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Recording Details: Elmer MacLellan:

***Disclaimer - This interview contains language and subject matter some may find inappropriate.

SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:02:30 Discussion about Little Ralph, Alf Logan, and rum; Little Ralph, 1948, rum, Alf Logan, A. T. Logan. 

SIDE A 00:02:30 -- 00:03:47 Discussion about Mac Ross making moonshine; Mac Ross, Malcolm Ross, moonshine, liquor inspector. 

SIDE A 00:03:47 -- 00:12:44 Discussion about rum runners and bootleggers in Pictou County; Ed Mason, rum runners, bootleggers, rum running, prohibition, Thurston Cook, Tiny Mason, rum, boat rum, MacDougall brothers, Bert Ross, drinking, alcohol, Big Alec Fraser, Alec Fraser, moonshine. 

SIDE A 00:12:44 -- 00:16:17 Discussion about what the public thought of rum runners and bootleggers; Ed Mason, rum runners, bootleggers, prohibition, Thurston Cook, Tiny Mason. 

SIDE A 00:16:17 -- 00:20:07 Discussion about his father's work as a liquor inspector and Ed Mason; beer, prohibition, liquor inspector, Ed Mason, Cyrus Mason. 

SIDE A 00:20:07 -- 00:25:56 Discussion about rum runners and bootleggers in Pictou County continues, with mention of a store that blew up and Irvin Arbuckle running from the police; rum runners, bootleggers, 1920s, 1930s, prohibition, Flipperfoot, Stewart's store, Irvin Arbuckle. 

SIDE A 00:25:56 -- 00:27:18 Discussion about people squealing on rum runners and bootleggers and a fire at Ed Mason's; police inspector, rum runners, rum running, bootleggers, bootlegging, search warrant. 

SIDE A 00:27:18 -- 00:29:36 Discussion about Grant Murdock; MacLeod, Grant Murdock, Wesley Arbuckle. 

SIDE A 00:29:36 -- 00:31:48 Discussion about Stormy Sandy and a story about prohibition officers shooting at rum runners; Stormy Sandy, prohibition officers, rum runners, rum running. 

SIDE A ends at 00:31:48.

SIDE B 00:32:07 -- 00:34:32 Discussion about locals helping the rum runners and Tiny Mason; rum runners, bootleggers, rum running, Tiny Mason. 

SIDE B 00:34:32 -- 00:35:25 A story about a rum runner's getaway car; rum running, rum runners. 

SIDE B 00:35:25 -- 00:42:28 Discussion about moonshine and those who made it; moonshine, Hughie MacLeod, Mac Ross, Malcolm Ross, moonshine prices, Hughie MacDonald. 

SIDE B 00:42:28 -- 00:44:22 Discussion about getting beer and moonshine on the train in Newfoundland; Newfoundland, beer, moonshine. 

SIDE B 00:44:22 -- 00:45:45 Discussion about his father's work as a liquor inspector continues, with mention of the quality of rum during those years; liquor inspector, prohibition, rum. 
 ***The remainder of the tape, 00:45:45 -- 01:03:55, is blank. Tape ends at 01:03:55.

Overview:

Interviewee(s):
MacLellan, Elmer George

Playing Time:
01:03:55

Interview Date(s):
1993-03-00

Interview Summary:
This is an interview with Elmer George MacLellan of New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. In this interview Elmer talks about rum runners and bootleggers in Pictou County, prohibition officers, his father's work as a liquor inspector, moonshine and distillers, beer, and local characters.

Place(s) Discussed:
Pictou County, NS; New Glasgow, NS

Time(s) Discussed:
1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1948

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