Herb Schurman T2 [Tape Two]

Contributors
Interviewer: Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Interviewee: Schurman, Herbert B.
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Date Recorded
2000-11-24
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 Christmas, snow and snowplowing, Crystal Rink, German POWs, his family, doctors and home remedies, school, characters, cars, his brother's service in WWI, the Halifax Explosion and the Spanish Flu, life growing up in Summerside, mussel mud, Holman's Island, hockey, Martin Heckbert, songs, and sleigh rides.
Genre
Interview
Subject (Geographic)
Summerside, PE
Holman's Island, PE
Subject (Temporal)
1920s
WWI
1917
Rights
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
01:03:39
Member of
Dutch Thompson Audio Collection
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
SIDE A 00:00:10 -- 00:06:21
Discussion about Christmas; Christmas, Christmas trees, Christmas candles, toys, candy, presents, Santa Claus, Christmas dinner, dollar bill, M. F. Schurman, Christmas concerts.

SIDE A 00:06:21 -- 00:10:17
Discussion about plowing snow with horses and deep snow; snowplows, snow, deep snow, sidewalks, toboggans, sledding, horse and sleigh.

SIDE A 00:10:17 -- 00:18:50
Discussion about the Crystal Rink and German POWs, with mention of sleigh bells; German POWs, Crystal Rink, rink-o-phone, skates, skating, Ben Schurman, sleigh bells.

SIDE A 00:18:50 -- 00:22:30
Discussion about his family; Schurmie, Emma Julia Bernard, cooking, Emma Schurman, Jack Schurman, Ben Schurman, Nina Schurman, Bruce Schurman.

SIDE A 00:22:30 -- 00:24:05
Discussion about the hospital, doctors, and operations done on kitchen tables; doctors, Summerside, operations, Dr. Sinclair, Dr. Neil Sinclair, Dr. Tanton, Dr. MacNeil, Dr. MacPhee.

SIDE A 00:24:05 -- 00:25:50
Discussion about Jim Tuplin's car and trading his foxes for a house; Jim Tuplin, cars, foxes.

SIDE A 00:25:50 -- 00:31:38
Discussion about his brother George serving in WWI; WWI, George Schurman, Fred MacLeod, war parcels, mail, casualties, WWI veterans, Leo Wedge, Peg Leg Jack.

SIDE A ends at 00:31:38.
SIDE B 00:31:54 -- 00:33:17
Discussion about the Spanish Flu and the Halifax Explosion; Spanish Flu, 1917, Halifax Explosion.

SIDE B 00:33:17 -- 00:39:57
Discussion about growing up in Summerside and his mother; Summderside, neighbours, church, Sundays, music, singing, Emma Schurman, Elizabeth Adams, Emma Bernard, Long River.

SIDE B 00:39:57 -- 00:41:45
Discussion about home remedies; home remedies, mustard plaster, salt herring, sulfur and molasses, Camphor.

SIDE B 00:41:45 -- 00:44:38
Discussion about his first job hauling mussel mud, with mention of movies; mussel mud, movies, hens.

SIDE B 00:44:38 -- 00:46:44
A story about smoking on Holman's Island; smoking, cigarettes, Holman's Island.

SIDE B 00:46:44 -- 00:53:35
Discussion about school; The Brick School, Summerside, school, Parkside School, 1920s, teachers, school desks, corporal punishment, C. B. Jelley, Grace Curran, school vans, roads.

SIDE B 00:53:35 -- 00:57:31
Discussion about playing hockey in the harbour and Martin Heckbert; Summerside, hockey, Martin Heckbert, poetry, poems.

SIDE B 00:57:31 -- 01:02:08
Discussion about characters at the post office and songs they sang along with some Christmas songs; post office, characters, Percy Crosby, mail, Claude Holman, songs, singing, Christmas songs.

SIDE B 01:02:08 -- 01:03:39
Discussion about sleigh rides and going to Victoria to play hockey; sleigh rides, hockey, Victoria, horse and sleigh.

Tape ends at 01:03:39.