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Recording Details: Roy Clow T16 [Tape Sixteen]:


SIDE A 00:00:07 -- 00:02:35 Discussion about Willie Dunn continued from tape fifteen; cards, drinking, Ray Kennedy, Willie Dunn, Elmer, Jack, Stanley, Fred, rum. 

SIDE A 00:02:35 -- 00:06:23 Discussion about about Jake Gillam, a ship pilot from Souris; Louie Gallant, Jake Gillam, drinking, Souris, ship pilot, lighthouse, money, stealing, shotgun, Tuck Gillam. 

SIDE A 00:06:23 -- 00:08:01 Discussion about piloting a ship begins, but is soon interrupted; Georgetown, Louie Gallant, ship pilot, Jake. 
 ***Blip at 00:08:02. Conversation changes abruptly.

SIDE A 00:08:03 -- 00:09:33 Discussion about different Island accents and a brief mention of Stompin Tom Connors; accent, Tignish, Murray Harbour North, Murray Harbour South, fishermen, Souris, Scotch, French, Stompin Tom Connors, Skinner's Pond. 
 ***Tape appears to stop mid-sentence. A new conversation begins abruptly.

SIDE A 00:09:40 -- 00:12:05 Discussion about Freeman Reynolds and his ferry from Clow's wharf to Murray Harbour South; Freeman Reynolds, ferry boat, Clow's wharf, Murray Harbour North, Murray Harbour South, Bruce Stewart, 1925. 

SIDE A 00:12:05 -- 00:18:45 Discussion about Athol MacKinnon and his boats, including Freeman's old ferry boat; Athol MacKinnon, ferry boat, boats, Dauntless, Jim Lowery, Jim P. Clow, George Miller, Montague, stealing. 

SIDE A 00:18:45 -- 00:20:15 Discussion about gas and lobster prices in the 1930s; Horry Machon, gas prices, lobster prices, 1930s, traps, canners. 

SIDE A 00:20:15 -- 00:25:33 Discussion about trucking and shipping; Gordon Haynes, truck, Murray Harbour North, molasses, Clow's store, ferry, Freeman Reynolds, hog's heads, wharf, salt, Malagash, hauling, keg, whiskey, bootlegging, Ben Clow, train, Scotch whiskey. 

SIDE A 00:25:33 -- 00:26:09 Discussion about Ben Clow's homemade blueberry wine; blueberry wine, Ben Clow, homemade, wine. 

SIDE A 00:26:09 -- 00:30:45 Discussion about Freeman Reynolds, Athol MacKinnon, and their boats continues; Helen C., Freeman Reynolds, Athol MacKinnon, Dauntless, wharf, Jim Lowery, Pictou, car engine, Leonard Gillis, Ed Clow, Ivan Henderson, George Miller, Jack Clow, whiskey, rum, Murray Harbour, boat races, ferry boat, stealing. 

SIDE A ends at 00:30:45.

SIDE B 00:30:50 -- 00:36:16 Discussion about Jim Finlayson's car; Jim Finlayson, Jack Leeco, Finlayson's mill, aluminum car, air-cooled, touring car, crank,

SIDE B 00:36:16 -- 00:43:47 Discussion about Finlayson's mill and an accident with Jack Leeco; saw mill, Jack Leeco, Jim Finlayson, accident, doctor, Pres McIntyre, Montague, wooden foot, log. 

SIDE B 00:43:47 -- 00:52:20 Discussion about cars continues, with mention of Buicks and Gordon Ross; Jim Finlayson, aluminum car, 1920s, Buick, touring car, Montague, Jack Hicken, Matilda Hicken, Borden, Ray Solomon, blacksmith, Genevieve, Gordon Ross, Georgetown, accident, Jim Lewellen. 

SIDE B 00:52:20 -- 00:59:07 Discussion about John Wesley Jenkins building a boat and making moonshine; Greek River, John Wesley Jenkins, wood sleigh, chimney, Milton Lewellen, Model-T Ford, George Miller, boat, boat building, Jack, moonshine, teddy, fishing boat. 

SIDE B 00:59:07 -- 01:02:50 Discussion about teddies of moonshine, bootlegging, and Roy learning to drive; pint, teddy, moonshine, ginger-ale, bottle, molasses, yeast cakes, sugar, bootlegging, clay, Murray Harbour North, school, stuck, stealing. 
 Tape ends at 01:02:50. ***Tape ends mid-sentence.

Overview:

Interviewee(s):
Clow, Roy

Playing Time:
01:02:50

Interview Date(s):
2007-06-19, 2007-08-25

Interview Summary:
This conversation with Roy Clow with a discussion about Willie Dunn, continued on from tape fifteen. Roy then tells about Jake Gillam, a ship pilot from Souris. Roy begins to tell another story about piloting ships, but the topic changes to Island accents before being interrupted again. Roy then tells about Freeman Reynold's ferry boat in Murray Harbour, Athol Mackinnon and his boats, and then lobster and gas prices in the 1930s. Next Roy talks about shipping and trucking in Murray Harbour, Ben Clow's homemade blueberry wine, and ends with more discussion about Freeman and Athol's boats. On Side B, Roy starts with a story about Jim Finlayson's aluminum touring car, and then tells of an accident at Finlayson's mill involving his son-in-law Jack Leeco. Roy then goes on to talk more about cars, with a brief mention of the blacksmith Gordon Ross. A discussion about John Wesley Jenkins comes next, followed by the topics of moonshine and bootlegging, finishing with stories of Roy stealing his brother's car.

Place(s) Discussed:
Murray Harbour, PE; Greek River, PE; Pictou, NS

Time(s) Discussed:
1930s, 1920s, 1925

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