Vernal Express | 1948-03-31 | Page 4 | Navy Recruiter Will be Here Tuesday Section

navy recruiter will be here tuesday chief petty officer maurice ajo R boyle le of the navy recruiting S station uy on in salt lake city will be in communities of the uintah uintah basin for four days next week mr boyle announced that be he will visit duchesne mond monday afternoon ter noon roosevelt all day alues tuesday ana and vernal wednesday he will make his headquarters at the post office in each each city on the scheduled days chief boyle also disclosed he la is forwarding two navy films to principal avard A rigby of rutn tah high school for showings to pupils tuesday and wednesday the films record in pictures the atomic bomb tests conducted at bikini island in 1946 after school hours these films are available to civic business or fraternal organizations who desire to show them the nav navy has released the films for suck such display to the public at no admission cost chief boyle said three weeks ago when the navy man was last in the uintah basin he found considerable interest in the navy by our citizens at that time three roosevelt and vernal youths applied tor for navy enlistment chief boyle revealed that all four passed the navy tests and are now undergoing basic training at the naval nava center san diego cal these local men are rex cook son of mr and mrs james cook keith wardle son of mr and mrs ervin wardle wardle and jerr jerry van son of mrs grace van at f roosevelt carl hansen is the vernal man mr boyle stated that rex cook took advantage of the navys trade school program rex applied applied for an succeeded in ya qualifying tor for the navy hospital hosa pital a corps school he ile was designated signa ted for this position at the recruiting station in salt lake mr boyle says the navy maintains over 50 navy trade schools and each new man enlisting la Is eligible for expert vocational cat ional training in schools ashore and on the ships ship and air craft of the fleet