SIDE A 00:00:05 -- 00:06:51
Discussion about his earliest memories and school; grapes, school, reading, teachers, elocution, Margaret Huntley, Vernon Bridge, Hazel Corbett, Hazel Kennedy, MacDonald School.
SIDE A 00:06:51 -- 00:08:05
A story about a van driver who swore; Walter Jones, van driver.
SIDE A 00:08:05 -- 00:15:43
Discussion about his experiences as a teacher; school, entrance examinations, teachers, teaching, Crossroads School, Bryer Jones, spelling, school inspectors, corporal punishment.
SIDE A 00:15:43 -- 00:18:30
Discussion about meeting H. B. MacLean and his method of writing, with mention of his family; H. B. MacLean, Margaret Huntley, Margaret Kennedy, the MacLean method, writing, MacLean Funeral Home, preacher.
SIDE A 00:18:30 -- 00:21:30
Discussion about his experiences as a teacher continue; First Class Teaching Licence, teaching licence, wages, teaching supplement, Prince of Wales College, two-in-one teaching course, Frank Jones, room and board.
SIDE A 00:21:30 -- 00:23:48
Discussion about Pownal; Pownal, stores, Herman's store, Roy Herman, phone operator.
SIDE A 00:23:48 -- 00:30:05
Discussion about Prince of Wales College, with mention of teacher training in model school; 1940s, Prince of Wales College, Dr. Steele, 1942, education, teaching, Dr. Yeo, entrance examinations, entrance exams, studying, Dr. Lily Seaman, model school, teacher training.
SIDE A 00:30:05 - 00:31:54
Discussion about school continues; school, teaching, teachers, one room school.
SIDE A ends at 00:31:54.
SIDE B 00:32:05 -- 00:32:44
Discussion about school continues; school, teaching, teachers, school inspectors.
SIDE B 00:32:44 -- 00:39:22
Discussion about his birth and Dr. George W. Dewar; Dr. George Dewar, Dr. George W. Dewar, wealthy, doctors, 1927, Bryer, Jones, Cross Roads.
SIDE B 00:39:22 -- 00:41:57
Discussion about Nettie MacKinnon; Nettie MacKinnon, midwives, Cross Roads, MacKinnon's nursing home, Harold Yeo.
SIDE B 00:41:57 -- 00:47:42
Discussion about doctors, the poly clinic, and religious feuds; Dr. Tidmarsh, Dr. Dewar, poly clinic, 1928, doctors, pediatrician, Dr. Seaman, surgeon, Dr. MacKenzie, religion, hospitals, Sid Clay, Catholics, Roman Catholics, religious feuds, Irish, mixed marriages.
SIDE B 00:47:42 -- 00:50:45
Discussion about his grandparents; James Lewellen, Alice Mutlow.
SIDE B 00:50:45 -- 00:56:33
Discussion about home remedies and illnesses; home remedies, cod liver oil, Castor oil, polio, illnesses, whooping cough, tuberculosis, Blakie Wood.
SIDE B 00:56:33 -- 01:01:16
A story about two planes crashing; plane crash, Tea Hill, Anson bombers, Boyd Carver.
SIDE B 01:01:16 -- 01:03:55
Discussion about the Hindenburg and the first airplane he saw; Hindenburg, zeppelin, airplanes.
Tape ends 01:03:55.
