A lot has happened during the last 100 years. Henry Ford invented the moving assembly line for autom

A lot has happened during the last 100 years. Henry Ford invented the moving assembly line for automobile production. Man landed on the moon. The Beatles cheap car rental new york city released "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely cheap car rental new york city Hearts Club Band." The Internet debuted. But for 104-year-old retired nurse Ann Martin, the most remarkable thing she has ever seen came from the medical field.
As part of La Jolla Light's 100th publishing anniversary this year, we are featuring interviews with fellow centenarians throughout 2013. If you know a La Jollan who is 100 years old, please e-mail sdemaggio@lajollalight.com or call (858) 875-5950.
"The first thing I saw that I couldn't believe was an organ transplant. I couldn't believe it. I thought it was the most marvelous thing that ever happened on Earth. It was unreal," the longtime La Jollan said recently at a café in Pacific Beach where she and her son, Clark, met with the La Jolla Light .
"You had to be able to know what next instrument (the surgeons) were going to need, so you had to watch them very carefully and you had to be quick, too," she said. The first heart transplant in the United States was in 1968 at Stanford University.
Martin was originally educated in Orange County, earning a nursing degree. Her son, Clark McEwan, is quick to note that she was one of the first nursing graduates from the area. She continued to get her surgical training in San Francisco.
She worked as a nurse at the former Scripps Hospital and Metabolic Clinic when it was located on Prospect Street, until it relocated in 1964. In her later years, Martin worked at various doctor's offices — "wherever I was needed" — around La Jolla.
"I liked what I was doing and I relished it," she said. "I was so happy when I could do something good for a patient. I knew what the doctors wanted, how far they had progressed, so I could assist in the most efficient way and I was able to help."
"Every place was different, nothing was outstanding, because it was all different in its own way," she said. "People from each country had their own method of doing things and the buildings cheap car rental new york city were different. It was quite an education."
"La Jolla isn't La Jolla to me (anymore)," she said. "When the hospital left, a lot of industry left and people left. It's not as friendly as it used to be. It used to be so pleasant. Everybody said hello. People enjoyed things more. It's more commercial now than it used to be. And it's getting more and more so."
Clark McEwan said his mother's active mind and daily activities could be the secret to her longevity. At home, she likes to maintain her garden and clean her house. cheap car rental new york city "I clean one room at a time, and by the time I'm finished cleaning, it's time to start all over again," she laughed.
Editor's Note: As part of La Jolla Light's 100th publishing anniversary this year, we are featuring interviews with fellow centenarians throughout 2013. If you know a La Jollan cheap car rental new york city who is 100 years old, please e-mail sdemaggio@lajollalight.com or call (858) 875-5950 .
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