Des Moines in the Services
Pvt. Gladys N. Borrusch, WAC, is visiting her mother, Mrs. Burt Springer, 3801 Adams ave. Private Borrusch is stationed at Mitchel field, Long Island, N.Y.
Source: Des Moines Tribune, February 10, 1944
Takes Vows in New York
Mr. and Mrs. Burt Springer, 3801 Adams ave., announce the marriage of their daughter, Sgt. Gladys N. Borrusch, WAC communications to Cpl. Michael F. Kelley, inspector of food service, son of Mr and Mrs. John J. Kelley of Boston, Mass., both stationed at Mitchell field in New York. The marriage took place Sunday at the Little Church Around the Corner, New York with Rev. Randolph Roy officiating.
The bride formerly owned a drug store in Ludlow, Mo., and joined the WACs in 1943.
Source: Des Moines Tribune, September 13, 1945 (photo included)
Strictly Confidential column
When an organization takes property from a civilian and gives it away to someone else, the original owner might have a right to hold a grudge, but Mr. and Mrs. Burt Springer, 3801 Adams st., bear no ill feelings at such treatment, even if the army did take their daughter and give her in marriage. They heartily approved of the wedding invitations issues by the communications supply section USA to attend the marriage of "their" daughter Sgt. Gladys Borrusch, WAC, to Cpl. Michael Kelley, Sept 9, at Little Church Around the Corner in New York City.
Source: The Des Moines Register, September 16, 1945
