Interviewed: Pvt. Maxine Mason, stationed at Camp Stewart, Ga., home on 10-day furlough, visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur K. Jayne, 816 Second street NW.
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How long have you been in the WAC, Pvt. Mason?
About five months. I took my basic training at Fort Des Moines, and have been at Camp Stewart for nine weeks.
What do you do there?
I drive a jeep.
Doing what?
I have been assigned to the head of the motor pool as sort of a chauffer.
How long is your workday?
We go to work at 7:30 to get our jeeps checked before going on the job at 8 and work until 5.
Do you sleep in a barracks?
Yes. There are about 20 girls in each barracks. The beds are in a long room and we have individual foot and wall lockers.
Did you to to school here?
I went to Roosevelt high school. I worked at the Union News company before I joined the WAC
Source: The Cedar Rapids Gazette, August 29, 1944 (photo included)
Woman Vet Also Proud of Emblem
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Maxine Mason, 816 Second street NW, received her discharge in October. She served as clerk-typist in the army, and has been unsuccessfully looking for a job since returning home.
"I guess I'm too anxious," she said. "I have been to the agencies which are suppose to help ex-service people and have received a few tips on the jobs. But when I get to the company, either the job is taken, or the man in charge gives me an application blank and says he will call me if he needs ne. It's a bit disappointing."
Source: The Cedar Rapids Gazette, November 11, 1945
Maxine Anna Jayne Mason Cole was born Dec. 18, 1923 to Arthur K. and Clara Ruth Madsen Jayne. She died June 12, 1992 and is buried in Hopkinton Cemetery, Hopkinton, IA.
Pvt. Cole served with the U.S. Army WACs in World War II. She was married to Lee Calvin Mason and Franklin “Frank” Cole.
Source: ancestry.com
