SIDE A 00:00:06 -- 00:05:00
Discussion about the phantom ship; phantom ship, pirate ship, ghosts, Harry MacDonald, Merigomish, P.E.I.
SIDE A 00:05:00 -- 00:06:48
Discussion about a ghost house and mills; ghosts, Barney's River, haunted house, John Charlie, mill.
***Sound is garbled from 00:07:02 -- 00:07:04.
SIDE A 00:06:49 -- 00:13:53
Discussion about Leroy's first boat; Buick engine, car engine, 1935, Fred Polley, Suzie T., J. P. Henderson, Grant, Charlie Mason, Jamie Mason, Cameron, coffin factory.
SIDE A 00:13:53 -- 00:15:27
Discussion about fishing; lobster, mackerel, herring, hake, cod, haddock, fishing.
SIDE A 00:15:27 -- 00:18:31
Discussion about lobster prices and lobster canneries; lobster prices, lobster fishing, lobster cannery, lobster factory, Elliot and Deacon, Burgham and Morrow, Big Island, John Doyle, Wilson, Pugwash.
SIDE A 00:18:31 -- 00:20:58
Discussion about the biggest salmon he caught; Kenny, Doyle, salmon, John Mason, fishing, Charlie Mason, Cecil MacKay.
SIDE A 00:20:58 -- 00:23:25
Discussion about John Doyle; 1937, Black Brook, Jack MacEachern, lumber mill, mill, John Doyle, Pugwash.
SIDE A 00:23:25 -- 00:28:05
Discussion about Fen Thompson, farming, and Mary Adams; potatoes, Fen Thompson, farming, milking, Nettie Thompson, Mary Adams.
SIDE A 00:28:09 -- 00:30:28
Discussion about different Arbuckles; Captain Charlie Arbuckle, 1922, Ponds, Big George Arbuckle, Polly McGee, James Arbuckle, Pictou county, Edison Arbuckle.
SIDE A 00:30:28 -- 00:31:41
Discussion about Ed Mason and Fen Thompson; Ed Mason, Edward V, Flo Turner, Fen Thompson, tuberculosis.
***Side A ends mid-sentence.
Side A ends at 00:31:42.
SIDE B 00:31:46 -- 00:32:35
Discussion about Ed Mason continues, with mention of a fire at his home; Fen Thompson, Ed Mason, fire.
SIDE B 00:32:35 -- 00:44:06
Discussion about Tiny Mason and bootlegging; Ed Mason, 12 mile limit, mothership, Tandy's, Davish, Kenny Forbes, cannery, Ralph Logan, bootlegging, rum running, Bannerman, prohibition, Fen Thompson, moonshine, whiskey, St. Pierre, cutter, schooner, New Glasgow, Thurston Cook, 1920s.
SIDE B 00:44:06 -- 00:47:22
Discussion about local people and general stores; general store, Webb Hayman, John C's store, D. D. MacDonald's store, Lismore, Jim the Tory, John Charlie.
***Dead air from 00:47:22 to 00:47:31.
SIDE B 00:47:31 -- 00:48:46
Discussion about John Charlie; Ardness, John Charlie, marriage.
SIDE B 00:48:46 -- 00:50:14
Discussion about big families and the Murdochs; big family, Murdoch, Fen.
SIDE B 00:50:14 -- 00:53:07
Discussion about courting and Leroy and Bessie first meeting; courting, dances, Camp Gettie, Normie, Clair, Charlie, Chrysler.
SIDE B 00:53:07 -- 00:55:36
Discussion about dances; 1938, 1939, dances, Lismore, fiddle, Fred Chapman, Gus Chapman, Luther's canteen, Doyle, Fen.
SIDE B 00:55:36 -- 00:57:01
Discussion about Harry Mosher; Harry Mosher, music store.
SIDE B 00:57:01 -- 00:59:36
Discussion about Percy Baker; Percy Baker, dances, Flipperfoot.
SIDE B 00:59:38 -- 01:02:05
Discussion about Stormy Sandy; horse, National Seafood, Stormy Sandy, Billy Stewart.
SIDE B 01:02:05 -- 01:03:36
Discussion about the old days; dances, entertainment, card games, community, alcohol, Auction.
Tape ends at 01:03:36.
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