Johnny Chuck MacAdam T2 [Tape Two]

Contributors
Interviewer: Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Interviewee: MacAdam, John D. "Johnny Chuck"
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Date Recorded
1999-01-20
Date Digitized
2010-08-13
Abstract
This is an interview with John D. "Johnny Chuck" MacAdam of Morell and West St. Peters, P.E.I. In this interview Johnny Chuck talks about church, home remedies, horses, Christmas, Dr. Roddie, the Spanish Flu, snowstorms, trains, berries, fox ranching, cars, potato farming, apples, and various other topics.
Genre
Interview
Subject (Geographic)
St. Andrews, PE
Mt. Stewart, PE
Subject (Temporal)
1923
1930s
1910
1932
1925
1919
Rights
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
01:03:42
Member of
Dutch Thompson Audio Collection
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
SIDE A 00:00:05 -- 00:01:39
A story about Adrian MacAuley's trip to town; Adrian MacAuley.

SIDE A 00:01:39 -- 00:03:10
Discussion about church; church, walking.

SIDE A 00:03:10 -- 00:04:22
Discussion about bears and a story about the last bear on the Island; bears.

SIDE A 00:04:22 -- 00:07:30
Discussion about home remedies; home remedies, goose grease, cough syrup, cough medicine, cherry bark.

SIDE A 00:07:30 -- 00:12:03
Discussion about Christmas; Christmas, Christmas dinner, presents, Santa Claus, midnight mass.

SIDE A 00:12:03 -- 00:18:23
Discussion about his favourite horse, Bunker; horses.

SIDE A 00:18:23 -- 00:22:02
Discussion about candle lamps; candle lamps, tallow.

SIDE A 00:22:20 -- 00:27:34
Discussion about Dr. Roddie, with mention of kerosene lamps; Dr. Roddie, kerosene lamps, doctors.

SIDE A 00:27:34 -- 00:29:26
Discussion about the Spanish Flu; Spanish Flu, 1919.

SIDE A 00:29:26 -- 00:31:46
Discussion about snowstorms and trains stuck in the snow; 1923, narrow gauge, deep snow, stuck trains, 1925, St. Andrews Station, snowstorms.

SIDE A ends at 00:31:46.
SIDE B 00:31:56 -- 00:34:23
Discussion about snowstorms and trains stuck in the snow continues; deep snow, stuck trains, 1925, St. Andrews Station, Dr. Martin, ice travel, snowstorms, snow.

SIDE B 00:34:23 -- 00:37:26
Discussion about blueberries; blueberries, blueberry prices, Mt. Stewart, blueberry factories.

SIDE B 00:37:26 -- 00:55:26
Discussion about fox ranching and working as a farmhand; fox ranches, foxes, Frank Tuplin, Andrew Farm, MacLure and MacKinnon, fox prices, 1910, 1932, John Andrew, Fred Andrew, walking, wages, farmhand, exhibitions, 1930s.

SIDE B 00:55:26 -- 00:56:52
Discussion about cars; cars, 1930s, Durant Star.

SIDE B 00:56:52 -- 01:02:02
Discussion about beater diggers and potato farming; 1923, beater diggers, potato picking, potato farming, potato varieties.

SIDE B 01:02:02 -- 01:03:42
Discussion about apples; apples, apple varieties, Pewaukee apples.

Tape ends at 01:03:42.