Eddie Easter T2 [Tape Two]

Contributors
Interviewer: Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Interviewee: Easter, Edward B. "Eddie"
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Date Recorded
2001-08-26
Date Digitized
2010-07-23
Abstract
This is an interview with Edward B. "Eddie" Easter of Indian River and Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Eddie talks about traveling on the ice, horses, home remedies, potato farming, groceries, eggs, the Titanic, WWI, the Halifax Explosion, the Spanish Flu, school, thrashing, snowstorms, trains, Billy the Farmer, the Tuplins, and ghost stories.
Genre
Interview
Subject (Geographic)
Kensington, PE
Indian River, PE
Subject (Temporal)
1919
1917
1912
Rights
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
01:03:03
Member of
Dutch Thompson Audio Collection
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:04:35
A story about falling through the ice continues on from Tape One; ice travel, slice, shingles.

SIDE A 00:04:35 -- 00:19:18
Discussion about their horses, with stories about Western horses, going to Kensington, and horse medicines; horses, driving horses, blood horses, Western horses, John Clark, horse races, horse medicines, horse breeding, Kensington, Tuplin's Black Oil, grease.

SIDE A 00:19:18 -- 00:22:43
Discussion about home remedies; home remedies, goose grease, sulfur and molasses, cod liver oil, salt herring, poultice, bread poultice, Fryar's Balsam, bealing.

SIDE A 00:22:43 -- 00:25:11
Discussion about potato farming; potato varieties, blue potatoes, black potatoes, potato farming.

SIDE A 00:25:11 -- 00:27:24
Discussion about eggs and buying groceries in Kensington; eggs, egg trading, Kensington, groceries, Russ Champion, Champion's store.

SIDE A 00:27:24 -- 00:28:42
Discussion about the Titanic and his parents seeing a movie of it; Titanic, 1912.

SIDE A 00:28:42 -- 00:31:26
Discussion about school; school, writing.

SIDE A ends at 00:31:26.
SIDE B 00:31:33 -- 00:35:12
Discussion about school continues; school, teachers, Stella Driscoll, school subjects, reading.

SIDE B 00:35:12 -- 00:39:42
Discussion about WWI and Walter MacLellan; WWI, care parcels, war parcels, casualties, WWI veterans, Walter MacLellan.

SIDE B 00:39:42 -- 00:45:08
Discussion about thrashing; thrashing, Joseph Gillis, thrashing mills, thrashers, Wilmot, Joe Murdoch, Prouse Yeo.

SIDE B 00:45:08 -- 00:48:17
Discussion about a skunk ranch in Wilmot; Wilmot, skunks, Joe Rogerson, Prouse Yeo, skunk ranch.

SIDE B 00:48:17 -- 00:52:45
Discussion about the Halifax Explosion, the end of WWI, and the Tuplins; Halifax Explosion, WWI, 1917, Frank Tuplin, Jim Tuplin, war bonds, cars, rich.

SIDE B 00:52:45 -- 00:54:18
Discussion about the Spanish Flu; Spanish Flu, Dr. Gillis, Johnny MacLellan, Sicily MacLellan.

SIDE B 00:54:18 -- 00:56:50
Discussion about snowstorms in 1919 and trains stuck in the snow; 1919, snowstorms, deep snow, stuck trains.

SIDE B 00:56:50 -- 01:00:09
Stories about Billy the Farmer; Billy the Farmer, trains, accidents.

SIDE B 01:00:09 -- 01:03:03
Discussion about ghost stories; ghosts, ghost stories, haunted house, Will Easter.

Tape ends at 01:03:03.