Interview by Peter Webb. Interview date: 11-12-2006
Part 1 of 2
| Time | Topic |
| 00:00 | Ellen Birth/Family History |
| 07:00 | Military 1942 Aviation Mechanics School |
| 09:00 | Work History |
| 13:00 | Marriage/Life |
| 21:15 | Parent History / Early Schooling |
| 28:40 | “Redskin Indians”/Tin Pan Alley (Skin Alley) now Canal St. |
| 30:30 | School |
| 33:25 | Growing Up / Friends |
| 36:30 | Town Hall Stage and Plays |
| 38:43 | Bell Ringing July 4th, wagons and outhouses moved about town |
| 40:25 | Ice House Fire / Harvest / Boarding |
| 44:50 | Ice Train-50 cars crossing Mason Rd. / Station |
| 46:50 | Ice Fire / Metro Ice Set Blaze / Scenic Road around Lake “Scam” |
| 50:45 | Ben (Fred?) Farnsworth |
| 52:00 | Cranberry Bog |
| 55:00 | Growing up / Cooking |
| 56:44 | Meetinghouse Fire |
| 57:10 | Businesses: Bell Manufacturer, Local Power Plant, AA Hall (Village Store) Tucker and Stiles, Whitcomb |
| 1:00:00 | Searles House / Barbershop / Greasy Sink |
| 1:02:00 | Ice Harvest Workers |
| 1:03:30 | Important Families / Personalities |
| 1:06:05 | Brookline was “dry” |
| 1:07:30 | Grandfather Farwell |
| 1:10:30 | Gender Appropriateness |
| 1:12:35 | Joe Gould – Raspberries |
| 1:14:00 | Peter Webb HouseMason Rd. |
| 1:16:45 | Alfie Hall / Red and White Store (now Village Store) |
| 1:19:15 | Grange |
| 1:20:45 | Fires – House/Forest |
| 1:22:45 | Grandfather’s Stories – Person dies of Starvation (HG Shattuck?) |
| 1:24:10 | Nye Child Dies of Accidental Gunshot |
| 1:26:30 | Flood of 1927 / 1938 Hurricane |
Part 2 of 2
| Time | Topic |
| 01:10 | Austin Boys |
| 02:10 | Joining Navy, Crew ChiefAviation Mechanic |
| 08:10 | “Damn Yankee” comment |
| 09:15 | Memories of Brookline Picking Cranberries / O.D. Fessenden |
| 11:40 | Wintering Machine (Cranberries) |
| 12:35 | Soft Cranberry – Grandfather’s nose |
| 13:55 | Grandfather’s History |
| 15:50 | State Legislature |
| 16:50 | Indian Remains discovered at Ice House building site |
| 20:45 | Student Yearbook Harold C. Bales, first Superintendent of area Schools |
| 22:40 | Brookline Dairies |
| 25:45 | Hard work as Child / Vegetable Cellar |
| 28:20 | School Cancelled – Too Cold |
| 30:20 | Wood Stove / “Power Stove” |
| 31:40 | Neighbors / Animals and Hunting |
| 34:15 | Midwife |
| 37:00 | Frank Farwell Remembrance |
| 39:25 | “I’ve seen a lot of things” Soap Stone Heaters / Car Robes |
| 41:20 | Water Source at Childhood House / Camps |
| 44:00 | Water Testing |
| 46:30 | Skunk Story |
| 49:20 | Father / Mother / Ancestors’ Early History |
| 53:10 | Birthday Party for Great, Great Grandfather Captured by English and Sold for 5 cents |
| 55:10 | School / Sunday School Teacher Marion Stiles |
| 57:15 | Raising Church to build First Floor below |
| 58:00 | School Houses |
| 59:25 | Matthews Family / Burning House |
| 1:03:10 | Garden / Canning |
| 1:04:30 | Depression |
| 1:06:10 | Cox’s Farm / Fire |
| 1:08:50 | Town Fires / Fire Dept. Dances upstairs at Daniels Academy |
| 1:10:45 | Olde Home Days |
| 1:12:58 | Steeple Repairs / Paint Town Hall |
| 1:14:18 | Minstrel Shows (Black Face) / Plays |
| 1:16:40 | Grange Information |
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