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Davis, Page
Page Davis BRAMLEY WWII
Page Davis BRAMLEY WWII
  
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Date of Birth: 7/13/1920
Died On: 12/10/2006 Last Residence: 33433, Boca Raton, Palm Beach, Florida
Street Address: Home in 1930: Larchmont
Service Number: unknown
Branch of Service: U.S. Navy-WWII


Veteran Code: UNK-12


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Page Davis


Page Davis was born in Worcester Massachusetts in July 13, 1920 to Winsor Reed Davis and Beatrice Page. The census records show her family's home in 1930 as Larchmont, In 1940 Scarsdale.

Page was a 1938 graduate of Scarsdale High School where she was a cheerleader. In Rye her family were members of the Presbyterian Church.

Page enlisted and served in the WAVES during World War II

The WAVES served in 900 shore stations in the continental United States. Initially, they were prohibited from serving on ships or outside of the country. In September 1944, the Congress amended the law by allowing the WAVES to volunteer for service in the territories of Alaska and Hawaii. Hawaii was the only overseas station staffed with the WAVES on a permanent basis. The officers were employed in such professions as doctors, attorneys, engineers, mathematicians, and chaplains. Most enlisted WAVES worked in jobs traditionally performed by women, such as clerical work, health care, or storekeeping. A few took over jobs typically held by men, in occupations like aviation machinists, aviation metalsmiths, parachute riggers, control tower operators, radio operators, yeomen, or statisticians.

Page Bramley was the spirit and flame of the Scarsdale Alumni Association. Following her elementary school years in Larchmont, White Plains and Hartsdale, the Davis family moved to Scarsdale where Page’s pep and energy led to the cheerleading squad. She planned on a professional career as a secretary, matriculating at Katherine Gibbs School in New York City. World War II intervened and Page signed on with the WAVES and was stationed in Washington, D.C.

Her post-war years were marked by Page’s boundless energy. She seized on the G.I. Bill of Rights to attend and graduate from the University of Miami in 1952. In the 1950s, she and her husband traveled widely. Then she turned her contacts and her new knowledge to the resort business, where she was in charge of public relations for a number of hotels and directed resorts including Castle Harbour, Harbour Island and Pirates Cove in the Bahamas. Later she began a new career selling real estate in the Bahamas and In Miami, Florida.

The best was yet to come. Moved by the good spirits among her classmates at their 50th reunion in 1988, Page founded the Scarsdale Alumni Association. Over the years she served as President and Executive Director of the organization. No matter her title, Page’s energy and special love for Scarsdale High School kept the Alumni Association afloat. She continued her leadership role well into her eighties. Page died December 10, 2006.

Page Davis,[Page Davis Dryburgh], [Page Arey], [Page Bramley] died
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