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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