Brick Honors Centenarian For Her Military Service

BRICK, NJ — A Brick Township woman who turned 100 earlier this month and who served in the Women's Army Corps was honored by local officials on Thursday.

Brick Township Mayor John Ducey presented Alice "Nora" Howes with a key to the city and a proclamation declaring Thursday, July 20, 2017 to be Alice “Nora” Howes Day in the township.

Howes was born July 13, 1917 and graduated from Neptune High School in 1935, according to the resolution Ducey presented. She was one of the first women to enlist in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps, later known as the Women's Army Corps.

Ducey noted that Howes was born three years before the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, giving women the right to vote. Howes served in the Women's Army Corps for 28 years, beginning in 1942, and traveled the world as a result, Ducey said.

In addition to Ducey, representatives from U.S. Rep. Tom MacArthur’s office presented Howes with a congressional proclamation, Brick officials said.

"Happy 100th Birthday Nora. Thank you for your service and may you have many more years of health and happiness," township officials said on the township's Facebook page.

Photo via Township of Brick video