Polk County

 
Rebecca Steele

 

 

ENTERTAIN IOWA WAVES

These new WAVE inductees, four of a group of 58 recruits from Iowa now training at Hunter college, N.Y., had their cake and ate it, too when the Des Moines Panhellenic association served them coffee and cake Tuesday afternoon at the U.S.O. headquarters, 615 Locust st. Munching pastry are from left to right, Margaret Schultz, Van Horn, Ia; Rebecca Steele and Phyllis Krell, both of Des Moines, and Lois Anderson, Ames, Ia.

Source: Des Moines Tribune, November 17, 1943 (photo included)

Des Moines in the Services

Rebecca J. Steele, seaman, first class in the WAVES, is spending a seven-day leave with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. R.K. Steele, 1134 Thirty-first st. She will return to Washington, D.C. after her visit.

Source: Des Moines Tribune, June 2, 1944