Mahone Bay Old School_A Life and Times_Bob Sayer

Who Bought The Bonds?
The Town’s Bond and Coupon Register identifies the purchasers, their investment,
their community of residence, and the payments.
Name
Community $1000 $500 $100 Total Investment
Mason, John Wesley Mahone 3 - - 3000
[Farmer and property owner, lived at what is now 3 condos at 601 Main Street.]
Zwicker, P. B. Mahone 2 - - 2000
[Peter B. was the retired merchant and shipbuilder, living at the fine 436 Main.]
they had made considerable money from selling the sand on the island that was excellent
quality for all sorts of construction.
He went on the have a fine house built on Main Street, now number 686, where his school
teacher daughter, Vera, was to live for many years.
He had married Elizabeth Louise Petite and they had four children: Sadie, Elizabeth,
Harold [“Hack”] the celebrated athlete, and Vera-a long time teacher at Digby. Jean
Burgoyne-Nickerson is a granddaughter through her mother
Photo: Courtesy Jean Burgoyne-Nickerson
Brown, Mrs. Jessie Bridgewater 1 - - 1000
Mason, Christy Ann Bridgewater 1 1 - 1500
Mason, Charles Bridgewater 1 1 - 1500
Schnare, Henry Mahone 1 - - 1000
[Ship Builder and Shipyard Owner, see chapter one]
Wile, E. Ashel Mahone - 3 - 1500
[Owner of Jewelry Store, his home for over 40 yrs is now 68 Pleasant]
Eisenhaur, Eli Mahone - 1 - 500
Water Commissioners Mahone - 1 - 500
Inglis, Miss Clennie Mahone - 1 - 500
[Born in Mahone….Parents emigrated…American graduate nurse…Volunteer worker
in aftermath of Halifax Explosion, 1918…buried in Mahone Bay]
Brown, Miss Jessie Bridgewater - 1 - 500
Zinck, Mrs. Annie Lunenburg - 1 - 500
Municpality of Lunenburg - 4 - 2000
[see below]
Langille, John Oakland - 1 - 500
Ernst, Stannage Bridgewater - - 5 500
Ernst, Stanley Bridgewater - - 3 300
Ham, David Mahone - - 1 100
Winters, Miss Hazel Mahone - - 1 100
Winters, Charles Mahone - - 2 200
Lodge Onward I.O.O.F. Mahone - - 3 300
[The Freemasons invested in their own community. Charlie Lohnes was a member].
John Wesley Mason: The Single Biggest Investor in the New School
Mr. Mason’s $3000 investment, well over $100,000 by today’s values, was huge. He was
descended from one of the original families of Mason’s Island. When he bought the house
in town [now 601 Main Street] he listed himself as a farmer.
But he and his brother were much more than that. As well as buying and selling land,
Two Charming Photos: Above, on the left, youngest daughter, Vera, teases John
Wesley about his girth and old unbuttoned sweater. Parents try to conceal a grin. On
the right, Mr. & Mrs. Wesley all dressed up. Jean said her grandmother liked “to put
on the dog.”
J.W.’s obituary in the Progress Enterprise in February 1930 observed: While living
on the island, he and a brother Arthur carried on a farming business, also sand
transportation..He was a man of kindly disposition…..the essence of hospitality to all
who knew him.
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