Summary: | Oral interview with Mary O'Quinn, conducted by Dale Gilbert Jarvis, recorded at the College of the North Atlantic in Stephenville. 00:00 — Mary gives family and biographical information; typist on base; moved to Ontario; sisters marrying Americans; 01:55 — intermarriages; American brothers-in-law; 02:43 — dances at the Red Rose, Fun Palace, Clover Club, teen club on base; teen radio program; 04:12 — exhibit during Friendly Invasion; history of Stephenville before the base; local family names; 06:17 — French language in communities; French language in family; settlement; 07:48 — response to exhibit; 09:45 — Bay St. George connection to United States; sisters living away; family visiting; Stephenville as home; soldiers memories; 12:22 — favourite memories; drum and bugle band; 13:44 — bands and performers that came to Stephenville.
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