Mahone Bay Old School_A Life and Times_Bob Sayer

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‘The Wedding Party’, left to right, standing: Gerald Oickle, Philip Smeltzer [looking
glum], little girl peeking round his shoulder is unidentified, Curtis Hirtle [‘the
minister’], Ray Daniels, unidentified girl with huge bouquet, Laurence Whynot,
unidentified girl, Ross Johnson and Molly Mader [groom and bride]. Kneeling:
Isabel Crouse, a Ham girl, Herbie Hyson, another Ham girl, Jean McKay
I felt so bad I never strapped another student again....ever!
Hope remembers strapping Philip Lohnes [nephew of Charlie Lohnes the
founding father], later to be Town Mayor, that year for being rude.
I was nervous because I thought that his mother would complain, But she
didn’t….I felt so bad I never strapped another student again..ever….There was too
much strapping..
He’s a Nice Little Man Mr. Daurie
Albert Daurie, who lived by the Anney River pond on Main Street, was the
elderly Victorian school janitor. She says,’ He had to work so hard!’, and she
remembered precisely the ditty the students made up about him: it is printed
on page 108
•Hope Hyson did regret not making an effort to speak more to Gladys
Dukeshire, the vice-principal who got into some troubles that year.
• She recalls playing tennis, particularly with the town’s most eligible bachelor
Dr. Hayford, the dentist, at the school court before classes began. ‘ I used
to get up about seven a.m., walk down to the school courts, have a game, walk
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