Edward Feuz 82, telling of carving, March 5, 1967.
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- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Scope & Content
- Reference copy available. Summary available.
- Date Range
- 1967
- Reference Code
- S37 / 7
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Part Of
- Peter and Catharine Whyte fonds
- Description Level
- 6 / Item
- Series
- I.D. Peter and Catharine Whyte sound recordings
- Reference Code
- S37 / 7
- Date Range
- 1967
- Physical Description
- 1 sound recording
- Scope & Content
- Reference copy available. Summary available.
- Content Details
- Source: Edward Feuz Date: March 5, 1967 Interviewed by: Catharine Whyte Speed: 3 ¾ Remarks: Dorothy Whyte and Bill [?] are present Edward Feuz, age 82, tells of time when he chopped down a bush full of knobs and had to make three or four trips in his car to take all the wood home. [Bill] brings in a piece of diamond willow wood from the car to show Catharine Edward talks of wood for his carvings. Have also made standing lamps. Edward is going to have a display for his carvings in Golden. Went to school with Rudolf Aemmer. Rudolf was an ivory carver by trade. He used to carve beautiful Edelweiss flowers out of ivory. Picked up the language and came to Canada with Rudolf in ’12. Edward talks about how he started in Canada. “in ’18 we [Rudolf, Walter and Edward] shut Lake Louise down”, was living in the construction bungalow there. Edward says Basil Gardom taught him how to ski and went with him into the Yoho in 1924 and located all of ‘these’ camps. Plain of six glaciers – Edward wanted to have a little business there, “they [the CPR] took it away, Edward had plans all made. Basil Gardom had built it and gave Edwards the first chance to rent it. Edward’s daughters used to put on their Swiss costumes (1925), entertained the guest and made a lot of tips. Basil built the Swiss house at Lake Louise. Edward had to look after the campsites at Lake Louise. In a mild winter Rudolf and Edward would be together, would usually run out of reading material. One evening he just picked up a stick and started to whittle. Rudolf had brought a set of chisels that he had used in Switzerland and Ruldolf started to make swallows, Edelweiss flowers and paper knives. Edward still has the first piece of stick he had picked up – it is now a lamp in his living room Early Spencer lived in golden, also carved wood. Edward buried Basil Gardom’s ashes but has promised not to tell. Edward’s father’s diaries are going to the American alpine club but Edward’s diaries are going to the Alpine Club of Canada. Catherine shows Edward her plans for the archives – Catharine says there’s also room for the Alpine Club of Canada Library should they wish to send them here from Vancouver. Edward says he has thousands of slides. Walter Feuz has purchased the Swiss Village – 6 houses on the hill. Edward says he’ll never forget the time that Peter and Catharine went to Switzerland to visit with his mother and father.
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