Joins WAVES
Miss Margaret Helen Murphy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Murphy, 633 East Lombard street, Davenport, was sworn into the WAVES on July, and will leave in the middles of the month for Hunter college in New York.
Miss Murphy was graduated from the Immaculate Conception academy, and is employed by the Northwest Bell Telephone Co.
Source: The Daily Times, Davenport IA - July 6, 1943 (photo included)
Wave of the Day
Margaret H. Murphy, Sp. X, third class, returned to Washington D.C. after spending a 15-day leave at the home of her parents Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Murphy, 633 East Lombard street.
Miss Murphy received her "boot" training at Hunter's college in the Bronx, New York, and went on direct assignment from there to Washington, D.C.
She is a graduate of the Immaculate Conception academy and was employed by the Northwest Bell Telephone Co. She has bee serving in the WAVES for a period of one year.
Source: The Daily Times, June 13, 1944 (photo included)
Mr. and Mrs. E.J. Murphy of 633 East Lombard street, Davenport, announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Margaret H. Murphy, Petty officer, second class, in the WAVES, to Ensign Paul H. McManus, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. McManus of DeWitt. No date has been set for the wedding but it will take place in the near future at St Paul the Apostle church.
The bride-elect is a graduate of the Immaculate Conception academy and was employed at the Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. prior to her enlistment in July of 1943. She is engaged in naval communications work.
Ensign MacManus attended St. Joseph's school at DeWitt, enlisted in the navy in September of 1940 and received his commission in September of 1944. He has participated in several major engagements in the South Pacific. At present both are stationed at the United Sates naval receiving station at Washington, D.C.
Source: The Daily Times, February 15, 1945 (photo included)
