Maisie Adams T3 [Tape Three]

Contributors
Interviewer: Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Interviewee: Adams (Lamont), Maisie
Researcher: MacKay, Paul
Audio engineer: MacKay, Paul
Date Recorded
1998-04-17
Date Digitized
2010-06-22
Abstract
This interview is with Maisie Adams (nee Lamont) of French River and Summerside, P.E.I. In this interview Maisie talks about traveling, horses, Tommy Gallant, rum running and bootlegging, stolen foxes, French River, her father, Jack MacRae, Elton Woodside, picking potatoes, her asthma and home remedies, and the Sims family.
Genre
Interview
Subject (Geographic)
French River, PE
Rams Island, PE
Subject (Temporal)
1920s
1930s
Rights
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Physical Location
Held by Reg "Dutch" Thompson
Duration
01:03:31
Member of
Dutch Thompson Audio Collection
Model
1 1 Item in Collection
Transcript
SIDE A 00:00:04 -- 00:01:45
Discussion about traveling by horse and sleigh; horse and sleigh, buffalo robe.

SIDE A 00:01:45 -- 00:05:10
Discussion about Tommy Gallant; Tommy Gallant, rum running, rum.

SIDE A 00:05:10 -- 00:15:48
Stories about rum running with a story about almost falling through the ice; rum running, bootlegging, Donald Lamont, Bill Richards, keg of rum, Andy Perry, telephone, French River, cutter, prohibition officers.

SIDE A 00:15:48 -- 00:18:43
Discussion about stolen foxes; foxes, Jim Sims, Lou Binns, Ram Island, theft, silver foxes.

SIDE A 00:18:43 -- 00:20:08
Discussion about Caraquets from New Brunswick and clam digging; Caraquets, clams, clam digging.

SIDE A 00:20:08 -- 00:25:26
Discussion about French River, cars, Duncan MacKenzie, and tuberculosis; tuberculosis, MacLeod, James Hugh MacLeod, Duncan MacKenzie, Life Howatt, cars.

SIDE A 00:25:26 -- 00:31:26
Discussion about rum running continues, with mention of honest work; Bill Richards, rum running, bootlegging, Andy Perry, Covy Perry.

SIDE A 00:31:26 -- 00:31:36
Discussion about her father; Hugh John Lamont.

SIDE A ends at 00:31:36.
SIDE B 00:31:54 -- 00:34:53
Discussion about her father continues; Hugh John Lamont, brandy.

SIDE B 00:34:53 -- 00:39:04
Discussion about the cheese factory and mill at Park Corner, with mention of Roland Pickering and cars; John S. Cousins, cheese factory, Park Corner, mill, Roland Pickering, cars.

SIDE B 00:39:04 -- 00:41:56
Discussion about Jack MacRae and Art and Joyce Paynter; Jack MacRae, WWI, WWII, Art Paynter, Joyce Paynter.

SIDE B 00:41:56 -- 00:44:21
Discussion about Peach Duggan and a story about Elton Woodside; Peach Duggan, nurses, midwives, RN, French River, Elton Woodside, airplane.

SIDE B 00:44:21 -- 00:47:15
Discussion about horses and a story about Hattie MacLeod and the measles; Hattie MacLeod, measles, Donald Lamont, horses.

SIDE B 00:47:15 -- 00:48:59
Discussion about picking potatoes; potato picking, wages, school.

SIDE B 00:48:59 -- 00:53:45
Discussion about her asthma, home remedies, and Dr. Fleming; home remedies, asthma, cures, goose grease, warts, whooping cough, Dr. Fleming, Stanley Bridge.

SIDE B 00:53:45 -- 00:58:40
Discussion about the Sims family and suicides, with mention of the Diamond's home in Mt. Pleasant; Mt. Pleasant, Sims, suicide, Milton Diamond, Eddie Sims, Jim Sims, Mary Ellen Sims.

SIDE B 00:58:40 -- 01:00:39
A story about a dog eating mutton, with mention of Jack MacRae's house; Jack MacRae, dog, mutton.

SIDE B 01:00:39 -- 01:03:14
Discussion about Goodis and Graham and the last barn dance she remembers; barn dance, Goodis, Graham, Cecil Harding.

SIDE B 01:03:14 -- 01:03:31
Discussion about Jim Campbell the traveling man; traveling man, Jim Campbell, horse breeding.

Tape ends at 01:03:31.