Interviewer: Aw, that's okay. What is it that you're trying to think of? Speaker: His platoon that he was in. ... It's at the Legion, I can see it on the wall, but I can't come up with the name (laughs).

But you-know what was interesting? Years later. This is sort-of interesting. Years later my dad told me that the team I- I'd played for- Legion was the organization I'd played for. And my dad told me that they were interested in taking me to play Junior-A when I was much younger.

And ah there was a regiment that came out of Kirkland-Lake, if I remember correctly. Algonquins. And ah the legion was a big thing. The legion started sh-- shortly thereafter, and- Interviewer: Okay. Yes, I've heard of it. Speaker: Almost all the men and- and women who served- ah joined. ... legions nowadays are having a tough time, because, you-know, the old-timers have all died off ...

But you know I- I can thank the good lord (inc) pop cans alone. I buy them from the schools and from the legion and little old ladies up- keeps them, little kids that gathering them up and believe me I don't make no money in these pop cans but it puts a lot of food on the table for certain people. It helps school children go on a trip.

... believe me I don't make no money in these pop cans but it puts a lot of food on the table for certain people. It helps school children go on a trip. And it helps the legion keep the legion open. (Phone rings) And that's what it's all about. Today, people aren't like that. They wouldn't care about that but I still do. And- and out of a-- I wouldn't have made my trucking on it but I made some people happy.

I'm going to make money on it. And I'm going to make money off bigger people. But on- not off school kids or- or school, or legion or children that (inc) (phone rings) and older people. Like I don't know what you want to hear in this interview but-

The Hargrave was- w-- was the third mine from- this is the Tolburn, the Silver-night and then the Hargrave, eh? It was one of the bigger one. It was the Silver-night and the- you know when you go ah, to the legion- ... Well that's the Hargrave property. The legion and where the- the diamond drilling place is- ... And you know where the bingo hall is? ... That- that was the f-- the recreation ah, building for the Hargrace-Mine, eh?

Interviewer: Oh, tell me about those. What's a fifty-fifty draw? Speaker: Well we have one fifty-fifty is ah, fift-- f-- f-- half of the money I pick up goes to the legion and another goes to the person. And then we have a draw for the bus driver.

Interviewer: Was there anything that you remember being here in Porcupine when you were growing up younger that it- isn't here anymore or- ? I-- i-- a major change maybe? Speaker: Well just the legionnaires. Like ah the people at the legion used to kind-of ah have a big parade, ah more than once a year actually. They were practicing their bagpipes or other activities and they don't ah do that too often. There's not much going on, not even for members eh?

So you go to their- they have a presentation every year and you go and they have a flower show and then show the winners of the roses, and the best ah, you-know, vegetables and that's ah you get out to see that. And then our Legion is- I said, our Legion's busy. ... Like it's still carrying on after all these years.

Well, have to go and rent a bus for the Legion and they take it to him. Four times a year, I only go (fumbling).

But this is a lovely red outfit, I remember. And oh all the people are dead now that helped to model. You know a lot of them from the legion. What was her name? ... You know his- you know his mother.

But anyway, it included everybody in the Y-M-C-A including dad and I always got a kick out of dad playing bridge at the Y-M-C-A. 'Cause dad could do this, you-know (laughs). Interviewer: Oh yeah, that's right. Speaker: At the legion. Interviewer: (Laughs)

Yeah there was Princess-Parklane, Charlie's-Goldrange, Bran-- you-know ah- Ashcan up the hill. Ah forgot what they called it, it was the Ashcan. Across the road ah Legion was just down the street. There were about ten on- just on the main drag.

... most of the guys that I worked with were v-- were veterans of the second World-War. They were all fairly young guys but they had been during- through the war and they always wanted to go to Legion for our- for our half day so we would go down there. That would be the only time I would go in a bar.

Interviewer: Yeah, sounds like there's plenty to do. Speaker: Yeah, yeah. Ah, th-- and then the legion, they have Yuk-Yuks come every once in a while.

Speaker: But ah- and then the legion has lots of things going on. Interviewer: Oh yeah? Speaker: Th-- they have darts and they have pool, and they play euchre, and-things-like-that. Interviewer: Wow. Do you go and do those? Speaker: No.

And- well he was in great spirits. He didnt want the guys to go home and I- it was getting after midnight and I said, "Look it. I have to go to work, he has to meet a bunch of the guys at one-o'clock at the legion because-" oh, we had an airplane too, I forgot to tell you that.

A fellow was a- a Norwegian fellow that used to live in Kirkland-Lake was in Toronto. He was flying up at Toronto. And a bunch of the guys that were going to meet at the legion ah ah to um- um plan- make plans for they were flying into this lake to fish.

I'm also part of Mothers-Against-Drunk-Driving. Interviewer: Oh yeah. Speaker: Part of the Canadian-Legion, just, I've just- I've done some- I've done lots of volunteer work for the Canadian-Mental-Health-Association. I've done fashion shows to help fundraise money.