Another Group of Tri-City Girls Entering the WAVES
Front Row, left to right: Norma Zahler, Davenport; Hazel Ruffcorn, Moline; Virginia Fleming, Davenport; and Margaret Hannon, Davenport.
Second Row: Lila Fessenden, Marguerite Wahlig and Rosemary Doyle, of Davenport; and Joyce Seibert of Moline.
Nineteen more were sworn into the WAVES yesterday at the Hotel Blackhawk, making a total of 111 tri-city women who have chosen this branch of the service to help win the war.
One group is already at Hunter college n New York. The majority will leave on Aug. 26 fot he east, and still another group will leave on Sept. 9.
Source: The Daily Times, Davenport IA - August 17, 1943 (photo included)
WAVE of the Day
Marguerite Wahlig, hospital corpsman, third class, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R.G. Wahlig. 2046 West Fifth street, is now stationed at the United States Naval hospital, Long Beach, Calif.
She received her navy indoctrination at Hunter college, her hospital training at the United States hospital in San Diego and has advanced to a third class petty officer rating in Long Beach.
Miss Wahlig was educated in the Davenport school and was active in many of the student affairs. Prior to entering the service, she was employed at the Rock Island arsenal in the employment office.
Source: The Daily Times, Davenport IA - June 1, 1944 (photo included)
THIS IS THE WEEKLY LETTER TO A BOY IN SERVICE
by John O'Donnell
The Raymond G. Wahlig family, 2046 West Fifth street, is 100 per cent for the navy, and it should be, for it boasts of a sister-brother act in that branch of the service. The feminine angle is supplied by Marguerite, pharmacist mate 3/c, and the masculine angel by Robert, radioman 2/c, who managed to have their leaves so that they could spend them at home, together for the first time in 15 months. The WAVE entered the service last September, spent time at Hunter college, then at the Hospital corps school at San Diego and is now stationed at the Naval hospital in Long Beach, Calif, which will accommodate 2,800 patients. In the barracks with her are two Davenporters, Evelyn Weeks and Twila Tompkins.
Source: Quad-City Times, July 30, 1944 (photo included)
