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Show COPPERTON MAN ENLISTS IN SEABEES Gilbert O. Swain of Copper-ton, Copper-ton, has been enlisted in the U. S- Navy Seabees as a chief electrician's elec-trician's mate. The Seabees are composed of skilled and semiskilled semi-skilled men who make up the Navy's construction battalions which build the Navy's advanced advanc-ed and mobile bases. Swain, after af-ter receiving preliminary training train-ing at an east coast station, will probably go overseas to become a chief electrician at a Navy base. Men who can qualify for the Seabees may enlist in this branch if they are between the 17 and 50-year age limits and may obtain full information from their nearest Navy recruiting station. |