ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEW
Edith Feicha Cormier
June 25, 1985
by Barbara Higgins Aubrey

0:00:30	Shows an extractor that she worked on and pictures of girls she worked with.
0:01:30	Talked about a reunion she organized.
0:02:16	Named some of the girls she had worked with: Dolly Costa, Alice Morise, Cathleen Maggi, Dorothy Gosland, and Shirley Shear.
0:02:48	Showed pictures of women who set up some of the machines.
0:04:20	Showed pictures of Al Hendrix and Mike Monteague.
0:04:53	Worked at Bldg. 104 and Bldg. 120, then in Bldg. 20 during the Korean War.
0:05:30	Worked on the MI extractor in both the Korean War and WWII.
0:06:12	Went to trade school to learn how to run the machines.
0:07:29	Talked about the reporter who wrote up an article about the people at the reunion.
0:08:10	Lost the tip of her finger in the machine.
0:09:33	Describes what happened at the time of the accident.
0:10:41	Describes application procedure.
0:11:27	Describes how the different areas of the shop were for different parts of the gun.
0:12:12	Car-pooled or took the bus to and from work.
0:12:38	Brought her lunch to work.
0:13:32	Talks of the older women who worked with her. Shows a picture of the woman who was the checker on the floor.
0:15:18	Talks of the times she spent with friends after work.
0:16:50	Talks of a woman she had worked with who died just before their Armory reunion, Shirley Shear O'Neal.
0:18:42	Discusses outings to the beach, picnics, a party, and going down town after work.
0:19:24	Shows a picture of a coworker Lorreta Higgins.
0:20:25	Talks of a story written about the reunion she organized after 50 years.
0:22:14	Got to know girls through work not through school.
0:22:51	Talks about the officers who would make inspections.
0:23:21	Had to wear hairnets.
0:24:20	Remembered a woman who had an accident because her hair caught in a machine.
0:24:56	Describes how she wore nice clothes but other women had to wear coveralls if they worked on large machines.
0:25:38	Worked on a small filing machine.
0:26:11	Describes the file used.
0:28:10	Talks about the old movie theaters.
0:29:51	Did not remember a beauty competition.
0:30:28	First worked days then went on alternating shifts war effort increased.
0:30:47	First job was working at the Armory.
0:31:13	Laid off in 1945, went back for the Korean War.
0:31:55	Worked at sewing and as a sales girl. Then stayed home after having children.
0:33:08	Enjoyed shop work.
0:35:13	Some flirting, but mostly among floor ladies and bosses.
0:36:32	Giving interviewer phone numbers of various coworkers.
0:37:55	Did not wear gloves herself, but some workers did.
0:38:24	Talks about I.D. badges.
0:39:16	Explains Floor Lady's job.
0:40:25	Began working in 1942.
0:40:44	Talks about how glad she was when the war ended.
0:41:25	Had two brothers, one in the air force and one in the army. Also had a sister.
0:43:02	All her coworkers were single during WWII.
0:43:54	Had two children.
0:44:07	Talks about getting a reporter for the reunion she organized.
0:45:09	Used to go bowling after work or to a movie.
0:46:00	Husband wanted her to stay home.
0:47:26	Talks about how all the factories have closed in the area.
0:47:37	Discusses why the Armory closed.
0:48:31	Talks about her fear of nuclear missiles and the American hostage situation.