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Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:MacDonald, Leo "Sailor"
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:Leo "Sailor" MacDonald was the police chief of Springhill, Nova Scotia from 1952-1984, the longest serving chief in Canada. In this interview he discusses his home town of Springhill and some of the most notable expriences of his life. Mr. MacDonald talks mostly about his baseball career as a young man, when he was seen as one of the

Type:Interview
Contributor:Clay, Sydney "Syd"
Contributor:MacKay, Paul
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:This is the first of three tapes with Sydney "Syd" Clay. In this interview Syd talks about Air Navigation school, aircraft and trainees in Charlottetown during WWII, the RCAF and the RAF, plane crashes, pilot training, Carl Burke and Maritime Central Airways, Sally Large, military aircraft, and Woofer Blake.
Date Recorded:1994-08-10
Duration:01:03:39

Type:Interview
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John
Contributor:Gray, Tristan John and MacKay, Paul
Contributor:MacDonald, James "Fiddler"
Contributor:Thompson, Reg "Dutch"
Abstract:James "Fiddler" MacDonald has been called the best pitcher ever to be from Prince Edward Island; in this interview Mr. MacDonald speaks indepth on all matters baseball from the 1920s onward. Fiddler talks about uniforms, leagues, teams, crowds, pay, double headers, pitches, barnburning, drinking and the New York Colored Giants.