SIDE A 00:00:05 -- 00:04:20
Discussion about blacksmiths and wheelwrights in Pownal, with mention of wild horses; Lem Carver, blacksmiths, Jake Weatherbie, William Brown, Jardine, Pownal, Richard Carver, Will Carver, forge, Hoss Jardine, wheelwrights, Will Judson, horseshoeing, wild horses.
SIDE A 00:04:20 -- 00:06:03
Discussion about William Brown the blacksmith, who was also a wheelwright and gunsmith; gunsmith, blacksmith, wheelwright, guns, William Brown, Pownal.
SIDE A 00:06:03 -- 00:07:14
Discussion about Gill's forge, with mention of windmills and stationary engines; Johnny Gill, wind power, windmills, stationary engine, forge, lathe, blacksmiths.
SIDE A 00:07:14 -- 00:09:51
Discussion about blacksmith jobs; horseshoeing, sleighs, sleigh prices, wages, Reuben Barr, driving sleighs, sleigh building.
SIDE A 00:09:51 -- 00:11:03
Discussion about moving back from the U.S. in 1929 and opening his own garage; 1929, blacksmiths, Pownal.
SIDE A 00:11:03 -- 00:12:03
Discussion about his parents and his life growing up; 1909, Pownal School, 1923.
SIDE A 00:12:03 -- 00:24:08
Discussion about working for his uncle in his traveling medicine show; Phil Hermann, Dr. Hermann, medicine show, traveling medicine show, moving picture show, medicine, medicine prices, toothpaste, eyeglasses, ophthalmologist, cough syrup, sarsaparilla, movies, cures, magician, 1920s, silent movies.
SIDE A 00:24:08 -- 00:28:30
Discussion about his family, with mention of his father working in his uncle's show and how his parents met; Phil Hermann, Hermann, 1905, Pearl Carver, Pownal, early 1900s.
SIDE A 00:28:30 -- 00:30:04
Discussion about working with his uncle continues, with mention of the end of his business; wages, Phil Hermann, Tiny Hermann.
SIDE A 00:30:04 -- 00:31:45
Stories about his uncle's size and strength; piano, Phil Hermann, feats of strength, strong.
SIDE A ends at 00:31:45.
SIDE B 00:31:52 -- 00:32:20
Stories about his uncle's size and strength continue; Phil Hermann, feats of strength, strong.
SIDE B 00:32:20 -- 00:36:19
Discussion about businesses in Pownal with mention of his grandfather's hotel and harness shop, restaurants, and shipbuilding; Pownal, hotels, George Carver, harnesses, shipbuilding, Humbug Point.
SIDE B 00:36:19 -- 00:39:10
Discussion about oysters, mussel mud, and capstans; oysters, mussel mud, capstans.
SIDE B 00:39:10 -- 00:42:47
Discussion about Governor's Island and St. Peter's Island, with mention of drilling for oil there; Doug Judson, Governor's Island, oil drilling, St. Peter's Island, Taylor.
SIDE B 00:42:47 -- 00:45:33
Discussion about a lobster factories, with mention of one on Governor's Island; Jack Jardine, Governor's Island, lobster canneries, lobster factories, Judson, lobster fishing.
SIDE B 00:45:33 -- 00:46:13
Discussion about fishing with his brothers; eels, mackerel, herring, fishing.
SIDE B 00:46:13 -- 00:48:24
Discussion about local businesses continues, with mention of bars; Ten Mile House, Alexandra, bars, Jenkins, liquor.
SIDE B 00:48:24 -- 00:50:20
Discussion about rum running; Point Prim, rum running, 3 mile limit, three mile limit, 12 mile limit, twelve mile limit, prohibition.
SIDE B 00:50:20 -- 00:54:10
Discussion about working for the Wright Aeronautical Corporation in New Jersey; 1929, Wright Aeronautical Corporation, 1929 crash, airplane engines, wages.
SIDE B 00:54:10 -- 01:02:17
Discussion about the first car he saw and his 64 years work as a mechanic, with mention of gasoline; cars, William Ings, 1918 Model-T Ford, mechanic, Packard, Model-T Fords, Chevrolet, Pontiac, auto garage, 1929, car prices, gasoline, gas, Nicholson gas, Irving gas, gas prices, 1930s,
SIDE B 01:02:17 -- 01:03:37
Discussion about the biggest changes over the years and the Brickyard Hollow; highways, Trans Canada Highway, Brickyard Hollow.
Tape ends at 01:03:37.
