Speaker: Oh yes. Nanny and Papi spoil them rotten. That's what they call us, nanny and papi- papi Interviewer: (Laughs) How appropriate. Speaker: Yeah. Yup. Interviewer: Think they're going to join the legion when they get a bit older? Speaker: I don't know. Ah- Interviewer: Hopefully? Speaker: That's- that's ah way down the road so I- I-don't-know I- I- maybe they might, I-don't-know. They'd have to see how legion is first off (microphone ruffling)

Speaker: Ah yeah we- I- got to see how legion's going to go. Interviewer 7: Yeah, it seems to be doing well though for (inc). Speaker: Ah, it's not ah like I hope it doesn't die because legion is a great- great organization. I can't- I- I- I'm sorry that the veterans are- are- are dying- dying off to- you-know and the associates aren't taking over like they- we'd like to see them do-

Interviewer: So as an associate member myself, what would you think would be a good course of action to make sure that the legion doesn't um get nixed. Speaker: I- I think any member that joins the legion ah should get involved with the legion in- in some capacity either with ah- ah the different events that we have ah in legion. Ah we have ah an executive that they- they can join.

Ah we have ah an executive that they- they can join. Like not just join for the- the privileges you have for legion, which is- it's fine and dandy ah but I think if you're going to join legion you should part-- participate as a member and- and- and enjoy it.

Interviewer: Is she involved in the legion too? Speaker: No. No- well actually she was. She um- she was on the entertainment con-- ah chair. Like she was- she- yeah that's ah- any entertainment we had in- in the legion like what we have on Friday nights. Our entertainment Friday nights. She was the- they had ah when you were on the executive you were- you were called a director.

So my wife went under committee. And we helped her get some entertainment into the branch and-what-not. Ah and helped her ah with different functions. But ah other than that my wife hasn't- she's not even a legion member (laughs). Interviewer: (Laughs). Speaker: I'm- I'm the only legion member between the two of us. But we- we come down here and dance on Friday nights sometimes.

Interviewer: So just general live entertainment whenever sort of just- yeah. Speaker: Yeah yeah. Basically yeah. Yeah. But ah not like I've- like I've- th-- this club I've- I've always loved legion. I- that's the only club I belong to. I don't belong to any other club but legion. Interviewer: It's a good club. It's got lots of different diverse activities. Speaker: Yeah, it sure does. You-know and- and it's- it- it's- it helps community a lot. ... Especially for the veterans which is- it was fantastic.

Speaker: I think that's one thing also that ah new members should learn is- to learn what legion really i-- is about. The veterans and ah what they do for the community and-stuff-like-that. They should all- they should know that and then maybe that would probably help them.

To decide- well yeah, if they really want to get involved with it and ah you-know- as muc-- like ah I'm not doing as much with the legion as I did in the past but ah I'm still a member and I still come around to find out what's going on and ah-

Speaker: Oh, well I did the ah poppy-drive a few years. Couple of years. But then that's like- kind of like dwindled. Not enough people buying or-something so they stopped going door-to-door. So stopped getting volunteer hours from there. Next year the- the legion-barbeque and garage sale. Interviewer: The legion-barbeque? Which one was that? Speaker: Well, it's a legion garage sale but they also have a barbeque 'cause it's going through lunch so they make some money selling some stuff and selling food so that people aren't hungry as they're browsing.

Speaker: Um then this year, there's the legion-bingo. And my friends talking about the Civic-holiday thing. Interviewer: Civic-holiday? Speaker: Yeah, there's a barbeque or-something they do on civ-- on the Civic-holiday.

Interviewer: Are there any interesting War stories that your father ever told you (inc)? Speaker: He- he did talk- well, Dad ah essentially became the ah the local ah Legion historian ah um starting in nineteen-eighty-five. Um so he had lots of things that- lots of stuff that he actually researched.

Speaker: Ah s-- but i-- there was a close network of friends. Used to play road-f-- road-hockey out front of the house here. Steady. Um used to play baseball at ah at Golden-Avenue, used to play ah football at the Legion-Park- ah or the ah Legion-Park just outside there. Interviewer: Right. Speaker: We'd play ah cricket in the spring here- there were a steady stream of little sports-type activities, I think would be one thing I remember.

But um I'm- I'm sure I'm forgetting sh-- ah basically down to kind-of like curling and acting, I think, is what I'm kind-of down to. And of-course the other- other h-- ah hobby if- is- is um Dad was involved with the Legion. Um and I kind-of inherited his role. A little reluctantly, but- but I've inherited his role as the- not as the historian, 'cause I'm not an historian. What I really is-- inherited is- is keeping up a memorial board to the people that have fallen.

Um from the- from the- that- that belonged to the- to the (inc) Legion. So I've been doing that, um and I've also helped out in Remembrance-Day ceremonies, 'cause I- I- I- I chaired the last one, or basically moderated, so. I ah that- that's- that's a hobby.

And was blown away by it and I'm like, "One of these days, I'm going to do that- that play." It was about five women during- during World-War-Two in Canada and so I came in- in- two-thousand I think it was, the legion approached me and said, "Would you be willing to direct a play?" and I'm like, "I have just the play!"

And then have supper where everybody takes something and then- then that's something I go to. And then ah- oh but not the legion but I'm an ah life member now so I- and they have big stairs, eh?

Ah, no. I work at the Legion, right now. ... But I w-- my mom worked at the Franklin-Tavern for fourteen years. I was there for almost ten. ... My whole family worked at the Franklin, actually.

Interviewer: Okay, so where did you say you work now as a bartender? Speaker: At the Legion. ...I don't mind it. I don't know many jobs where I can sit and get paid. ... For- for most of the day. Like I think out of a- what six-and-a-half-hour shift?

Um, I've played on a few different teams. Ah, most of the girls that I started out with aren't playing anymore. ... Ah, I'm on a really good team right now. Actually, we're sponsored by the legion and we've won five out of six years.