Gus Gregory T2 [Tape Two]

Contributors
Interviewer: Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Interviewee: Gregory, James Agustus "Gus"
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Date Recorded
1995-03-28
Date Digitized
2010-04-30
Abstract
This interview is with James Augustus "Gus" Gregory of Souris, P.E.I. Gus begins by telling about accidents at sea, the first draggers in the area, and local fish plants. He then talks about life on the draggers, the decline in fish numbers, and tuna fishing. He tells about rum running, fast cars, bootlegging in Souris, and liquor permits during the prohibition. Next, Gus tells about his service in the army during WWII, fighting in the trenches, snipers, and being wounded in 1945. At the end of the tape Gus talks about working in lumber camps near Truro, Nova Scotia.
Genre
Interview
Subject (Geographic)
Souris, PE
North Lake, PE
Halifax, NS
La Havre, France
Holland
Germany
England
Nova Scotia
Subject (Temporal)
1960
1961
1922
1940s
1945
WWII
1944
1941
1942
Rights
All content on this site is made available for personal research and private study only. Any other reuse, reproduction, or re-purposing may require the permission of the rightsholder(s); please contact the UPEI Library for more information on permissions/clearances.
Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
01:03:55
Member of
Dutch Thompson Audio Collection
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
SIDE A 00:00:05 -- 00:02:01
Brief discussion about accidents at sea; Souris, accident, Mike Cheverie, Dunphy, Carter, drowning.

SIDE A 00:02:01 -- 00:08:50
Discussion about the first draggers and trawlers; Souris 2, haddock, fishing, draggers, trawlers, hake, Cape George, 1956, fishing nets, flounder, cod, hooks, Peters and Gallant, Albert Griffin, North Lake, Souris, fish.

SIDE A 00:08:50 -- 00:10:58
Discussion about fish plants; Donald Usen, Usen Fish Plant, draggers, fishing, fish plants, fish, trawlers.

SIDE A 00:11:02 -- 00:13:46
Discussion about life on the draggers; draggers, fishing, food, wages, fish prices, flounder, trawlers.

***Tape appears to stop at 00:17:27.
SIDE A 00:13:46 -- 00:17:53
Discussion about the decline in fish numbers; 1960, cod, hake, 1961, gaff fish, turbot, dolphins, gaff, National Seafoods.

SIDE A 00:17:53 -- 00:21:16
Discussion about tuna fishing, with mention of mackerel; tuna fishing, mackerel, fishing, bait, lobster.

SIDE A 00:21:16 -- 00:25:58
Discussion about rum running, with mention of Reggie Stearns, and fast cars; 1922, rum running, bootlegging, guns, RCMP, Reggie Stearns, Model-A Ford, tricks, Tiny Mason, Syl Joe MacDonald, fast cars, cars, Graham-Paige, prohibition officers, prohibition, MacDonald, money.

SIDE A 00:25:58 -- 00:30:04
Discussion about bootleggers in Souris and hiding rum; teddies, rum, bootlegging, Souris, prohibition.

SIDE A 00:30:04 -- 00:31:51
Discussion about scripts and liquor permits; prohibition, liquor permits, scripts, liquor vendors, 1940s, alcohol.

SIDE A ends at 00:31:51.
SIDE B 00:32:00 -- 00:32:47
Discussion about scripts and liquor permits continues; Premier Jones, Temperance Movement, prohibition, liquor, alcohol.

SIDE B 00:32:48 -- 00:41:34
Discussion about joining the army during WWII and being wounded in 1945; WWII, 1941, 1942, 1945, Halifax, England, 1944, Royal Hamilton Light Infantry, Holland, Belgium.

SIDE B 00:41:34 -- 00:45:46
Discussion about the starving children during WWII and a story about German P.O.W.s in La Havre; children, starvation, Holland, Germans, WWII, surrender, La Havre, Hitler Youth.

SIDE B 00:45:48 -- 00:50:22
Discussion about life in the trenches during WWII, with mention of snipers; WWII, trenches, snipers, Kenneth Dugall.

SIDE B 00:50:22 -- 00:52:29
Discussion about camaraderie during WWII; D-Company, WWII, Maritimers, Charlie MacConnell, Georgetown.

SIDE B 00:52:29 -- 00:54:06
Discussion about locals who served in WWI; Sinclair Paquet, WWI, Roy MacLean, R. C. MacLean.

SIDE B 00:54:06 -- 00:58:20
Discussion about being wounded in WWII continues, with mention of German tanks; rum, WWII, shell shock, trenches, German tanks, cigarettes, self-propelled gun, Germany.

***The tape appears to have stopped at 00:59:09.
SIDE B 00:58:20 -- 00:59:09
Brief discussion about the red soil in Germany and P.E.I.; red soil, clay, P.E.I., Germany.

SIDE B 00:59:09 -- 01:03:55
Discussion about lumber camps and cutting trees; lumber woods, lumber camps, T.C. Glennie, Hilden, Logan Barnhill, Carl Barnhill, lumber, Stewiacke, Conrad, Bill MacPhee, Belmont, bunks, food, wages, track tractor.

Tape ends at 01:03:55.
***Tape ends mid-sentence.