Mahone Bay Old School_A Life and Times_Bob Sayer

Back Row: Hattie Parks, Elaine Slauenwhite, Lindsay Mills, Miss Doris
Schnare, Billie Himmelman, Patricia Wentzell, Mona Hamm
Third Row: Phil Joudrey, Robert Begin, Herbie Hyson, Bob Heustis, Percy
Young, Bernard Young, George Smeltzer
This was probably the exaggeration of fond memories. Certainly, no provincial
School championships were won. But some South Shore titles were won.
1921: South Shore School Champions
Photo Below: Courtesy Carolyn Kuhn
Second Row: Marion Keddy, Glen Parks, Winifred Eisnor, Doris Schnare,
Edith Joudrey, Charles Whynot, Doris Parks
Front: Philip Lohnes, Bruce Cochrane, Lloyd Joudrey, Dennis Zwicker, Buddy
Richardson, Ralph Lowe.
The boys in the front row include an interesting mixture: Philip Lohnes,
nephew of Charlie Lohnes, Founding Father, became a cub/scout master, and
Town Mayor. As a boy he worked in his father’s ‘Flyless Meat Shop’ and as a
man opened the brand new grocery store that is now Save Easy. Bruce Cochrane
went on to distinguished business and political [long term MLA and
provincial cabinet minister] careers. Dennis Zwicker grew up on the family
farm in Mader’s Cove and still lives nearby-in retirement. Ralph Lowe entered
the church ministry and is retired in Martins Point.
The Board, at the December 6th 1933 meeting, accepted her resignation with
regret and effusive praise, and wished her well in her forthcoming marriage.
This board highly appreciates the services rendered by Miss Hazel Schnare, a
valued member of the teaching staff for the past nine years; deplores the loss to the
town of a faithful servant and conscientious instructor; but extends hearty congratulations
on the coming event, with the expressed wish for a long life of contentment
and enjoyment.
Alas, they don’t write or say things like that anymore!
A Sporting Interlude
Females played largely recreational team sports in the 1920s, but they did
play tough competitive tennis at the school court. The 1930s brought competitive
team sports for girls. In the 1920s there was both high school and
Town hockey and ball. A number of very successful school teams played, and,
reminiscing back to this time, ex-mayor and school board chairman W.H.G.
Hirtle, told Wayne Nauss [page 3 of his Profile of Mahone Bay Consolidated
High School]…“We had the best baseball and hockey teams in the province.”
The team above was, left to right,
Back Row: Edward R. Ernst, Franklyn Zwicker, Arnold Keddy, George A.
Ernst, Lindsay Mader
Middle Row: Harold [“Hack] Mason, Hector Langille, Frank Ernst [coach],
Stewart Bogald, Maurice Joudrey
Front Row: Edward [“Buzz”] Barnett, Guerney Begin, Vincent Burgoyne, Connie
Hamilton.
Guerney was the son of Charles Begin, school ‘founding father and sail
maker.
In 1920-21 the high school teams were South Shore champions of hockey
and baseball. Harold “Hack” Mason, son of J.W. Mason [the sand merchant
and farmer who was the single biggest investor in school debentures] was a
distinguished local athlete for many years.
Fred Mosher mentions these athletic heroes several times in his letters. 1922
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