Joins WAVES
Miss Frances Wood, oldest daughter of Mrs. Lola Wood, 1312 Farnam street, has been accepted into the WAVES and will report to Cedar Falls, Ia. on Feb. 25.
Miss Wood graduated from Clinton high school and has been employed as bookkeeper by the W.G. Block Co in Rock Island. For the past year she has been active in the Masquers.
Another sister, Lieut. Dorothy Wood, is a nurse at Camp Phillips, Kan.
Source: The Daily Times, Davenport IA - February 13, 1943 (photo included)
3 Davenporters Are Graduated by WAVES
Three young women from Davenport have completed their five week indoctrination course at naval training school, women's reserve, at Cedar Falls, Ia., and were included in the class of 1,029 WAVES graduated there today.
The Davenport trio include: Marjorie E. Cameron, 1213 College avenue; Ruth G. Peterson, 1454 West Ninth street and Lola F. Wood, 1312, Farnam street.
Source: The Daily Times, Davenport IA - April 2, 1943
Lola F. Wood Is Graduated From A Naval School
Miss Lola F. Wood of 1312 Farnam street, Davenport, is now ready to serve as a storekeeper in the U.S. navy. A member of the WAVES, she was graduated from the naval training school for storekeepers located on the campus of the University of Indiana, Bloomington, Ind.
She will now be assigned to active duty at some naval shore station.
Source: The Daily Times, June 26, 1943
Sisters Serve
A "100 per cent family" may be credited to Mrs. Lola Wood, 1312 Farnam street, mother of two daughters in the army nurses corps and the WAVES. Mrs. Wood is now employed at the Rock Island arsenal, helping to keep up production of war materials.
Lieut. Dorothy Alice Wood is now stationed at the evacuation hospital in Hyder, Ariz., and was recently home on leave. She entered the nurse corps in December 1942 and was first stationed at Ft. Des Moines. She received her training at Mercy hospital and before going to Arizona was located at Camp Phillips, Kan.
Lola F. Wood, storekeeper third class, is now secretary to the disbursing officer at the naval air station, Glenview, Ill. She received her basic training at Cedar Falls, and attended storekeeper school at Indiana university.
Source: The Daily Times, Davenport, IA - July 13, 1943 (photo included)
