Local WAVE Is Given Promotion
Word of the promotion of Eva Mae Fitch from yeoman 3/c to yeoman 2/c at the bureau of naval personnel in Arlington, Va., has been received by her parents., Mr. and Mrs. Alee Fitch, 216 Platner street.
Yeoman Fitch has been in the WAVES 18 months and is scheduled to arrive here Feb. 10 for a seven-day leave. She received her “boot” training at Hunter college, N. Y., and yeoman training at Stillwater, Okla.
Source: The Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Council Bluffs, Iowa, Wednesday, January 24, 1945, p. 5