ARMY NURSE
Miss Mary Ethel Brown, chief dietitian at the Moline City hospital since 1934, has resigned to become an army nurse, according to announcement today by Miss Marguerite Brooks, superintendent. She will leave Monday for duty at Lawson General hospital in Atlanta, Ga.
Miss Brown is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Brown, 2114 Marquette street, Davenport. She received her B.A. degree at Clark college, Dubuque, and interned in dietetics at Michael Reese hospital, Chicago. For the past year she has served as secretary of the Tri-City Nutrition council.
Source: The Daily Times, Davenport IA - May 15, 1942 (photo included)
SECOND SISTER TO AID UNCLE SAM -- Miss Janet Brown, 2114 Marquette street, Davenport, left, who has enlisted in the WAVES, is shown with her sister, Lt. Mary E. Brown, home on leave as a dietician assigned to Lawson general hospital, Atlanta, Ga.
Source: The Daily Times, August 10, 1943 (photo included)
Mary E. Brown Is Married to Dr. Jos. Carroll
Mr. and Mrs. W.H. Brown, 2114 Marquette street, announce the marriage of their daughter, Lieut. Mary Ethel Brown to Dr. Joseph Carroll of Troy, Ala. Vows were spoke at a military wedding at 6 p.m. Saturday at the post chapel at Lawson General hospital in Atlanta, Ga., with the chaplain, Capt. Anthony Connell officiating
The bride was escorted to the altar by Major James H. Stephens. Miss Janet Brown, sister of the bride, who was recently discharged from the WAVES, was maid of honor.
Source: The Quad-City Times, Davenport IA - June 3, 1946
