One way to see the United States is to join the WAVES *** Yeoman 3/c Josephine Edna Estep, former employe of the Blackhawk hotel, can vouch for that *** she entered the navy in September, reporting at Hunter college, New York *** from there she was sent to Stillwater, Okla., the home of Oklahoma A&M college *** it was her first visit to the state, and her initial glimpse of a school which now has thousands of sailors and soldiers as students *** "I don't know how many service men are there", Yeoman Estep, who made a brief visit to Davenport last week, reports, "but since Stillwater is not a large town, you see uniforms wherever you look" *** she reports at the Bureau of Ordnance at the nation's capital on Jan 5., for which change she is grateful *** "I imagine working in Washington will have more compensations than working in Stillwater," the Yeoman comments. "I've never been there, and I wouldn't be a bit surprised if I'll be lost for awhile." *** Yeoman Estep is a typist, and if you don't think she is finding the WAVES an interesting experience, you haven't heard her praise that branch of the service. *** "It is simply splendid, and I get to like it more every day," she states and her eyes ditto the feelings. *** while at Stillwater, the Yeoman got to see Madeline Spelletich, Nancy Block, Rosemary Doyle and Jean Beckwith of Davenport and Peggy Mitchell of Rock Island.
Source: Quad-City Times, Davenport IA - January 20, 1944 (photo included)
