John Stephen and Mildred MacDonald T1 [Tape One]

Contributors
Interviewer: Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Interviewee: MacDonald (Hughes), Mildred
Interviewee: MacDonald, John Stephen
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Date Recorded
2009-01-21
Date Digitized
2010-07-09
Abstract
This is an interview with John Stephen and Mildred (nee Hughes) MacDonald of North Lake, P.E.I. In this interview they talk about the SS Charlottetown, John's service in WWII, Dr. Gus, politics, Billy MacMillan, home remedies, family, horses, potato farming, mining, Christmas, ghosts, and work in the lumber woods.
Genre
Interview
Subject (Geographic)
North Lake, PE
Subject (Temporal)
1948
1941
WWII
1925
1930s
Rights
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
01:04:03
Member of
Dutch Thompson Audio Collection
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
SIDE A 00:00:06 -- 00:13:02
Discussion about working as a deckhand at age 16 the old SS Charlottetown ferry when it was wrecked; deckhand, MacDonald, John MacDonald, SS Charlottetown, ferries, 1941, Little Hope, Captain John Read, Captain Read.

SIDE A 00:13:02 -- 00:15:01
Discussion about working on Hicken's farm; farming, Tom Hicken, salary.

SIDE A 00:15:01 -- 00:20:14
Discussion about about joining the army during WWII, with mention of George Cheverie; tank corps, WWII, army, HMS Queen Elizabeth, George Cheverie, tanks.

SIDE A 00:20:14 -- 00:21:54
Discussion about the SS Charlottetown continues, with mention of Captain Read; SS Charlottetown, Captain John Read.

SIDE A 00:21:54 -- 00:25:20
Discussion about WWII continues, with mention of being discharged from the war; WWII, D-Day, discharge.

SIDE A 00:25:20 -- 00:27:10
Discussion about his birth, Dr. Gus, and politics; 1925, 1930s, midwives, Mary Ann Ford, Dr. Gus, Dr. Grant, politics.

SIDE A 00:27:10 -- 00:29:16
A story about Billy MacMillan losing his fingers: Billy MacMillan, Margaret Beaton, cures, balsam, accident.

SIDE A 00:29:16 -- 00:31:57
Discussion about home remedies; home remedies, cod liver oil, sulfur and molasses, Epsom salts, goose grease, Dr. Gus, croup, taffy.

SIDE A ends at 00:31:57.
SIDE B 00:32:06 -- 00:32:48
Discussion about home remedies continues; home remedies, kerosene, lice.

SIDE B 00:32:48 -- 00:34:19
Discussion about Mildred's family, mills, and a starch factory; Bear River, Hughes, starch factories, mills, water power, Robert Dixon.

SIDE B 00:34:19 -- 00:45:20
Discussion about horses, plowing, potato farming, and a stories about smart horses; horses, potato farming, acreage, plowing, potato varieties, Frank Clark, smart horses.

SIDE B 00:45:20 -- 00:47:24
Discussion about Wellington MacNeil and Western horses; Wellington MacNeil, Western horses, horses.

SIDE B 00:47:24 -- 00:49:16
Discussion about working in nickel mines; nickel, mining, nickel mines, 1948.

SIDE B 00:49:16 -- 00:52:46
Discussion about his family and fishing; fishing, codfish, cod, lobster, lobster prices, fishing boats.

SIDE B 00:52:46 -- 00:54:37
Discussion about fertilizer, potato picking; fertilizer, potato picking, wages.

SIDE B 00:54:37 -- 00:57:05
Discussion about Christmas and John's family; Christmas, presents, Campbell, Campbell's Cove, MacDonald.

SIDE B 00:57:05 -- 01:02:03
Discussion about ghosts; ghosts, Cheverie, devil, haunted houses, black dog, forerunners.

SIDE B 01:02:03 -- 01:04:03
Discussion about working in the lumber woods; lumber woods, crosscut saw, wages.

Tape ends at 01:04:03.