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September 2000
SSGS & Foreign Protestant Monument Committee
Status of the South Shore Genealogical Society and the Foreign Protestant Monument Committee
At the March 20, 2000 SSGS General Meeting, Paul Jodrey, chairperson of the Foreign Protestant Memorial Committee spoke of their tentative wishes, thus far. The committee consists of Betty Rhodenizer, Barbara Wentzell, Doug Whynot, Judith Smits, Jeanne Trimper and Paul Jodrey, as chairperson. President Sheila Chambers spoke of the SSGS's mandate, as it applies to the tax laws.
Paul Jodrey moved "In the event that the Foreign Protestant Memorial Committee should decide that the SSGS be their sole sponsor, I move that the SSGS sponsor the Foreign Protestant Committee's project, be its sole sponsor, as it did with the Montbeliard Project in 1988" ...Seconded by George Newbury, motion carried.
The Foreign Protestant Monument Committee reviewed their status within the SSGS and decided to take the following action:
July 17, 2000 SSGS General Meeting, Paul Jodrey, chairperson of the Foreign Protestant Memorial Committee, moved to rescind the motion, which he made in the March 20, 2000 General Meeting of the SSGS. That motion was: "In the event that the Foreign Protestant Memorial Committee should decide that the SSGS be their sole sponsor, I move that the SSGS sponsor the Foreign Protestant Committee's project, be its sole sponsor, as it did with the Montbeliard Project in 1988"...Seconded by Mary Saul, motion carried.
Any further enquiries regarding the monument should be forwarded to Paul Jodrey and his Committee.
.......Sheila L. Chambers, President South Shore Genealogical Society
According to the Halifax Chronicle Herald, an estimated 560,000 spectators were drawn to the waterfront of Halifax harbour to view the magnificent 'Tall ships'.
On Monday, July 24th, the schooner Bluenose II, Nova Scotia's sailing icon, lead the Parade of Sail of more than 65 vessels, of all sizes, around the harbour to close out the five-day festival. Weather conditions were ideal - sunny and warm, with a light breeze over the entire five days the vessels were in port.
I was fortunate to have the opportunity to sail out of the harbour beside the graceful ships as they left the harbour after the three hour parade.
My thoughts kept going back to the days of our forefathers and wondering what it must have been like sailiing without electronic equipment such as a VHF, GPS and radar, not to mention a head (toilet), running water or even an engine (which everyone takes for granted these days).
Growing up along the South shore in ahome with a father who spent his working life on the sea, made us always very aware of storms on the water. I know my mother worried silently trying not to show us her concerns.
There is an excellent tribute to those who were lost in the 1926 and 1927 August Gales at the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic in Lunenburg. It looks back to the age of the schooner fisherman and remembers those who were lost. These disasters speak of a fishing industry for successive generations.
.......Arlene Bailey
The following is the introduction to the exhibit in the Museum:
To those who live on the Eastern Coast, the words "The August Gales" immediately bring to mind an image of Sable Island and the loss of many lives. To many, the August Gales refer specifically to the storms of 1926 and 1927. In August of both of those years, fishing schooners were caught off Sable Island in severe storms. Six Nova Scotia schooners were lost with their valiant crews.
These disasters have become ingrained in the memories of our communities. Small fishing villages such as Blue Rocks and the LaHave Islands suffered greatly. Virtually every family lost at least one relative. Large communities like Lunenburg were also tragically affected.
