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Archery champ, dancer among WAACs here

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@ Tribune (Des Moines, Iowa)

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Six images accompany article. All are headshots of WAACs. Captions read: Hanchett; Lynch; Bills; Paris; Alexander; McFarland. E-mail inquiries for the State Historical Society of Iowa should be directed to history.research@iowa.gov or library.st@uiowa.ed Master image scanned with Ricoh Aficio MP C3000 as a JPEG at 600 ppi. Tribune Des Moines, Iowa i\m 2 i Archery Champ, Dancer Among WAACs Here Another champion from the • • • Widely traveled and versatile sports world is now taking basic Auxiliary Thelma M. Bills is chalk-training in the WAAC at Fort ing up military experience as a Des M o i n e s—| Auxiliary 11 d ai Lorena Hanchett,': Df Ingle wood, § Cal., who was na-t i o n a 1 archery! champion in! 1932. Auxiliary H a nchett also held the Los Angeles archery c h a m- p i O ItS h i p HANCHETT. from 1932 until 1941, was California state champion in 1937, and has won more than 200 ribbons and medals for her proficiency in the graceful sport of the bow and arrow. WAAC as the latest chapter in her already interesting career. She came to Port Des Moines 1 :rom a position 1 in the adjutant | general's office in Washington, D. C. Her previous experience in the national capitol included work in the departmen
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