Interviewer: And the fact that you passed it on to your kids too. Speaker: Well, it was- it- well ah, actually it was because of a chap in Haliburton Dale-Jeremy who was president of the legion at the time. And he really wanted to play band in the legion. And- and so he, in recent (inc) well I can- I can teach some to play- I've never been in a band but you-know I can teach them to play the pipes.

And we- we usually in the summer, we practise down by the lake on Tuesda-- well it was Tuesday night, now it's Monday nights, we got a switch in where we practise. So we practise in the legion and ah- and ah in the winter and- but in the summer we'd be down there in ah- it's ah- yeah it's been- been quite a thing.

... it was ah a parade of- the- where they had a local brass band I-guess and- and it would be buggies or-whatever, that was your float should be I-guess. I never saw one. Ah, when I got ah involved it was the legion were doing ah a parade. In fact, my brother and I used to pipe when there was just two pipers and sometimes there might be- we might have a drummer or-that.

But we've a nice time. But there's- and- last night I was at- the home support have this ah, ah, supper every- once a month. O-- at the legion. And ah, they provide a very nice supper and they always have some entertainment. So I was at it.

Interviewer: Lawn-bowling? Speaker: Lawn-bowling. That's it. Yeah. ... Yeah a-- and th-- in the winter they have ah, they do it in legion, in the upstairs.

Speaker 2: ... there was a big sign on the door, "Residents, watch out, there's a bear on the premises." (Laughs) ... Oh they used to go in town and- and they were hanging around the school too. Speaker: Right across the road from the legion when our daughter got married, there was an old bear and two cubs that night right in town, up the tree. Climbed the tree.

My grandfather, an old (inc) lived here in town. He was a Salvation-Army guy. They started the legion hall in Haliburton. I can't tell you what year it was, I think its in the- (inc) up there. They started the legion hall in Haliburton back in them days. Interviewer 4: And you- are most people involved with the legion hall here? Speaker 2: Not anymore.

... he was an undertaker and he looked after most of the pi-- the- the- for the veterans to go to England. Well, it ended up that he didn't need the tickets so he brought it to the legion one day and give it to Earl for the two of us like a ticket for each one of us. So anyway, we left and we went to England.

But he said it's entirely up to you and ah, he said you could have that extra money to go on bus trips, you-know like a day type- ... Of-thing, you-know, that the legion used to have. And um- so anyway, as time wore on, I went down and talked to the administrator here ...

Speaker 2: We- we were at a dance down the street here, Monday night. Speaker: Supper at the legion? Speaker 2: Yeah.

Interviewer: Do you play a lot of pool? Speaker: Well sometimes at the legion in Wilberforce ah Friday afternoons they play pool. Interviewer: Oh yeah? Speaker: But ah now I'd rather be outside playing horseshoes.

Interviewer: So you remember helping out your dad a lot then do you? Speaker: Yes. Yeah we would ah- a lot- of course in those days, we hunted, we fished on Lake-Simcoe and- and ah as a kid um I would set into the bowling alley which is now the legion. So we would manually set up games of ten pin.

But, ah, the other day Elmer phoned and said he was going- when he was going by to see his brother he left this, ah, Legion magazine. ... I don't- I don't think all the Legion magazines would be the same but this is a special edition, I guess- ... For this time of year.

Speaker 2: And there were people around town that played maybe fiddles and- ... And all that. ... Speaker: So that was a bit different. And eventually, ah, after that they got the Legion. That would be after we got married, right? Speaker 2: Yeah. Speaker: Yeah. 'Cause it was a bowling alley at one time. And then the bowling alley sort of petered out.

... it was a bowling alley at one time. And then the bowling alley sort of petered out. 'Cause we belonged to bowling- we did belong to the bowling, ah- ... League. ... And then, ah, it kind of petered out and they- somebody- I guess the Legion bought it and made it into a Legion. ... So that's where the dances then- ... Became popular.

We had over a hundred people there. Well almost a hundred, not- not over the hundred, about a hundred. ... And we just kept it simple. We just booked the legion, said we'll do visiting potluck. Somebody said "Are you having music," I said no. "Are you having speeches?" "No. We're just going to visit and talk." And we did and it was great.

Interviewer: So you're saying you got married in town in Barry's-Bay, where did you have your reception? Speaker: Our reception actually was at the Legion. At the Legion, yes. Interviewer: Okay, that must've been nice.

Interviewer: What about the reception for your wedding? Where did you do that? Speaker: Okay we had the wedding at Saint-Lawrence's, and then we went to the Legion. Where did we take pictures? I don't even think we took pictures. We didn't go anywhere fancy, you-know like a lot of people go to (inc)-Park or they go to Wilno ... Um anyway we went to the Legion and then we had dinner um- and I ah- it was mostly my mother.

We used to go on the train when the train was here, we were young, eight, nine. We would all go, the- the ah- I think it was the Legion would pay for all the kids to go on a train and feed us and we would go to see the queen. Whenever she came to Ottawa. I-mean we've been this mass of people and-all- every- we were s-- "Wave now! Everybody wave now!"

Interviewer: Oh, you married your high-school sweetheart! Speaker: Ah, yes but ah, later on we divorced, but anyway. (laughs) Such is life, but I was glad, because I had my three kids, and ah, I'm very happy about that, oh, we did a lot of things. There was- at the Legion hall in Barry's-Bay, there was Le-- there were dances, that we used to go to, every Saturday night, they had a dance at the Legion, so my sisters and friends, we would all- all go there on Saturday nights!