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Ms. Stevens talks about finding a job at Hayward's and maintaining contact with the many friends she made during her wartime service in the navy.
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Interviewer: Was it difficult to re-adjust to civilian life?
Oh... didn't I, and it's the same when I retired, I was all confused, I thought, oh what do I do, where do I go, cause I mean, well my mom passed away in ‘51 but my dad was still living and I just thought, well what do I do, where do I go and I was talking to someone and they said, "Kay, go down to Hayward's, they're looking for people down there." So, I thought, well I'll make a break and go, so I did, I went down there and they interviewed me and they hired me because Bill Hayward - he had been in the service - and he said, "You're coming out of the service." So he said, "No," he said, " I'm gonna look after you." So I worked with him for three years, three and a half years.
Interviewer: Did your service years change you?
Ah yes they did to a certain extent. I can't say how or what but I mean I, I got a different outlook on life. As I say, I went in, I was 18 in March and I went in in November and then I thought, well gee-whiz I've seen part of the country and I've done this and I've done this so I can't really say, you know what it's, what it's done. Really the camaraderie that I had with some of the people, in fact, I'm still friends with, with 4 or 5 that I correspond with. In fact I still, she lives in Oromocto and I'm still friends with her. She comes down, we go away together, once in a while we go away together, we were down to see the Tattoo in June or July, sorry. And I correspond with a gal out West and there's one in Ontario that I still correspond with.