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00:00:02 - Annual town meetings for Lincoln - description of the April meetings.

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00:02:17 - Women's role in local politics.

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00:04:08 - Shopping practices when she was young (Algoma was their main shopping center).

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00:06:10 - Peddlers came around.

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00:07:53 - Patent medicines and home remedies.

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00:09:48 - Preparations for the cows - medical care for the animals.

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00:11:28 - Medical doctors (Dr. Kerscher and Dr. Halloin, who delivered Mabel), and health care.

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00:12:57 - Hugh describes his experiences with Dr. Kerscher (Hugh and his driver).

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00:14:46 - Dental care - haphazard.

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00:15:06 - The schools often fulfilled the health care needs of the children - county nurses visited the schools, "Crusader" program kept track of the health habits of the youngsters. One year of physiology was taught.

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00:16:53 - More anecdotes about Hugh and Dr. Kerscher.

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00:17:33 - Belgian attitude toward money - they were usually very conservative.

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00:18:48 - Attitude toward mortgages, moneylenders, etc.

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00:22:01 - The existence of poetry, diaries, etc. was scarce. Mabel's aunt did do some writing, however.

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00:23:34 - Mabel's experiences with the library in Algoma (where there was less than total support for the library).

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00:25:09 - Method of funding the Algoma library.

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00:25:48 - The Algoma and Kewaunee libraries are actually city libraries. Until 1976 there were no county facilities at all.

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00:27:55 - Now a county library board has formed.

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00:28:34 - Door and Kewaunee Counties did participate in a bookmobile a few years ago, but the townships voted it down.

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00:29:13 - The attitude has been that one doesn't need libraries after he gets out of school.

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00:30:22 - Belgian foods.

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00:31:01 - Kermis - changes which have taken place in the celebration.

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00:31:42 - Her family background - three children (her folks did not believe in large families); all of the children went to high school, her Dad had a library of about 500 books, although he only had a 3rd grade education.

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00:33:09 - When she taught school and boarded in the Belgian community they had certain foods unique to them.

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