For this episode I interview Terri Mazer, a resident in Long-Term Care at the Village of Riverside Glen, and she was joined by Rec-team member Nao. Terri was born in Hamilton, and some of her simplest memories are her fondest, like her weekly coffee meet-ups with her friends where they could catch up and gossip. Terri shared that she's over a hundred years old, and worked as a Teletypist as a young woman in WWII - a job that was top-secret during the war. It fascinating to hear the details of a job that she wouldn't have been able to describe at the time, receiving a slip of paper from her Superior, and typing messages into the Teletype Machine that would appear on a different machine somewhere else in the world - not privy to what the message meant, nor how it would impact the War that was happening. Terri felt compelled to help the War effort, but was never a fan of the war and wishes we could understand that we are all human, and resist the urge to fight (a sentiment she hopes we are leaning on during this pandemic). Thank you Terri for sharing your story today!
This interview was originally recorded on Aug 11th, 2021
