Transcript
Toggle Index/Transcript View Switch.
Index
Search this Index
X
00:00:03 - Introduction

Play segment

00:00:45 - Ice fishing; cold, hard work. Short description of process.

Play segment

00:01:56 - Incident with falling through ice. No time to go home to change clothes; becomes sick.

Play segment

00:05:12 - Quits school at 15 to fish. Father never attended school, urges son to work.

Play segment

00:05:57 - Leaves Dyckesville to come to Green Bay in 1922. Family too large to all remain in area.

Play segment

00:07:16 - Ice fishing 18 miles out. Cracks in bay. Chop through ice drifts. Horses had blinders.

Play segment

00:09:10 - Incidents when felt fear. Horses almost through water. Ice moves.

Play segment

00:13:38 - Sewing nets in spare time to save money.

Play segment

00:15:00 - Division of labor; brother Bill to barn with 'girls' to do chores. Oliver helps with nets, cares for horses.

Play segment

00:15:56 - Hauling fish. Used hay rack for big load. 300 lb. barrels of fish. Hauled to Luxemburg. Shipped on train to Chicago. Carp prepared there by Jews.

Play segment

00:18:19 - His father gave nets when married. Fished with uncle for season after. Family argument breaks up partnership.

Play segment

00:20:01 - Most neighbors fished, too. Important financially for big families.

Play segment

00:21:13 - Meals. Sandwiches on ice. Fish for evening meal; preparation of. Eaten more than meat. Mrs. DeBaker's family ate much pork.

Play segment

00:23:52 - Incident when almost lost nets. Close call 'just to save money.'

Play segment

00:27:35 - Dyckesville; its location in relation to fishing spots, formations of ice.

Play segment

00:28:41 - Boat. They recover and revamp a sunken sailboat.

Play segment