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Contributors
Interviewee: Cantelo, Louis
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: Gray, Tristan John
Date Recorded
2000-03-01
Date Digitized
2010-07-06
Abstract
This is an interview with Louis Cantelo of Glenfanning, PEI. In this interview Louis talks about the Harvest Excursion, J. Walter Jones, liquor, socials and entertainment, home remedies, his grandparents, shipbuilding, Sundays, ice travel, the Dundas Fair, cars, blacksmiths, horses, working in the lumber woods, and various other topics.
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
01:03:05
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
SIDE A 00:00:08 -- 00:07:14
Discussion about the Harvest Excursion; Harvest Excursion, 1923, Wilfred Carter, Wilf Carter, train fare, wages.

SIDE A 00:07:14 -- 00:08:53
Discussion about J. Walter Jones and a world champion Holstein; J. Walter Jones, Premier Jones, cattle.

SIDE A 00:08:53 -- 00:10:30
Discussion about temperance and moonshine; temperance, moonshine, Sons of Temperance.

SIDE A 00:10:30 -- 00:11:46
Discussion about socials and entertainment; socials, entertainment, Billy MacSwain, games, picnics.

SIDE A 00:11:46 -- 00:13:58
Discussion about Mrs. Martin's tavern and inn in Dundas; Dundas, Mrs. Martin, taverns, inns, liquor prices.

SIDE A 00:13:58 -- 00:16:07
Discussion about courthouses; courthouses, Leslie Hunter, Dundas.

SIDE A 00:16:07 -- 00:18:15
Discussion about the Spanish Flu and home remedies; Spanish Flu, home remedies, black currants, cod liver oil.

SIDE A 00:18:15 -- 00:22:50
Discussion about his grandparents on the Acorn and Creed side of his family, with mention of mussel mud; Martha Creed, Martha Acorn, mussel mud, William Creed, 1782.

SIDE A 00:22:50 -- 00:23:27
Discussion about quiet Sundays; quiet Sundays, Sundays, cards, card games.

SIDE A 00:23:27 -- 00:26:16
Discussion about his grandparents on the Cantelo side of his family; Polly Cemetery, Mary MacKinnon, Mary Cantelo, drowning.

SIDE A 00:26:16 -- 00:29:28
Discussion about his family and shipbuilding; shipbuilding, shipyards, Bridgetown, wages, shipbuilders, shipping, William MacLeod.

SIDE A 00:29:28 -- 00:30:06
Discussion about his grandparents on the Cantelo side of his family continues; John Cantelo.

SIDE A 00:30:06 -- 00:31:05
Discussion about the cheese factory; cheese factories, Dundas Dairy Association, cheese.

SIDE A 00:31:05 -- 00:31:23
Discussion about egg circles; egg circles, eggs.

SIDE A ends at 00:31:23.
SIDE B 00:31:34 -- 00:33:52
Discussion about traveling over the ice, with fights; ice travel, bushed ice, Boughton River, horse races, ice races, Everett MacLeod, Annandale, fights.

SIDE B 00:33:52 -- 00:36:32
Discussion about various topics including Gunner Bill Blackett, fish, and ferries; Gunner Bill Blackett, hunters, fish, ferries, seagulls.

SIDE B 00:36:32 -- 00:37:49
Discussion about the Titanic; Titanic, 1912, Cape Bear.

SIDE B 00:37:49 -- 00:39:00
Discussion about Minnie McGee; Minnie McGee, Minnie Magee, murders, 1912.

SIDE B 00:39:00 -- 00:40:36
Discussion about the last bear on PEI; bears, George Leslie, 1935, Seven Mile Road.

SIDE B 00:40:36 -- 00:43:07
Discussion about the Dundas Fair, with mention of the introduction of tractors; Dundas Fair, 1941, fairs, plowing, tractors, horses.

SIDE B 00:43:07 -- 00:46:08
Discussion about the first cars he remembers, with mention of horsepower; horsepower, cars, 1908, Travis B. Clay, Travis Clay, Model-T Fords.

SIDE B 00:46:08 -- 00:47:55
Discussion about Father Pius MacDonald and his high school; Father Pius MacDonald, MacDonald High School, 1922.

SIDE B 00:47:55 -- 00:49:18
Discussion about fiddle players; fiddlers, fiddle players.

SIDE B 00:49:18 -- 00:51:07
Discussion about blacksmiths and horses; Eddy Turner, anvils, blacksmiths, Seven Mile Road, horses, stallions, traveling man, horse breeding.

SIDE B 00:51:07 -- 00:52:21
Discussion about thrashing and stationary engines; thrashing, custom thrashing, stationary engines, James Acorn.

SIDE B 00:52:21 -- 00:53:20
Discussion about pack peddlers and drugget; pack peddlers, drugget.

SIDE B 00:53:20 -- 00:55:05
Discussion about the Harvest Excursion continues; Harvest Excursion, 1920s.

SIDE B 00:55:05 -- 01:00:30
Discussion about working in the lumber woods in New Brunswick; lumber woods, prunes, wages.

SIDE B 01:00:30 -- 01:02:00
Discussion about the biggest changes over the years; farming, roads, transportation, dirt roads, cars.

SIDE B 01:02:00 -- 01:03:05
Discussion about Dr. Brehaut; doctors, Dr. Brehaut, Dr. Lester Brehaut.

Tape ends at 01:03:05.