Audio file
Contributors
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Date Recorded
1997-04-07
Date Digitized
2010-06-17
Abstract
This interview is with James "Jim" Cousins Montgomery of Charlottetown, P.E.I. In this interview James talks about his work as a traveling salesman selling candy and an agent for the MacDonald Tobacco Company. He also talks about general stores, Christmas, college, cars, mills, entertainment, Charlottetown, and Lucy Maud Montgomery.
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
01:03:39
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
SIDE A 00:00:06 -- 00:11:40
Discussion about working as a traveling salesman selling candy, with mention of his marriage and Boston; 1918, Sidney Green, traveling salesman, travel, Charlottetown, wholesalers, chocolates, candy, wages, Eldon, Ed Harrington, car, car prices, marriage, honeymoon, Boston, Jenny Hardy, candy prices.

SIDE A 00:11:40 -- 00:26:15
Discussion about working as an agent for the MacDonald Tobacco Company, with mention of shipping cigarettes overseas during WWII; MacDonald Tobacco Company, tobacco, wholesalers, Montreal, salary, John MacKenzie, 1930s, Export cigarettes, WWII, cigarette prices.

SIDE A 00:26:15 -- 00:30:44
Discussion about rationing of sugar during WWII, selling candy and chewing gum, with mention of his office in Charlottetown and selling his business; sugar, candy, WWII, rationing, chewing gum, Balderson.

SIDE A 00:30:44 -- 00:31:47
Discussion about the different stores he went to; general stores, Matthew and MacLean.

SIDE A ends at 00:31:47.
SIDE B 00:31:56 -- 00:33:17
Discussion about candy and cigarettes, with mention of cancer; candy, cigarettes, Export A cigarettes, cigarettes, lung cancer, cancer.

SIDE B 00:33:17 -- 00:37:10
Discussion about his family farm and his parents; lightning, cancer, stomach cancer, William Montgomery, George Cousins, Penelope Cousins, Penelope Montgomery, seamstress.

SIDE B 00:37:10 -- 00:38:14
Discussion about Christmas and a story about trading an egg for candy; Christmas, presents, candy, egg trading, Christmas tree.

SIDE B 00:38:14 -- 00:40:30
Discussion about school and Union Commercial College; Long River School, William Moran, school, Union Commercial College, business college, Charlottetown, boarding, boarding prices, boarding house.

SIDE B 00:40:30 -- 00:44:08
Discussion about his first jobs after college; Holman's, Co-op, Summerside, 1920, wages, boarding prices, Lester Douglas, Bruce Stewart, schooners.

SIDE B 00:44:08 -- 00:45:14
Discussion about WWI; WWI, recruiting meetings, Colonel D. A. MacKinnon.

SIDE B 00:45:14 -- 00:46:18
Discussion about the first cars he remembers; Jim Tuplin, cars.

SIDE B 00:46:18 -- 00:49:57
Discussion about the first car he owned with mention of using a horse and sleigh in the winter; Model-T Ford, cars, Sydney Green, roads, horse and sleigh, horses.

SIDE B 00:49:57 -- 00:50:44
Discussion about the Halifax Explosion, the end of WWI, and the Spanish Flu; Spanish Flu, WWI, Halifax Explosion.

SIDE B 00:50:44 -- 00:51:38
Discussion about blacksmiths; Ed Johnston, blacksmiths.

SIDE B 00:51:38 -- 00:53:47
Discussion about mills in Long River, drugget, and his mother's family; Long River Mill, mills, woolen mill, drugget, Penelope Cousins, home remedies.

SIDE B 00:53:47 -- 00:55:35
Discussion about phonographs, dances, and silent movies; Dixon's dance hall, Strand Theatre, Strand Theater, theater, movies, silent movies, dances, phonographs.

SIDE B 00:55:35 -- 00:57:25
Discussion about areas of Charlottetown; Dizzy Block, Sunnyside, Charlottetown, Market Square, market days.

SIDE B 00:57:25 -- 00:58:18
Discussion about his first time off the Island; travel, Montreal.

SIDE B 00:58:18 -- 01:02:05
Discussion about quiet Sundays, Lucy Maud Montgomery, and George Campbell; Lucy Maud Montgomery, George Campbell, Happy George, quiet Sundays, home children, Big Donald Montgomery.

SIDE B 01:02:05 -- 01:03:39
Discussion about fishing in Long River and Ed Johnston's son; Ed Johnston, fishing.

Tape ends at 01:03:39.