Joins WAVES
Another Oelwein girl to answer the call to the colors is Emma Gladys Banes, daughter of Mrs. Lottie Banes, route 2, who enlisted in the Waves Nov. 8. She will leave for Hunter College, New York, for her basic training in the near future and at that time will be given tests to determine further schooling in one of the 246 different divisions of the service.
"The Waves started out with only 11 different jobs but have done such wonderful work and have shown such marked efficiency the commanders of shore stations have asked for an unlimited number of Waves," R.K. Ingvoldstad, special recruiter for the U.S. Navy stated today.
Source: The Oelwein Daily Register, November 17, 1943 (photo included)
Oelwein -- Emmajean Gladys Banes, daughter of Mrs. Rudolph Banes of Oelwein, has been discharged from the Waves. She reported for active duty Dec. 2, 1943, and her last duty was with the bureau of ships, navy department, Washington, D.C.
Source: The Oelwein Daily Register, November 9, 1945
