Front row: left to right: Lois Raskelly, Madeline Spelletich, Rosemary Schlak, Doris Finck and Betty Schmidt
Second row: Maxine Decker, Mable McNamara, Miriam Money, Ann Brooks, Barbra Bates, Fern Cather and Ensign Lucille Schoenfield
Third row: Mildred Filmer, Margarette Francis, Helen Crum, Sophie Peel, Margraten Goff and Betty Durand
Group of Enlistees in WAVES; Will Go to Hunter College Next Month
Shown above with Ensign Lucille Schoenfield, a recruiting officer, are some of the 36 girls who have enlisted in the WAVES, and received thier physical examinations Wednesday at the Hotel Blackhawk. They were sworn in by Lieut. William Black of Chicago, USN, with the exception of Miss McNamara, who will be sworn in next month when she has her 20th birthday.
Similar examinations are being held today for another group of 35 enlistees, secures during the 30-day campaign being conducted in the tri-cites.
One group of enlistees will leave for Hunter college in New York on Aug. 14; another group on Aug. 2; and still another on Aug. 28.
Source: The Daily Times, July 22, 1943 (photo included)
WAVE of the Day
Miriam (Mim) Money, sp. (T) 2/c, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H.N. Money, 323 East Seventh street, is now stationed at the U.S. Naval air station, Corpus Christi, Tex. Miss Money attend the local schools and was a member of the C.A.P. at Cram field and before leaving was qualified navigation instructor, with a rating of sergeant
Miss Money joined the WAVES last summer and received her indoctrination training at Hunter college, the Bronx, N.Y., and her advanced training at the Naval Air station in Atlanta Ga., from which she was graduated as a link trainer instructor. She is now teaching Naval Air Cadets the technique of instrument flight (blind flying) through this synthetic device.
Source: The Daily Times, Davenport IA - May 24, 1944 (photo included)
Miriam Ellen Victoria Money Brownlee was born Nov. 17, 1918 to N. Harold and F. Caroline Eads Money. She died Nov. 25, 1948 in CA. She was married to Robert Earl Brownlee. Robert served in World War II with the U.S. Navy.
Source: ancestry.com
