The following December 4, 1952, Lowell Tribune article appeared on page 2, column 5:
Now attending a clerk typist school at Parris Island, S.C., Marine Pvt. Carol Jean Watson, 19, daughter of Mrs. Jean Watson Moore, Route 3, Meyer Manor, Cedar Lake, recently graduated from boot camp at Parris Island. The training included classroom instruction in basic Marine Corps history, interior guard procedure, personal hygiene, customs and courtesies, uniform code of military justice and other related subjects.