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Frugal or Tight-Fisted ?<br />
No records have been found of the discussions that must have taken place.<br />
The key is the $18, 000 construction figure. It was a modest sum. Inspector<br />
MacIntosh reported that the new Bridgewater school had cost $45, 000. The<br />
founding fathers pulled off a minor miracle at less than half their neighbour’s<br />
figure. Organized school sport in the school gym was a feature of the<br />
second half of the twentieth century. The funds were simply not available for<br />
what might have been deemed luxuries-nice to do, but not necessary. The<br />
concept of a school open to community day <strong>and</strong> night is a new one.<br />
Supervisor of Construction <strong>and</strong><br />
The Designer, The Beginning<br />
of a Firm Friendship, Warren<br />
Eisenhauer <strong>and</strong> Fred Boehner<br />
With subcontractors <strong>and</strong> local<br />
men <strong>and</strong> boys [Cecil Fancy<br />
was one] being used, the trustees<br />
appointed Warren. H. G.<br />
Eisenhauer to coordinate <strong>and</strong><br />
supervise construction. He was<br />
a natural choice [<strong>and</strong> maybe<br />
his politics were right]. He was<br />
a respected local builder with a<br />
large carpenter shop on Clairmont<br />
St. [see photo top left,<br />
page 43].<br />
Lunenburg Progress Enterprise, June 4 1913, page 4: Conflagration at The<br />
Lohnes Home<br />
Small communities are close. There is an interesting ‘human story’ to the<br />
Warren Eisenhauer-Charlie Lohnes relationship. In its Wednesday, June<br />
4/1913 edition the Lunenburg Progress Enterprise reported on near heroic<br />
action at a house fire at the Charlie Lohnes residence.<br />
Warren Eisenhauer Moves to LaHave <strong>and</strong> Back<br />
• The supervisor <strong>and</strong> architect must have got on well. In 1917, with the wartime<br />
boom in shipbuilding, Boehner Brothers offered Warren the position of superintendent<br />
of their new shipyards. He accepted <strong>and</strong> moved his family to LaHave,<br />
living in a company home. The photo below shows them together. With the<br />
recession in shipbuilding after the war, Mr. Eisenhauer returned to <strong>Mahone</strong> <strong>Bay</strong><br />
in 1922. The two families remained friends, sharing house visits for years. Warren<br />
was the fire hero on the story left.<br />
Warren Eisenhauer-Fire Hero?<br />
Rescue at Charlie Lohnes Home<br />
Photo: Courtesy Bruce Boehner<br />
42<br />
Colleagues <strong>and</strong> Friends: center left, Warren Eisenhauer, supervisor of the<br />
construction of the school, <strong>and</strong>, center right, Fred W. Boehner, architect,<br />
Warren Eisenhauer’s Carpenter <strong>and</strong> Supplies Workshop still st<strong>and</strong>s on<br />
Clairmont St. It is still in fine condition with many original fixtures.
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