***Disclaimer - This interview contains language some may find inappropriate.
SIDE A 00:00:05 -- 00:02:00
Discussion about the Clay family history and Bridgetown; Bridgetown, Clay, Savile and Clay's Store, Matthew and MacLean's Store.
SIDE A 00:02:00 -- 00:03:14
Discussion about school; school, Bridgetown.
SIDE A 00:03:14 -- 00:04:28
Discussion about local place names; Annandale, Flambo, Dundas, Upper Point, Big Run, Edwin Layton.
SIDE A 00:04:28 -- 00:06:01
Discussion about working at Matthew and MacLean's store; Matthew and MacLean's, caskets, MacKinnon's, general stores, 1950s.
SIDE A 00:06:01 -- 00:07:08
Discussion about shipbuilding around Boughton River; McKeen and Vickerson, schooners, shipbuilding, Boughton River, draw bridge.
SIDE A 00:07:08 -- 00:08:07
Discussion about McKeen and Vickerson's store; McKeen and Vickerson's, general store.
SIDE A 00:08:07 -- 00:11:24
Discussion about local wharves, shipbuilding, and tree knees; 1930s, 1940s, schooners, wharves, MacLean's wharf, Gaudet's whatf, cattle, shipbuilding, shipping, tree knees.
SIDE A 00:11:24 -- 00:19:12
Discussion about a cheese factory, with brief mention of starch and butter factories; cheese factory, cheese, starch factory, butter factory, milk, rennet, wages, 1940s, cheddar cheese.
SIDE A 00:19:12 -- 00:22:17
Discussion about blacksmiths in the area; MacKay's, sleighs, wagons, carriages, sleigh prices, Sterling MacDonald, blacksmiths.
SIDE A 00:22:17 -- 00:23:48
Discussion about the history of his house and other local buildings; Dundas, Vickerson, Orange Lodge, court house, Bridgetown.
SIDE A 00:23:48 -- 00:24:40
Discussion about saw and grist mills; Ross, sawmill, gristmill, Hayden, Morrison, carding mill.
***Side A 00:24:40 -- 00:28:13
This portion of the tape is almost completely inaudible. Dutch's notes mention the topics of ice and snow, and there are a few small periods where they can be heard discussing these topics.
SIDE A 00:28:13 -- 00:30:11
Discussion about Ms. Fair's Beer and Livery; Ms. Fair's Beer and Livery, Nindy Fair, 1925, 1930, liquor, beer, livery, stable, moonshine.
***Side A 00:30:11 -- 00:30:46
This portion of the tape is mostly inaudible. It seems to be a discussion about changes over the years, and Dutch's notes indicate the topic of a big snowstorm.
SIDE A ends at 00:30:46.
***Side B 00:30:50 -- 00:32:33
The discussion about a big snowstorm continues from Side A, but is mostly inaudible; snowstorm.
SIDE B 00:32:33 -- 00:36:08
Discussion about wharves, rum runners, and rum; wharves, rum, rum runners, bootlegging, Poplar Point Wharf, Chapel Wharf, Shore Acres Wharf, Annandale, Souris, black rum, moonshine.
SIDE B 00:36:08 -- 00:39:17
Discussion about general stores and the goods they carried; Matthew and MacLean's, general stores, groceries, trading eggs, bartering, molasses, molasses pump, raisins, eggs, sticky sugar, puncheon, molasses barrel, 1950s.
SIDE B 00:39:17 -- 00:45:17
Discussion about fishing on the Boughton River; mussels, lobsters, fish, Boughton River, hake, Bruce Lewellen, Reggie Banks, Joe MacKinnon, lobster prices, 1940s, cod, trout, fishing, flat fish, Annandale, Milford Robison, Lans O'Reilly.
SIDE B 00:45:17 -- 00:47:29
Discussion about rum and moonshine, with a brief mention of fishing boundaries; East Point, rum, moonshine, fishing boundaries.
SIDE B 00:47:29 -- 00:49:10
Discussion about railroads and transportation; Cardigan, trains, Cardigan train station, railroads, shipping, trucking, freight, roads.
SIDE B 00:49:10 -- 00:51:23
Discussion about Dr. Clay fixing a man's face after being kicked by a horse; Dr. Clay, horses, accident, doctor.
SIDE B 00:51:24 -- 00:56:11
Discussion about horses, ploughing, his first tractor, and thrashing mills; gang plow, single plow, horsepower, sawmill, International tractor, gas engines, thrashing mill, grain toll, wood toll, pulp, pit props, Cardigan, cords of wood, tractor, ploughing, horses.
SIDE B 00:56:11 -- 00:58:33
Discussion about the biggest changes in his time; tractors, blacksmiths, chains.
SIDE B 00:58:33 -- 01:02:00
Discussion about shipwrecks, house fires, and horses; shipwrecks, East Point, land prices, house prices, Clay, housefire, 1930s, wages, horses.
SIDE B 01:02:00 -- 01:03:11
Discussion about fox ranches; Edwin Clay, Souris, fox prices, fox ranches, fox feed, foxes, rabbits.
SIDE B 01:03:11 -- 01:03:42
Brief discussion about radio; radio, Don Messer, boxing, entertainment.
Tape ends at 01:03:42.
***Tape ends mid-sentence.
