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Recording Details: Johnny Chuck MacAdam T2 [Tape Two]:

SIDE A 00:00:05 -- 00:01:39 A story about Adrian MacAuley's trip to town; Adrian MacAuley. 

SIDE A 00:01:39 -- 00:03:10 Discussion about church; church, walking. 

SIDE A 00:03:10 -- 00:04:22 Discussion about bears and a story about the last bear on the Island; bears. 

SIDE A 00:04:22 -- 00:07:30 Discussion about home remedies; home remedies, goose grease, cough syrup, cough medicine, cherry bark. 

SIDE A 00:07:30 -- 00:12:03 Discussion about Christmas; Christmas, Christmas dinner, presents, Santa Claus, midnight mass. 

SIDE A 00:12:03 -- 00:18:23 Discussion about his favourite horse, Bunker; horses. 

SIDE A 00:18:23 -- 00:22:02 Discussion about candle lamps; candle lamps, tallow. 

SIDE A 00:22:20 -- 00:27:34 Discussion about Dr. Roddie, with mention of kerosene lamps; Dr. Roddie, kerosene lamps, doctors. 

SIDE A 00:27:34 -- 00:29:26 Discussion about the Spanish Flu; Spanish Flu, 1919. 

SIDE A 00:29:26 -- 00:31:46 Discussion about snowstorms and trains stuck in the snow; 1923, narrow gauge, deep snow, stuck trains, 1925, St. Andrews Station, snowstorms. 

SIDE A ends at 00:31:46.

SIDE B 00:31:56 -- 00:34:23 Discussion about snowstorms and trains stuck in the snow continues; deep snow, stuck trains, 1925, St. Andrews Station, Dr. Martin, ice travel, snowstorms, snow. 

SIDE B 00:34:23 -- 00:37:26 Discussion about blueberries; blueberries, blueberry prices, Mt. Stewart, blueberry factories. 

SIDE B 00:37:26 -- 00:55:26 Discussion about fox ranching and working as a farmhand; fox ranches, foxes, Frank Tuplin, Andrew Farm, MacLure and MacKinnon, fox prices, 1910, 1932, John Andrew, Fred Andrew, walking, wages, farmhand, exhibitions, 1930s. 

SIDE B 00:55:26 -- 00:56:52 Discussion about cars; cars, 1930s, Durant Star. 

SIDE B 00:56:52 -- 01:02:02 Discussion about beater diggers and potato farming; 1923, beater diggers, potato picking, potato farming, potato varieties. 

SIDE B 01:02:02 -- 01:03:42 Discussion about apples; apples, apple varieties, Pewaukee apples. 
 Tape ends at 01:03:42.

Overview:

Interviewee(s):
MacAdam, John D. "Johnny Chuck"

Playing Time:
01:03:42

Interview Date(s):
1999-01-20, 1999-02-05

Interview Summary:
This is an interview with John D. "Johnny Chuck" MacAdam of Morell and West St. Peters, P.E.I. In this interview Johnny Chuck talks about church, home remedies, horses, Christmas, Dr. Roddie, the Spanish Flu, snowstorms, trains, berries, fox ranching, cars, potato farming, apples, and various other topics.

Place(s) Discussed:
St. Andrews, PE; Mt. Stewart, PE

Time(s) Discussed:
1923, 1930s, 1910, 1932, 1925, 1919

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