WAVES AT AIB
Pictured here are thirteen ex-WAVES who are preparing for careers in the business world or civil service. They are attending A.I.B., Iowa's largest and most distinguished business training school. Left to right, front row: Geraldyne Burke Turner, Des Moines; Thelma Accord, Riverton; Alma Tappan, Chelsea; Marie Rosburg, Maxwell. Middle Row: Delores De Wees, Harlan; Roberta Callison, Newton; Barbara L. Osmond, Creston; Lillian Prusha, Chelsea; Loretta Brayton, West Des Moines. Back Row, Mary Elizabeth Austin, Clarion; Helen Rock, Des Moines; Martha Davis, Oskaloosa; Lucy Crabtree, Des Moines.
Source: The Des Moines Register, September 8, 1946 (photograph included)
Roland Smith and Grace G. Barnard Austin Family - Wright Co.
Mary Elizabeth “Betty” Austin (Bates) was born May 24, 1921. She died May 4, 2001 and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Clarion, IA.
Betty served with the U.S. Navy WAVES and was a Pharmacist 3rd Class and designated X-Ray Technician.
Sources: “Ordinary Heroes”, by Judge Newt Draheim, Chapter 74 - and ancestry.com
