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Three Panhandle Reservists Named for Navy ROC School
The Eighth Naval District commandant selected Willis J. Scott of Vega Jimmy E. Owens of Turkey and Fred G. Hansard Jr of Amarillo to attend the Navy reserve officer candidate school at Treasure Island California next month in the ROC program. Wright Jr of 834 Louisiana was also chosen. The four, all Reservists at the Naval Reserve Training Center, will complete two summer courses, then receive commissions as ensigns after graduating from an accredited senior college, and must serve two years on active duty with the fleet. Alternates named include Hamilton Barnwell Baleman and Hinds amid 35 applicants screened in New Orleans and Washington.
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Eighth Naval District
Panhandle
Treasure Island
Cal
Robert S. Wright, Jr
Louisiana
Willis J. Scott
Vega
Jimmy E. Owens
Turkey
Fred G. Hangard, Jr
Amarillo
Scott
West Texas State College
Joe Scott
Owens
WTSC
S. L. Owens
McMurry College
Abilene
Fred Hansard
Tyler
Hansard
H&y
Sixteenth and
van Buren
Young Hansard
Naval Reserve
Navy
Naval
Naval Reserve Training Center
New Orleans
Bureau of Naval Personnel
Washington
John J. Vandale
Garland N. Hamilton
Amarillo College
Jackie D. Barnwell
Walker H. Baleman
Plainview
Billy W. Hinds