A Big Day for the WAVES -- 15 Iowa Girls Join
Monday was a big day for girls to join the WAVES as 15 Iowa girls took the oath and received their orders for training at the old federal building. The girls are (left to right, seated): Marjorie Drayton, Algona; Betty George, Clare; Evelyn Johnson, Fort Dodge; (second row, seated) Winifred Plumb, Algona; June Gray, Belmond; and June Steadman, 2801 Westover blvd.; (standing) Veleta Richards, Burlington; Beatrice Longworth, 3315 Seventh st.; Betty Carlisle, Burlington; Phyllis Robinson, Shelby; Mabel Lindstrom, Fort Dodge; Betty Bruns, Mason City; Loretta Peterson, Fort Dodge; Lucille Kuecker, Algona; (in fur coat) Betty Doyle, 3519 Crocker st.
Source: The DesMoines Register, December 28, 1943 (photo included)
Six Kossuth Girls Leave for WAVE Training Tuesday
The 6:30 bus Tuesday morning carried six Kossuth girls who are on their way to take training for the WAVES. They reported at Camp Dodge Tuesday and from there will proceed to Chicago and then on to Hunters College, New York, for the regular course in training. The girls were:
Maxine Brundage, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Brundage, Algona.
Mary Virginia Knudsen, daughter of Jens Knudsen, Algona.
Marjorie Drayton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will Drayton, Algona.
Winifred Plumb, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred W. Plumb, Algona.
Lucille Kuecker, daughter of Mrs. Ida Kuecker, Lone Rock.
Hazel Johnson, Swea City.
Source: Algona Upper DesMoines, January 11, 1944
Three local WAVES left the first of the week after having visited relatives and friends for seven days on a delay enroute on travel time.
Winifred Plumb, Y 3/c, left Sunday night for San Diego and will be assigned to duty somewhere in the 11th Naval district. She has been in Stillwater, Okla., for three months.
Marjorie Drayton, Y 3/c, left Sunday for Washington, D.C., for assignment to duty. She has been stationed at Stillwater, Okla.
Maxine Brundage left Monday night for San Francisco for further assignment. She came from Milledgeville, Georgia, where she has had three months training as storekeeper.
Margaret Plumb, sister of Winifred, will complete her boot training at Hunters College, New York, this week and will then be assigned elsewhere for further training.
Source: The Algona Upper DesMoines, Tuesday, May 23, 1944
This is a picture of the former Marjorie Drayton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Will Drayton, who since last November 5th has been Mrs. Russell Howard. Her secret marriage was announced in last week's paper.
Mrs. Howard is at home at 1222 Massachusetts Ave., N.W., Washington 5, D.C.
Source: The Algona Upper DesMoines, May 24, 1945 (photo included)
