Pfc. Louise A. Minnick of the United States marine corps women's reserve is enjoying a 15-day furlough from the marine aviation station at Cherry Point, N.C., with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J.C. Minnick, 114 Brown street, Davenport. She will return Thursday to Cherry Point.
Entering service March 23, 1943, she received her basic training at Hunter college in New York City. She attended radio school at Miami university, Oxford, O., and had advance training in aerial gunnery at Cherry Point where she is now an instructor. A graduate of Davenport high school, she was formerly employed at the F.W. Woolworth Co.
Source: The Daily Times, February 7, 1944 (photo included)
LEAVES END -- Corp. Louise A. Minnick, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Minnick, 114 Brown street, and Corp. Maxine Taylor, daughter of Mrs. Kenneth Chrysler, 111 1/2 West Fourth street, have returned to their posts in North Carolina after enjoying 15-day leaves in Davenport. The two young women enlisted together in March 1943, and received boot training at Hunter college in New York. Corp. Minnick attended a radio school in Oxford, O., and is now stationed as an aerial gunnery instructor at Cherry Point, N.C. She is a graduate of the Davenport highs school and was formerly employed at the F.W. Woolworth Co. Corp. Taylor is serving as a receiving clerk in the supply depot at Camp Lejeune, N.C. She is also a graduate of the local high school, attended the American Institute of Commerce and is a former employee of the Rock Island arsenal.
Source: Quad City Times, November 8, 1944 (photo included)
