The Key West Citizen Newspaper, July 29, 1954, Page 5

Five Students From Belgium Allied Nationals Study At Fleet Sonar School Note— This is the fourth in a series of articles on Allied Na- tionals studying at Fleet Sonar School Fiye Allied National classroom seats were vacant last week at Fleet Sonar School, as Gilbert Baele, RM3, Jean Jouret, SN, Rene Coomans, SN, Georges Keuterickx, SN, and Georges Van Hille SN, all of the Belgian Navy received a day’s liberty to celebrate the Bel- gian “Day of the Dynasty.” _ A national holiday in Belgium marked by feasting, parades, and dancing in the streets, this day commemorates the successful re- volution of Belgium from Holland in 1830, Gilbert Beale Gilbert Baele was born in Ghent in 1933. Situated at the cross of the Lys and Schelde Rivers, Ghent is a cotton manufacturing center and the location of St. Bavon, the oldest cathedral in Belgium. Graduated from high school in 1950, Baele worked as a reporter on a Brussels newspaper before volunteering for the Navy in Feb- BELGIAN ALLIED NATIONAL STUDENTS—Bottom row. left to right, Jean Jouret, SN: Gilbert Baele, RM3, and Georges Keu- terickx, SN; top row, left to right, Georges Van Hille, SN, and Rene Coomans, SN. scription is 18 months, a Navy en- and consists of regular Army drill. listment extends for either 3 or 5 years depending on one’s choice of and engineer afterwards report to the deck force or a specialty rat- the Navigation School for five mon- ing. Two months of this time is®ths training in seamanship. Fur- Tuary 1952. Although Belgian con- spent in the Boot Camp at Bruges, ther schooling is necessary for Cool Nylons or Comfortable Cut- ' Out Leather Wedgies Sale Priced At $195 BUY NOW AND SAVE A DOLLAR! 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Joining the Navy at 17% years of age, two months af- ter completing high school, he was assigned to the minesweeper Ad- rien De Gerlache with Rene Coo- mans and Georges Keuterickx pre- ceding their arrival here. Rene Coomans Born in Zichem in the province of Limburg noted for its Limburg- er cheese, 21-year-old Rene Coo- mans graduated from high school, worked for a year in his uncle’s chrome plating factory in Zichem, joined the Navy in 1951, and then proceded to Boot Camp at Bruges. Bruges, the oldest city in Bel- gium, is a city whose history is architecturally at present much like that of Florence, Italy. Georges Keuterickx Georges Keuterickx was born in Brussels, the capital of Belgium, in 1935. Following high school he went to one year of Radio School and enlisted in the Navy in Aug- ust 1953, Keuterickx, as the other Belgian students at Fleet Sonar School, can speak Dutch, French and English; Jouret can, in addition, speak Ger- man. Georges Van Hille City of birth for 19-year-old Georges Van Hille was Ostend, the Belgian Naval Operating Base on the central coast of Belgium. A fishing port, Ostend also vies with Knokke for the tourist trade. Van Hille was graduated from high school in Antwerp before joining the Navy in December 1952 and coming to Fleet Sonar School. The Belgian students, like the other Allied Nationals interviewed thus far, were highly impressed by the American standard of living. “There is nothing like it in all of Europe,” they exclaimed. GALA BIRTHDAY FETE PLANNED FOR HOOVER WEST BRANCH, Iowa #—Just about the biggest birthday party in Iowa’s history is being planned here next month for Herbert Hoo- ver, former President of the United States. Hoover will be 80 Aug. 10. On that date, this town where he was born will be host to thou- sands of Iowans and a large group of distinguished persons invited to help honor Hoover. SUBSCRIBE TO THE CITIZEN Printing... Embossing Engraving ... 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