Mahone Bay Old School_A Life and Times_Bob Sayer

Photo: Courtesy Jackie Whynot
Three Old School generations acted as greeters at the May 20, 2004 commissioning:
Jackie Whynot, son Norman and granddaughter Rachel.
Norman played a year of basketball at Acadia. Rachel follows the basketball
tradition.
Yarns about the School Bell: Memories and Pranks
The bell evokes many memories. It was a source of significant memories and
regular pranks.
The Bell was Quitting Time for Philip Smeltzer
• This writer spoke with Philip at the veteran wing of the Fisherman’s Memorial
Hospital in Lunenburg. He is the glum looking student second from
the left of the Tom Thumb Wedding group of Hope Hyson’s primary class of
1923-24, see chapter 5
• He used to set his rabbit snares on the way to and from school, and he
would hide his catch under his school coat.
• He admitted he had never liked the routine and work of school. At the age
of 15, he was in Miss Maclean’s [the vice principal] grade 10 class. A garbage
container was being surreptitiously pushed around. He gave it a good kick
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