SIDE A 00:00:05 -- 00:03:01
Discussion about the Simpsons and a story about her brother going out West; Harvest Excursion, Benjamin Simpson, Everett Hebert McVittie.
SIDE A 00:03:01 -- 00:11:06
Discussion about her family history and thrashing; McVittie, Robert McVittie, Edward McVittie, immigration, Scotland, thrashing, binding, stationary engines, David McQuarrie.
SIDE A 00:11:06 -- 00:13:11
Discussion about her uncle John, with mention of politics; John McVittie, politics, Liberals, Tories.
SIDE A 00:13:11 -- 00:16:36
Discussion about Crapaud and Victoria in the old days; McQuarrie's store, Dave McQuarrie, undertakers, tailors, Isaac Beer, milliners, Mamie MacDonald, banks, Winnie Wadman, post office, Crapaud, Victoria, Robert McVittie.
SIDE A 00:16:36 -- 00:20:33
Discussion about mills in Crapaud, wool, and knitting; Crapaud, wool, knitting, Leard's mill, Francis' mill, carding mill, sheep, spinning wheels, drugget, Red Cross, war parcels.
SIDE A 00:20:33 -- 00:23:49
Discussion about WWI; WWI, Harold Oakes, war parcels, Larry Marshall, war casualties, trenches, rats, Armistice Day, Earl Thompson.
SIDE A 00:23:49 -- 00:30:30
Discussion about the Spanish Flu, Dr. Bouvyer, her mother's work as a nurse and midwife, and home remedies; Spanish Flu, Dr. Bouvyer, home remedies, midwives, castor oil, mustard plasters, cherry bark syrup, salt herring, Ella Mae Simmons.
SIDE A 00:30:30 -- 00:31:27
Discussion about the Halifax Explosion; Halifax Explosion, 1917.
SIDE A 00:31:27 -- 00:31:49
Discussion about school; school, Westmoreland School.
SIDE A ends at 00:31:49.
SIDE B 00:31:57 -- 00:34:44
Discussion about school, with mention of how she and her sister got their names; school, Westmoreland, James P. Trainor, teachers, Max McVittie, Granville McVittie, Granville Lord, Jess Howatt.
SIDE B 00:34:44 -- 00:42:08
Discussion about her mother's store; Inkerman, stores, goods, candy, molasses, general stores, eggs, poverty.
SIDE B 00:42:08 -- 00:43:52
Discussion about the SS Harland; SS Harland, Harland, Captain MacLean.
SIDE B 00:43:52 -- 00:49:45
Discussion about attending Prince of Wales College for her teaching certification, with mention of her brother Max; Prince of Wales College, PWC, teachers, teaching certification, Mac MacKenzie, Max McVittie, James B. Trainor, Agatha Monaghan, Notre Dame convent.
SIDE B 00:49:45 -- 00:50:58
Discussion about teaching in Westmoreland; Westmoreland, teaching, teachers, school, salary, teacher's salary.
SIDE B 00:50:58 -- 00:52:30
Discussion about how she met her husband, with mention of Tad Marshall's mill; Charles Elias Marshall, Tad Marshall, Marshall's mill, Covehead, gristmills.
SIDE B 00:52:30 -- 00:53:58
Discussion about blacksmiths, her mother's store, and chewing tobacco; Alfred Simmons, blacksmiths, Westmoreland, figs of tobacco, Hickey and Nicholson tobacco, twist tobacco, chewing tobacco.
SIDE B 00:53:58 -- 00:59:55
Discussion about teaching continues, with mention of her mother's cooking and her brother Max; teaching, teachers, working women, Harry McLaughlin, cooking, Covehead, school inspectors, Max McVittie, walking.
SIDE B 00:59:55 -- 01:03:26
Discussion about playing the -piano at dances; piano, piano players, Lottie Newsome, dances, wages, music teachers.
Tape ends at 01:03:26.
