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SIDE A 00:00:02 -- 00:03:01
Discussion about his parents and his family background; birth, Dr. Jardine, Emily Maud Raynor, William Heffell, James Heffell, French River.
SIDE A 00:03:01 -- 00:08:06
Discussion about local blacksmiths; James Heffell, blacksmiths, Joe Raynor, horses, Jeff Gallant, Ab Woodside, oyster tongs, Robert Heffell.
SIDE A 00:08:06 -- 00:11:15
Discussion about their parents and the hard work their mother did, with mention of storms; Maud Raynor, Agnes Milligan, William Heffell, hard work, storms, 1961, snowstorms.
SIDE A 00:13:30 -- 00:21:00
Discussion the Heffell family and school; 1904, 1923, Heffell, school, Travellers Rest, Mary MacDonald, teaching, teachers, hot cocoa, school subjects, chores, potato bugs, wages, Minnie Carruthers, Margaret Stafford, school concerts, games.
SIDE A 00:21:00 -- 00:24:48
Discussion about chores and farm work; chores, farm work, eggs, egg prices, wells.
SIDE A 00:24:48 -- 00:26:45
Discussion about Harry and his brother Jim working as milkmen in Summerside; milkmen, milk prices, milk, Summerside, milkman, milk bottles, Jim Heffell.
SIDE A 00:26:45 -- 00:29:21
Discussion about school and WWI, with a story about the end of the war; WWI, school, burning the Kaiser.
SIDE A 00:29:21 -- 00:30:05
Discussion about the Halifax Explosion; Halifax Explosion.
SIDE A 00:30:05 -- 00:31:46
Marjorie tells a story about being in Montreal at the end of WWII; WWII, Montreal, V-E Day, 1945.
SIDE A ends at 00:31:46.
SIDE B 00:31:52 -- 00:33:02
A story about being in Montreal at the end of WWII continues; WWII, Montreal, V-E Day, 1945.
SIDE B 00:33:02 -- 00:36:19
Discussion about jobs as a kid and fox ranching; wages, jobs, fox ranching, fox prices, foxes, fox feed.
SIDE B 00:36:19 -- 00:38:08
Discussion about potato farming; potato varieties, potatoes, fertilizer, potato prices.
SIDE B 00:38:08 -- 00:41:15
Discussion about curing meat, with mention of smelt and codfish; pork, curing meats, cured meat, pork prices, sugar curing, codfish, smelt, fish prices.
SIDE B 00:41:15 -- 00:51:20
Discussion about a hired man on their father's farm and his horses; hired man, George Pilman, salary, wages, horses, livestock prices, traveling man, stallions, horse breeds, Clydesdales, Gelaire.
SIDE B 00:51:20 -- 00:59:55
Discussion about Christmas and pack peddlers; Christmas, presents, Joe the Junk, pack peddlers, Frankie Reid, strong man, Paralyzed Tom, race track, teddy bear, rocking chair, dolls.
SIDE B 00:59:55 -- 01:00:56
Discussion about Frank Tuplin's car and a story about farmers trying to break it; cars, Frank Tuplin, horses.
SIDE B 01:00:56 -- 01:02:25
Discussion about jaunting sleighs and traveling to town; jaunting sleigh, sleighs, traveling, driving horse.
SIDE B 01:02:25 -- 01:03:37
Discussion about hockey, the New Annan race track, and a story about a man who was killed by a horse; New Annan, race track, horse races.
Tape ends at 01:03:37.