Des Moines in the Service
Four Des Moines women Wednesday completed a five-week indoctrination course at the WAVE naval school at Cedar Falls, Ia., They are Geneva G. Bell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P.J. Bell, 3701 E. Twenty-fifth st.; Margaret A. Brown, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. Brown, 3940 Twelfth st.; Eunice L. Dick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. Dick, 2439 Capitol ave.; and Dorothy J Dawson, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. L.E. Dawson, 630 Forty-eighth st.
Source: Des Moines Tribune, January 20, 1943
Two D.M. WAVES On Duty in Capital
Two Des Moines WAVES now are on duty with the navy in Washington, D.C, at the hydrographic office. They are Geneva G. Bell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P.J. Bell, 2327 E. Twelfth st., and Evelyn A. Secrist, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. R Gaudineer, route 6.
They are among several thousand women who have been assigned to Washington to serve as direct replacements for navy men, releasing them to fight at sea with the fleet. They are quartered in special barracks.
Source: The Des Moines Register, June 30, 1943
Des Moines in the Services
Geneva G. Bell, yeoman, second class, in the WAVES, now is stationed at Kaneohe in the Hawaiian islands. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R.J. Bell, 2327 E. Twelfth st.
Source: Des Moines Tribune, April 9, 1945
