Davenport Girl to Leave Sunday to Join the WAACS
Miss Sylvia Ross, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Ross, 1317 West Third street, will leave Davenport Sunday for Des Moines, where she will begin training as a WAAC. She was graduated from high school in Charles City, Ia., and was recently employed by the Ralston Purina Co.
Her brother Crpl. Norman Ross, is with the army somewhere in Canada with a port battalion. He has been in the service since September.
Source: The Daily Times, March 5, 1943 (photo included)
Leave Here Sunday to Join WAACS
Five young women from Davenport and one from Rock Island will leave Sunday on the Rocket for Des Moines to start their primary training in the WAACS. This is the largest single contingent to leave Davenport for this branch of service since it was opened to recruiting.
The young women, who will leave are: Standing, left to right: Mrs. Dorothy Hartwig, R.R. No 2 daughter-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. H.C. Hartwig; Miss Anna Marie Ziegler, Rock Island and Mrs. Helyn M. Walker, 131 West Thirteenth street, daughter of Mrs. Edna E. Walker. Mrs. Walker has been employed at the arsenal.
Seated, left to right are, Miss Sylvia Ross, 1317 West Third street, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.G. Ross. Miss Ross has been employed at Grants and Miss Irene Geiken, 526 East Sixth street, daughter of Mrs. H. Geiken, Miss Geiken has been employed at the Abraham's Beauty salon.
The sixth member of the contingent, not in the picture, is Miss Florence Dixon, of 1624 Elm street, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.W. Dixon of Bloomfield, Ia. Miss Dixon has been employed for the past year in the office of the department of justice in Davenport.
Source: The Daily Times, March 6, 1943 (photo included)
Today has triple significance for Miss Susanna Ross, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Ross, 1317 West Third street, Davenport.
Besides being her 20th birthday, and also marks the the date when she was sworn into the WAC by Lt. Jane Smith in charge of the local WAC recruiting office.
Miss Ross was graduated last January from the Davenport high school, and has since studied at Augustana college.
She has a brother, Corp. Norman Ross, who is overseas, and a sister, Pvt. Sylvia Ross, who is also in the WAC, and is stationed in Albany, Ga.
Source: The Daily Times, January 1, 1944
Pvt. Susanna Ross of the Air WACS has arrived in New Guinea, according to word receive by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.A. Ross, 1317 West Third street. Before receiving her present assignment she was engaged in clerical work at Morris field, N.C. and at Ft Oglethorpe, Ga. A former Rock Island arsenal employee, she received her training at Ft. Des Moines.
Her sister, Pfc. Sylvia Ross, who has been in the air WACS since March, 1943, is now stationed at Albany, Ga. Until beginning her service she was employed in the office of Paris cleaners,
Cpl Norman Ross, also in the military service, is stationed at Ft. Lawton, Wash. He has been in the army two and a half years of which period he was stationed for over a year in British Columbia. His wife, Mrs. Evelyn Ross, and daughter reside at Seattle, Wash. Cpl Ross is a former Rock Island arsenal employee and all three are graduates of Davenport high school.
Source: The Daily Times, February 8, 1945 (photo included)