List of Men Lost - Sable Island, August 8, 1926
Schooner "Sadie A. Knickle"
| Lunenburg County: | Shelburne County: | |
| Corkum, Capt. Charles - Mt. Pleasant | Baptiste, John - Jordan Ferry | |
| Wamback, Walter - Mt. Pleasant | Buchannan, Burns - Lr. Sandy Point | |
| Wamback, Wade (brothers) | Firth, Samuel - Sandy Point | |
| Wamback, Parker " - New Cumberland | Hemeon, Jerry - Shelburne Co. | |
| Wamback, William - Broad Cove | Pierce, Ross - Lr. Sandy Point | |
| Corkum, Perry - Pentz | ||
| Conrad, Norman - Cherry Hill | Halifax County | |
| Bush, Simon T.A. (brother to Robert) - LaHave Islands | Martel, Thomas - Halifax | |
| Bush, Robert (father & brother) | Rhyno, Horace - Halifax Co. | |
| Bush, Revers (son) - LaHave Islands | ||
| Haughan, Robert - Pleasantville | Cape Breton | |
| Shankle, Andrew (father) | Chiasson, Joseph (brothers) - Cheticamp | |
| Shankle, Basil (son) - Pleasantville | Chiasson, Cyrille (brothers) | |
| Chiasson, Amede - Cheticamp | ||
| Muise, Stanislas - Cheticamp | ||
| Burke, Amos - ? |
List of Men Lost - Sable Island, August 24, 1927
Schooner "Clayton W. Walters"
| Lunenburg County: | Shelburne County: | ||
| Selig, Capt. Mars - Vogler's Cove | Oickle, Leslie - Lr. Sandy Point | ||
| Selig, Guy (nephew of Mars) | Conrad, Warren - Jordan Falls | ||
| Selig, Raymond (cousin of Mars) - Vogler's Cove | Firth, Atwood (brothers-in-law) | ||
| Himmelman, William (brothers) - Mt. Pleasant | Williams, Bradford (brother-in-law Atwood Firth) - Jordan Falls | ||
| Himmelman, Percy - Mt. Pleasant | Hartley, Jacob - Jordan Falls | ||
| Hiltz, Roy (brother-in-law of Wm. & Percy Himmelman) | Enslow, Morton - Green Harbour | ||
| Conrad, Alfred - Vogler's Cove | Williams, Raymond (brothers) | ||
| Anthony, Victor (son-in-law to George Smith) - Vogler's Cove | Williams, Gordon (brothers) | ||
| Williams, Burns (brothers) - Green Harbour | |||
| Queens County | |||
| Smith, George (brothers) - East Pt. Medway | |||
| Smith, Reuben (brothers) | |||
| Reinhardt, Otto - East Pt. Medway | |||
| Whynot, Fred - East Pt. Medway |
To be continued in future issues of the Newsletter.
An item in the July 17th newsletter caught my attention. It concerns the question about a "loom" or "weaving" house. It was not used commercially. The loom was an essential part of the early settlers' everyday life. The housewife was expected to be able to weave the cloth or material for the family's clothes. She used flax or yarn spun from sheep's wool to weave into cloth.
When I married my late husband in 1948 there was, and still is, a very small buuilding standing near the house. My husband told me it was the "loom" house and had, at one time, been placed much farther from the house. In his childhood it had been moved closer to the house and became known as the "cook" house.
It was a common practice in some rural communities during the early 1900's for the family to "live", during the summer months in a small building near the house, or in a small ell attached to the main residence. A stove would be set up there (our "loom" house still has the opening in the side where the stove pipe went through the wall). All meals were prepared and eaten there. The main house was used only for sleeping or if the minister happened to come calling. I suppose the children were kept busy with chores during the day for I cannot imagine seven lively children occupying our 15' x 14' loom house. The "loom house" has the original shingles on three of the sides. There are two small windows in the building with six panes of glass set in the frame and one door. The attic space has become a storage area. The inside boarding is in a vertical direction with the wide board used at the period time. Built circa 1852.
We still have a large piece of cloth, woven from flax. It is heavy, coarse and of an ivory colour. In a school picture of the New Cumberland School 1905-1906, the two older brothers of my husband are dressed in identical suits of coats and trousers. The cloth was woven in the "loom house" by their mother, born 1868. She then cut out the little coats and trousers from the cloth, sewed it either by hand or used her pedal sewing machine to complete the suit of clothes. Those were the Good Old Days!
.....Vivian R. Corkum
On the theme of the Tall Ships, the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic, Halifax, has a site which gives information, with diagrams of the old types of sailing vessels. There are pictures and descriptions of all the Tall Ships that came to Halifax: