Edith W. Flanders

Adirondack Daily Enterprise, no date, reprinted November 12, 2016

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by Howard Riley

Petty Officer Edith Flanders on leave

Edith W. Flanders of Saranac Lake, petty officer second class in the WAVES, is now on leave from Washington, D.C., where she is stationed.

Petty Officer Flanders, who has been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Flanders of 24 St. Bernard Street, is spending the remainder of her time at the American Legion Camp at Tupper Lake, where she was employed before  entering service on Jan. 6, 1944.

Petty Officer Flanders entered the WAVES as an apprentice seaman and took her boot training at Hunter College, New York City.