Number: CA JMABC A.1971.001-20.16-21
Name: Janice Masur
Interviewer: Alysa Routtenberg
Date: July 18th, 2016
Place: Peretz Centre
Project: The Jewish Historical Society of British Columbia Oral History Project
Part 1 Summary:
00:00: The interviewer, Alysa Routtenberg, introduces herself and Janice Masur who is being interviewed about her former father-in-law’s scrap metal business called Felix Salvage.
00:30: Masur was married to Wayne Freedman whose father, Felix owned the business with his brother Ben. She describes where the business was located in Surrey and the people who worked there. Masur also recounts some of what happened to the business including a fire after Felix Freedman passed away and Wayne took over the ownership.
5:52: Masur had her own career and not much to do with the business which was eventually sold.
7:37: Masur describes some of the Freedman family life and where her former husband was raised.
10:01: Sabie Freedman, Wayne’s mother, traded in stocks.
11:08: Routtenberg asks what Wayne’s work life and the business were like when he was in charge.
12:17: The speakers discuss Felix Salvage’s competition as well as the buying and selling of scrap metal.
15:03: The business was sold around the year 1980. Wayne did not work after selling the business.
16:32: End of Part 1.
Part 2 Summary:
00:00 Masur describes her good relationship with Annie Freedman, who was married to Ben Freedman.
00:40: End of Part 2 and end of Interview.