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Chapter Four:<br />
The Early Years<br />
1917<br />
• W.F.Joudrey re-elected to Trustees<br />
Concerns raised about moving the<br />
old school building<br />
• G.V. [“Mad Dog”] Jacques<br />
appointed principal<br />
• Vimy Ridge: over 10,000 Canadian<br />
casualties<br />
• Charlie Chaplin brings relief<br />
• McLean & Sons take over Zwicker Yard<br />
• Halifax Explosion<br />
1918<br />
Date Educational/<strong>School</strong> Events<br />
Town, National <strong>and</strong> World Events<br />
• Mr. D.A.Fancy, the blacksmith,<br />
elected to Trustees<br />
• Annual meeting directed Trustees<br />
to have old building removed<br />
• Clara Quinlan appointed vice<br />
principal<br />
• End of World War One P<strong>and</strong>emic.<br />
• Influenza kills millions across world<br />
• Tsar <strong>and</strong> family executed by Red<br />
Guard in Russia.<br />
• Oil Clothes’ factory converted into<br />
Masonic Temple <strong>and</strong> Hall<br />
1914<br />
1919<br />
• Principal Maxner resigns<br />
• W.F. “Pumpey” Joudrey re-elected<br />
to Trustees<br />
• Claude Kedy appointed Principal<br />
• Sept. New <strong>School</strong> Opens<br />
• Rural Science Exhibition<br />
• Canada enters World War 1<br />
• Recruiting stations open.<br />
• Belgian Relief Fund Established<br />
• 100,000 Canadians under arms<br />
• Funeral of Charles J. Inglis<br />
• Heat <strong>and</strong> Furnace Problems<br />
• Good crowds attend Boston<br />
Comedy Company Xmas shows<br />
in <strong>Mahone</strong><br />
• <strong>Mahone</strong> <strong>Bay</strong> becomes an<br />
Incorporated Town with Council &<br />
<strong>School</strong> Board<br />
1915<br />
The “Young Guns” Make Their Mark<br />
• Student death on harbour ice<br />
• Charlie Lohnes steps down from<br />
Trustees. Magistrate<br />
Holloway elected<br />
• Clarence Bissett appointed Principal<br />
• Rural Science Exhibition<br />
• <strong>School</strong> Book Bureau established<br />
• Clara Quinlan graduates at<br />
Teachers College<br />
• Rev. H.T. Roe makes his “Holy<br />
Crusade” speech Series of Patriotic<br />
Meetings in town<br />
• ‘Boys of 219th Regiment’ stay in<br />
<strong>Mahone</strong><br />
• Lusitania sunk by U-boat.<br />
• U.S.public opinion turns to war<br />
1916<br />
• Anthony Langille elected to<br />
Trustees<br />
• Whole <strong>School</strong> observes Empire<br />
Day, honoring 77 ex students who<br />
enlisted<br />
• Liberals win Provincial Election.<br />
• Clairmonte Zwicker narrowly<br />
defeated<br />
• Battle of Somme-1 million<br />
casualties<br />
Photo: Courtesy Margaret McLean-MacKay Collection<br />
left to right: St<strong>and</strong>ing: Ralph Mader, Hilda Freeman, Pearl Hirtle, ? Reynolds,<br />
Jessie Fancy, Hazel Joudrey, Frank Mader, ? Andrews, Win Eisenhauer, Muriel<br />
Mason, Harold Smeltzer [principal], Claude Kedy, ? Hamm<br />
Sitting: Byron Fancy, Bunny Smeltzer, Clara Quinlan, Pearl Hirtle, Katie<br />
Whynot, Annie Schnare, Helen Nicol, Ira Mader, Oressa Ernst, Moyle Mosher<br />
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