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Recording Details: Harold Dunphy T2 [Tape Two]:

***There is significant audio dropping throughout this interview and unfortunately several sections are inaudible.

SIDE A 00:00:08 -- 00:01:57 Discussion about Ings'; 1920, MLA, Ings. 

SIDE A 00:02:06 -- 00:04:26 Discussion about Lettie MacKinnon and midwives; midwives, measles, Lettie MacKinnon, Minnie Currie. 

SIDE A 00:04:26 -- 00:12:37 Discussion about moonshine and a story about getting caught by the police and meeting a girl through a magazine; Lee Hines, wages, moonshine still, moonshine, distillery, Peter Armstrong, wooden leg, Eugene McCann. 

SIDE A 00:12:37 -- 00:14:25 Discussion about the turnip plant; turnip plant, turnips. 

SIDE A 00:14:25 -- 00:18:19 Discussion about portable thrashing mills; thrashing mills, thrashing machine, wages, combines. 

SIDE A 00:19:16 -- 00:20:37 Brief discussion about roads and trains being blocked; snowstorms, shoveling, roads, stuck trains. 

SIDE A 00:20:37 -- 00:22:29 Discussion about Peter Doucette; Peter Doucette, George Lawton. 

SIDE A 00:22:29 -- 00:24:03 Discussion about patronage and jobs; patronage, Lavoie. 

SIDE A 00:24:03 -- 00:25:00 Brief discussion about creameries and butter factories; butter factories, Lake Verde, Hazelbrook, Vernon, creameries, cream, cheese, Eldon. 

SIDE A 00:25:00 -- 00:26:04 Brief discussion about starch factories; Murray River, starch, starch factories. 

SIDE A 00:26:04 -- 00:26:47 Brief discussion about gristmills; gristmills, Emmit Wiesner, Vernon River. 

SIDE A 00:26:47 -- 00:28:06 Discussion about sawmills; sawmills, Bradley, Burke. 

SIDE A 00:28:06 -- 00:30:47 Discussion about market days; market days, Confederation Center, meat, butcher shops, sheep, Neil MacDonald. 

SIDE A 00:30:47 -- 00:31:45 Discussion about the Harland; Charlottetown, Harland, China Point, Halladay's Wharf. 

SIDE A ends at 00:31:45.

SIDE B 00:32:03 -- 00:37:25 Discussion about the Harland continues, with mention of the Dawsons driving livestock to town on it; Victoria, cattle, driving sheep, Dawson, Lenny Woods, Harland, cargo, buying animals, Burke. 

SIDE B 00:37:25 -- 00:39:47 Brief discussion about meals in town; restaurants, Vessey, Burke, food prices, meal prices, New England Cafe, sausages, restaurant prices. 

SIDE B 00:46:59 -- 00:48:22 Discussion about patronage, politics, and the upper class; MacAuley, Holland College, politics, patronage, upper class. 

SIDE B 00:48:22 -- 00:49:41 Brief discussion about bushing the ice; bushing the ice, crossing the ice. 

SIDE B 00:50:06 -- 00:52:13 A story about holy water, with mention of kerosene curing a toothache; holy water, Murphy's, hotel, toothache, kerosene. 

SIDE B 00:52:14 -- 00:52:52 Brief discussion about Dr. Collins; Dr. Collins, doctors, Dewar. 

SIDE B 00:56:30 -- 00:59:44 Discussion about families with mention of Governor's Island; Taylor, McRae, Governor's Island, Lee Hines, dances, Judson, Jetson. 

SIDE B 00:59:44 -- 01:01:05 Discussion about water witches; water wells, well drilling, water witches. 

SIDE B 01:01:05 -- 01:03:43 Discussion about the 1930s and dances; Iona, money, 1930s, dances, dance prices, Frank Vessey, fiddles, Gordon Crane, moonshine, McIntyre, fights, Harold Smith, MacGillivray. 
 Tape ends at 01:03:43. ***Tape ends mid-sentence.

Overview:

Interviewee(s):
Dunphy, Harold John and Claire

Playing Time:
01:03:43

Interview Date(s):
1995-03-08

Interview Summary:
This is the second tape of an interview with Harold John and Claire Dunphy of Millview, P.E.I. Harold begins by telling about the Ings', midwives, moonshine, and the turnip plant. He then talks about thrashing grain, blocked roads, Peter Doucette, and patronage. The conversation then goes on to cover butter and starch factories, grist and saw mills, market days, and the Harland. They then discuss going in to town for meals, bushing the ice, patronage, Governor's Island, water witches, and finally dances and the 1930s.

Place(s) Discussed:
Governor's Island, PE; Millview, PE; Vernon River, PE; Charlottetown, PE

Time(s) Discussed:
1930s

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