Full audio file. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 1 - Introduction. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 2 - Making and drinking Hoegaarden Beer. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 3 - Burnt crusts gave beer dark color. Bock beer drunk at Eastertime. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 4 - Grandfather got secret by working at Hoegaardern, Belgium in a brewery. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 5 - Mr. Allard surprised that his grandfather knew the secret. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 6 - Beer can't be kept long, isn't sterilized. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 7 - Making beer to get a high alcohol content. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 8 - He doesn't know how it tastes spoiled, it was always drunk too fast. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 9 - Recipe lost. Was passed to his mother and she never wrote it down. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 10 - Hoegaarden is a city in Belgium. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 11 - Brickmaking with sand in the area. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 12 - His family only made one color (red) other types made in Green Bay and De Pere. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 13 - Father made and sold bricks (brickmaking process). Tape 1, Side 1, Part 14 - Sturgeon fishing (John Francis Vincent). Tape 1, Side 1, Part 15 - Sturgeon sold for 1 cent a pound (they weight about 125 pounds). Tape 1, Side 1, Part 16 - Hauled fish to Green Bay early next morning for selling before it got hot. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 17 - Peddled potatoes and food in Green Bay. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 18 - Seines: their function and use (nets for fishing). Tape 1, Side 1, Part 19 - Also caught pike and herring in the Bay. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 20 - Sturgeon stayed alive all night on the sand. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 21 - Less fishing now due to pollution. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 22 - Ice fishing on the Bay. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 23 - Went fishing by car or sleigh. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 24 - Ate own herring, never sold them. Ate them fried. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 25 - Sturgeon good cooked, had few bones. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 26 - Most Belgians fished and farmed at the same time. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 27 - Grandfather was Flemish (could speak 10 languages). Tape 1, Side 1, Part 28 - Oilcloth maps of Belgium. Tape 1, Side 1, Part 29 - Had a small farm due to father's death. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 1 - Products from farm - had small farm so brother became auto mechanic. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 2 - Sold milk and Mr. Ausloos did carpentry work on the side. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 3 - Mother's father helped with farm after father's death. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 4 - Children's work on the farm. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 5 - Field work, haying. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 6 - Electricity - impact on farm. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 7 - Layout of farm. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 8 - Had to keep great-grandmother 1 week after she died because of blizzard (winter burial). Tape 1, Side 2, Part 9 - Funeral services and wakes. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 10 - Funerals in Belgium different. Reactions of Belgian visitors to mausoleums and funeral practices. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 11 - Churches and cathedrals in Belgium purely for tourists. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 12 - Three parties in Belgium; Christian Democrats, Socialist Labor and Independents. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 13 - Men did not attend the church services at a funeral in Belgium. Part Tape 1, Side 2, 14 - When local Green Bay men went to Belgium they attended many churches. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 15 - Belgian churches for tourists. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 16 - Belgians who came to US last summer say there isn't much churchgoing in Belgium. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 17 - Passing land from father to children, problems with lawyers and the legal agreements. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 18 - Farmers often got money by selling land to the county for roads. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 19 - Children were given a share of money from parents to start own farms. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 20 - Parents usually stayed on the farm but sometimes went to the city. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 21 - Wooden shoes on the farm and in school. 40 cents a pair 50 years ago from Neater DeBeck. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 22 - Few farmers had hired hands. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 23 - Mr. Ausloos attended a one-room school house and later vocational school for carpentry. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 24 - Attend Mt. May school near New Franken. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 25 - Teachers were Miss Evrats, Donavon and Nora Bodart. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 26 - He already spoke English when he started school. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 27 - Grandmother only spoke Walloon (he thinks its similar to German). Tape 1, Side 2, Part 28 - Punished for speaking Walloon in school. Tape 1, Side 2, Part 29 - Teaching a little girl to speak English. Tape 2, Side 1, Part 1 - 1 3/4 mile walk to school - seldom got a ride. Tape 2, Side 1, Part 2 - Took a buck of lunch. Tape 2, Side 1, Part 3 - All 8 grades were in one room, about 50 children. Tape 2, Side 1, Part 4 - Procedure for teaching the subjects. Tape 2, Side 1, Part 5 - Layout of the school house (stove heating of room). Tape 2, Side 1, Part 6 - Recess (played own version of baseball). Tape 2, Side 1, Part 7 - He feels that schools today are inferior. Tape 2, Side 1, Part 8 - Punishment for speaking Walloon. Tape 2, Side 1, Part 9 - Advantages cousin had in Northern Africa because he could speak Walloon. Tape 2, Side 1, Part 10 - Medical care on the farms among the Belgians. Tape 2, Side 1, Part 11 - Father's sister died of appendicitis because of limited medical care. Tape 2, Side 1, Part 12 - His mother's own home cures. Tape 2, Side 1, Part 13 - Chicken pox. Tape 2, Side 1, Part 14 - Doctor seldom visited (only when near death or for childbirth). Tape 2, Side 1, Part 15 - Veterinary care (birth of calves). Tape 2, Side 1, Part 16 - Peddlers (Watkins, Raleigh, McNess). Tape 2, Side 1, Part 17 - Purchased vanilla and liniment from them. Tape 2, Side 1, Part 18 - Identification of peddlers and description of their occupation. Tape 2, Side 1, Part 19 - Fire service in the Belgian area. Tape 2, Side 1, Part 20 - How fires were handled before there was fire service. Tape 2, Side 1, Part 21 - Rebuilding after the fire. Neighbors helped. Tape 2, Side 1, Part 22 - Description of a fire near his farm. Superstitious man burnt down his own home.
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