong> Warehouse. C.U.<br />
Celebrates a Provincial Liberal Victory,<br />
1916, <strong>and</strong> Fred Gets Sick<br />
• ‘What a nice man…I did a lot of visiting<br />
at Charles Uniacke’s [the store, now ‘For<br />
the Birds’ at no.647]……spent a lot of time<br />
in the sail loft [the top floor of Mader’s<br />
Wharf, at no.643]…they exported a lot of salt cod’ [the present pub in the<br />
Mader’s Wharf building, The Mug& Anchor, has preserved the screw-press<br />
that packed the barrels tightly with cod]<br />
• [provincial election victory celebration, 1916] ‘…Mr. Mader was a Liberal….<br />
I arrived at C.U’s after school…. Mr. Mader announced he was not going home<br />
for supper <strong>and</strong> if anyone else wanted to stay we all could eat as much cheese <strong>and</strong><br />
Hartack [usually spelled hardtack?] Crackers as we wished….Well did I ever eat<br />
a lot of that 8ft high cheese…he then brought out 2 wooden boxes of cigars..Perhaps<br />
he thought I would take it home to Dad..No way…I lit up…Wow, did I get sick..<br />
I couldn’t go home like that….So I went up town to the Billy King’s movie house…I<br />
laid on the chairs <strong>and</strong> slept it off for a couple of hours.’<br />
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