Audio file
Contributors
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Date Recorded
2001-03-01
Date Digitized
2010-07-22
Abstract
This is an interview with Herbert B. Schurman of Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Herb talks about weddings, the Cairn's Cup, John T. MacNally and family feuds, clothes, Maude the horse, George Walker, Ernie Walker, a runway horse from Ideal Dairy, Read's Corner, bootlegging, characters, livery stables, Olympia Ice Cream, Water Street, school, summer vacation, and various other topics.
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
01:03:06
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
SIDE A 00:00:07 -- 00:04:42
Discussion about a horse caller, weddings, and chiveries; horse caller, chiveries, French bed, tricks, Quinton Court, weddings.

SIDE A 00:04:42 -- 00:06:39
Discussion about the Cairn's Cup; Cairn's Cup, Hacker, Schurman.

SIDE A 00:06:39 -- 00:10:48
Discussion about his Overland car and the first covered gas stations; Overland, cars, touring cars, gas stations, gas prices, gasoline, Harding, car dealerships.

SIDE A 00:10:48 -- 00:14:43
Discussion about the poem "Horse's Confession" by John T. MacNally and the feuds between families; John T. MacNally, poems, poetry, Horse's Confession, Kelly, Cohn.

SIDE A 00:14:43 -- 00:20:57
Discussion about short pants, homemade clothes, hand-me-downs, suits, and other fashions; short pants, pants, homemade clothes, clothes, hand-me-downs, suits, blue serge suit, salt and pepper caps, canes, fedoras, MacKelvie, hats, gloves, Lee Smith.

SIDE A 00:20:57 -- 00:26:30??
Discussion about Maude the horse and George Walker who worked at Holman's; Maude the horse, Phillip MacNally, horses, smart horses, Holman's, cars, George Walker, hats.

SIDE A 00:26:30?? -- 00:28:10
Discussion about Ernie Walker, his dairy farm, and the land he owned; Ernie Walker, dairy farmers, 1962.

SIDE A 00:28:10 -- 00:31:35
A story about a runaway horse and the Ideal Dairy; Ideal Dairy, railway, Schurman's Crossing, 1930s.

SIDE A ends at 00:31:35.
SIDE B 00:31:40 -- 00:35:27
Discussion about The Blue Cow and Read's Corner, with mention of bootleggers; The Blue Cow, Read's Corner, gas stations, Clovie Perry, restaurants, bootleggers, prohibition, oil, bootlegging.

SIDE B 00:35:27 -- 00:40:36
Stories about Boxcar Bill and hitchhiking; Boxcar Billie, Boxcar Bill, hitchhiking, Bill Broadwick, The Great West Wind, nicknames.

SIDE B 00:40:36 -- 00:43:32
Discussion about Frank and Harry Jig Joe Gallant, with mention of dances and Don Messer; Harry Jig Joe Gallant, Frank Jig Joe Gallant, Jig Joe Gallants, The Diner, nicknames, dances, dance halls, Don Messer, 1920s.

SIDE B 00:43:32 -- 00:51:36
Discussion about his uncle's livery stable and his aunt's boarding house, with mention of W. B. MacNeill's livery stable and an ambulance; livery stables, boarding houses, bartering, Jess Bernard, Emily Bernard, Mary Jane Baker, W. B. MacNeill's livery stable, ambulances.

SIDE B 00:51:36 -- 00:56:03
Discussion about Olympia Ice Cream; Olympia Ice Cream, ice cream, Henry Gaudet, Joe Bun Gaudet, Eddy Eli Arsenault.

SIDE B 00:56:03 -- 01:01:05
Stories about what Water Street in Summerside was like when he was a kid; Water Street, Summerside, cobblestones, Lidstone's General Store, fires, sidewalks, roads, streets, rats, sugar, 1920s.

SIDE B 01:01:05 -- 01:03:06
Discussion about school and summer vacation; school, summer vacation, baths, running water.

Tape ends at 01:03:06