“I am extremely proud to have served in the service in World War II.”
Betsy Huff
Kettering resident
RIVERSIDE — Two World War II Navy nurses, including one who served at Pearl Harbor, were recognized for their service with Ohio state flags during the council’s March 4 meeting.
Betsy Huff, 88, and Margaret Stine, 83, were presented flags that have flown at the statehouse in Columbus by state Rep. Terry Blair, R-Washington Twp., and council members Shirley Reynolds and Bill Flaute.
Huff, of Kettering, and Stine, of Stillwell Drive, served in the U.S. Navy from 1943 to 1945.
Huff was a pharmacist mate who also served at Pearl Harbor in 1945. Stine was a flight nurse stationed at Marine Corps Base Quantico in Virginia.
“I am extremely proud to have served in the service in World War II,” said Huff, also a member of Riverside Senior Citizens Center.
Reynolds said Huff and Stine’s efforts follow in the footsteps of Army Lt. Annie G. Fox, the first woman to receive a Purple Heart for her service in the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.
Glenn Strawn, 84, of Duquesne Avenue and Raymond Horn, 83, of Christy Avenue were recognized by council Jan. 21 for also serving in the Navy in WWII.
“I was really honored, you know,” said Stine, who has lived in Riverside more than 50 years. “They forget about the women,” she added.
In other council business:
• The final 2009 budgets show the city is financially positive for the first time in about three years, said Robert Gillian, finance director.
• The city has used 1,800 tons of salt so far this winter, according to Mitch Miller, the city’s public services director.
• Calls for police service, drug arrests and felony reports were down in 2009, said Police Chief Mark Reiss.
• The fire department reported a decrease in the number of responses, said Fire Chief Dan Alig.
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