The Apache sentinel., 1944-01-21
HighIiehts on the WACs
By eWAc9 HUGHES
what's Cooking Among the CHS

WAC Cooks and Bakers who are
SFilfully trained in their work.
They are the ones who dish out
the. haSh," but right now it's vice
versa.
The charming smile of S/Sgt.
MARGUERITE WALLACE, Mess
Sergeant, who is confined to Station
Hospital No. l, is missed around the
area. The Mess Personnel as we'll as
all the other WACS are still wishing
for her a speedy recovery Hailing
from Monmouth, Illinois, a gradu-
ate>of Bradley Polytechnic Institute,
Peoria, Illinois, Sgt Wallace was
the 21St Auxiliary to be inducted
in the WACs. Haven't you guessed? {?
Her major was Home Economics.
Since the Sergeant's illness, T/4th
CHRYSTABEL THOMPSON has
capably carried on the work of the
Mess Sergeant. She attended A. 81
T. State College in Nashville, Ten
nessee, and had taught in both
Tennessee and Mississippi before
WACdonl. The pleasing attitude pos
SeSSed by Sgt. Thompson makes
everyone like her.
TI5th IVORY CROWLEY. Port
Gibson, Mississippi, formerly of
Camp Shelby. is farorably known
among this well liked group as "the
best cook in WACville." The gang"
always knows when she hits the
kltehen. Her favorite. saying is: .I
feel like it's already DONE" When
asked how she feels she says, I'm
just like bear, I amt no where" ;"
Cpl Crownley worked at the N.Y.A.
Training Center in Mound Bayou.
Miss, before joining the Corps -.
a. town with the distinction of hav-
ing a Negro mayor, it's own police
men, firemen and entirely run by
NegroeS
Ti5th IREAN BEATTY, jefferson,
Texas, was inducted in Dallas,
Texas, a popular Beautician and
Cateress in civilian life. Now
wouldn't she like to do little of
that famous southern. style" OF
cooking? i. it's a killer. Her say
ing is, "How nicer
The ''big shot owner of a chain
of beauty shops in civilian life was
Pvt. KATHLEEN LEWIS, Salisbury,
Md. Her shops were, located in
Berlin, Md, Frankford, Del, and
Ocean City, Md. Before joining the
Corps she sold two of the shops and
one is still in operation. From the
training center in Fort Des Moines
she went to Camp Rucker as
truck driver and from there to your
very own Huachuca. Cpl. Beaty's
. favorlte saying when asked where
she's been is "out and about loud
and aboud). Her birthday was Jan
uary Is, and understand her
friends made Tucson "jump" in her
honor.
Pfc. NETTIE WEAVER, st. jAu-
gustine, Fla, was indicted in Wash
ington, D. c., where she was at
tending Commercial School, She
says, 81 believe in cleanliness, but
amt going to worry my life any
more
Pvt. JUDIA COVINGTON, Rock
ingham, N. c., was in high school
when she decided to join the Corps.
Gee! the glamour of a uniform has!
or was she just patriotic? She
went from Des Moines to Camp
Rucker as a truck driver, and likes
Huachuca much better.
Pfc. LUCETTE GARNER, Lufkin,
Texas. says Lufkin is small but on
the BALI she's not kidding,
either naturally in there. She
was an Insurance Agent back in the
Lone Star State and a sales
woman from her heart. After her
BASIC training she graduated from
the Administrative Specialists school
in Fort Des Moines.
Pvt, BERTHA PARKER is right
from the sunny coast of California,
Los Angeles, where she attended the
University of Southern California,
and was member" of The California
State Guard, Seventh Regt Women's
Ambulance and Nurses Corps for
two years. She is a graduate of the
Fort Des MoineS Cooks and Bakers
School, OffSetting the cooks of
mornings, she goes in saying, ~Ten-
Hut" Maybe they will get .'hep'
to her jive soon Pvt Parker thinks
there is nothing better than "spare
rib
Pfc. GERTRUDE CRUISE, Gin
cinnati, Ohio, was travelling Cater