Audio file
Contributors
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Date Recorded
1995-04-12
Date Digitized
2010-05-05
Abstract
This interview is with Mary Emma (Jones) Phillips of Harrington, P.E.I. Mary begins by telling about her family and she and her brother going out to Saskatchewan to teach. She tells about her trip out West on the train, her father fishing lobster, their family farm in Harrington, and horses. She then talks about the first Women's Institute meeting in 1913, her brother George and other locals serving in WWI, and the school in Harrington. Mary then tells of Prince of Wales College where she studied to become a teacher and her years as a teacher in Brackley and Winsloe.
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
01:04:12
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
SIDE A 00:00:12 -- 00:03:00
Discussion about Robert Jones and her father George Herbert Jones; Robert Jones, Pownal, Egmont Bay, George Herbert Jones, bears, lost.

***The tape appears to have stopped at 00:03:42.
SIDE A 00:03:00 -- 00:09:12
Discussion about she and her brother George Jones teaching in Saskatchewan, with mention of a law against out-of-province teachers; teaching, teacher, George Jones, Saskatchewan, 1924, school teaching, school, salary, one room schoolhouse, 1898.

SIDE A 00:09:12 -- 00:15:34
Discussion about the train ride to Saskatchewan; train, train fare, Regina, traveling, Harvest Excursion.

***The tape appears to have stopped at 00:19:21.
SIDE A 00:15:34 -- 00:19:21
Discussion about her father fishing lobster, with mention of Governer's Island; Governer's Island, lobster fishing, cannery, 1900, St. Peters Island, James Henry Judson, Nathaniel Gay, Harrington, picnic.

SIDE A 00:19:21 -- 00:22:13
Discussion about the family farm in Harrington, with mention of her brothers and sisters; farming, farm, 1909, hay, bread, Harrington, George Jones, Harvey Jenkins, John MacLeod, Katie Jenkins, family.

SIDE A 00:22:13 -- 00:25:22
Discussion about farming continues; farming, 1910, hay, milking cows, milk, horses.

SIDE A 00:25:22 -- 00:29:12
Discussion about making bread and butter; bread, butter, churning, salt, milk.

SIDE A 00:29:12 -- 00:30:43
Discussion about trading butter and eggs and local cheese factory; eggs, butter, trading eggs, groceries, market, butter prices, crock, whey, milk.

SIDE A ends at 00:30:43.
SIDE B 00:32:11 -- 00:33:38
Discussion about a cheese-maker and a gristmill; gristmill, cheese-maker, Brown, Peter Stewart, flour, wheat, Peter "The Miller".

SIDE B 00:33:38 -- 00:35:50
Discussion about horses; horses.

SIDE B 00:35:50 -- 00:38:18
Discussion about the first Women's Institute meeting in 1912; 1912, Winsloe, Harrington, Women's Institute, Ms. Carruthers.

SIDE B 00:38:18 -- 00:40:58
Discussion about her brother George serving in WWI; George Jones, WWI, signaler, shrapnel, 1915, 105th Battalion.

SIDE B 00:40:58 -- 00:43:35
Discussion about locals serving in WWI; Capt. John Stewart, WWI, John McClure, Grant McCallum, Ernie Walker.

SIDE B 00:43:35 -- 00:46:43
Discussion about sending parcels and letters during WWI, with mention of Armistice Day; mail, letters, WWI, Armistice Day.

***The tape appears to have stopped at 00:50:24.
SIDE B 00:46:43 -- 00:50:24
Discussion about going to school in Harrington, with mention of family; Harrington, Harrington School, 1910, school, Pierce, amily, Christina MacLeod, Forrest Hill.

SIDE B 00:50:25 -- 00:52:52
Discussion about studying to become a teacher; 1915, Prince of Wales College, teaching, school subjects, .

SIDE B 00:52:52 -- 00:54:09
Brief discussion about her cousin the minister; minister, Presbyterian, Truro.

SIDE B 00:54:09 -- 00:56:28
Discussion about Prince of Wales College, with mention of the Halifax Explosion; Prince of Wales College, school subjects, Halifax Explosion, coffins, 1917.

SIDE B 00:56:28 -- 01:04:12
Discussion about teaching in Brackley and Winsloe, with mention of school inspectors and hauling water to school as a child; Brackley, Winsloe, salary, supplement, school inspectors, Howard Court, bad students, teaching, school, water, pens, stove.

Tape ends at 01:04:12.
***Tape ends mid-sentence.