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Dolores M. Maillette Editor shorelines@aol.com |
| January/February 1999 - Page 2 "Still Something Special" January/February 1999 | ||
From your editor….. 
We hope you like this new format. It’s another effort to make our newsletter interesting and easy to read. Your comments are welcome. Also welcome are your stories….where you were stationed, the interesting people you met, the exciting adventures you had. Don’t worry about grammar or spelling; we’ll edit.
Michigan Unit 32 now has a Web Page! You can reach it at: womenofthewaves.com. It was designed by my son, Robert, and is linked to the WN website, as well as other units’ pages and related sites, including Oklahoma State University’s page with pictures of the Navy Yeoman School. It includes the current issue of SHORELINES, and there is a guestbook where you can enter your comments. Bob is constantly revising and updating, so keep checking! - Dolores
Profiles…..Bettie Johnson
(From Ameritech "VALUES" - December 1998)
Former Navy WAVE Bettie Archer Johnson may have retired after 40 years with
Michigan Bell, but she still has a military mission, of sorts—–finding other
women who served in the military so they can be included in a biographical database at the
Women in Military Service for America Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery.
"We’re trying to be sure that all women who ever served in the military are
recognized," she said, "so that they’ll know now and in future generations
what women did in the military."
On August 1, 1944, Johnson and several other women stood on an old state hospital baseball field in Pontiac, and were sworn in as WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service). She left her position as a switchboard supervisor with Michigan Bell, went through boot camp in the Bronx, was assigned to help open a Navy barracks in Brooklyn and later transferred to Manhattan. In May 1945, she joined the throng in Times Square celebrating the victory in Europe and, three months later, celebrated the victory over Japan. That November, she rode in a Navy "duck," an amphibious vehicle, in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. Fifty years later, she walked the same route in the Veterans’ Day Parade celebrating the 50th anniversary of the end of World War II.
After the war, she returned to Michigan Bell and served as chief toll operator, information chief operator, then as a switchboard engineer with PBX and toll. She retired in 1982 as staff manager in charge of operator studies for Michigan.
Coming Events…..
| Jan 23 Unit 32 Bd Mtg, Delhi, Holt MI Feb 23 Unit 101 Luncheon Meeting Feb 27 Unit 32 Luncheon Mtg, Holt MI Apr ? Unit 32 Luncheon Mtg – Pending Apr 24 Unit 101 Luncheon Meeting Jun 12 Unit 32 Annual Meeting Jun 26 Unit 101 Annual Picnic Jul 9 WN Region VII Meeting, Kentucky Fall MI Statewide Mtg – UP Back issues Page 1 Page 3 Page 4
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WAVES National Region VII District Meeting Sponsored by Thoroughbred Unit 135 and Bluegrass Unit 129
Friday and Saturday, July 9-10, 1999 Holiday Inn North, Lexington, Kentucky ______ More Information in February WHITE CAPS or contact Nedda Kern, Kentucky State Director 681 Providence Rd., Lexington, KY 40502-2264 (606-266-2928) |
