WAVE of the Day
Mardese Lavern Burnett, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. LaVerne Burnett, 1923 Division street, has enlisted in the WAVES, and is awaiting orders to report to Hunter college, New York City, where she will receive her navy "boot" training.
She was graduated from Davenport high school in 1941 and was in the Quill club while in school. She has been employed at the Rock Island arsenal, and in now at Petersen-Harned-Van Maur.
She has one brother, E.A. Burnett, in the United States navy, now station in the South Pacific.
Source: The Daily Times, Davenport IA - June 21, 1944 (photo included)
Miss Mardese Burnett, seaman, first class, in the WAVES, who is spending a week'd leave here, and her brother, Edwin Burnett, fire controlman, first class, are both assigned to posts in Washington, D.C. Their parents are Mr. and Mrs/ L.E. Burnett, 1923 Division street.
Miss Burnett, who is serving as a key punch operator on her naval duty, left for training at Hunter college in August, 1944. She had been employed at the Rock Island arsenal and at the Petersen Harned Van Maur depoartment store.
Edwin Burnett is in his seventh year of service in the navy and has been stationed in Washington since August.
Source: The Daily Times, March 1, 1945 (photo included)
