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Crossing the Line 12 February 1960 While the official Navy customs and traditions connected with Crossing the Line cerei monies are precise in every detail, the age old ceremony has only a small core of ritug which can be expanded in any direction that the Mighty Shellbacks' imagination ITIGY lea ' The Equator, altthough normally thought of as a straight line of no latitude and QiVi1'1g HO trouble to the neophyte navigator, will long be remembered as a bolt of lightning bY Over a thousand Macon men and members of the U. S. Navy Band. The day before Crossing the Line Day witnessed a Pollywog Humiliation Program Which was highlighted by skits and unusual costumes prepared by the lowly PollyWoQS- The dal' was climaxecl by a visit from King Neptune's ernissary Davy Iones who the Captain wel- comed to the ship. Skull and Crossbonesf' emblem of the famous lollY Roger , was hoisted to MACON3 mammast Friday, February 12, preceding arrival of King Neptune and beginning 6 dal' in hades for the lowly Pollywog. Some 250 shellbacks played the satanic role devising every form of torture for the un fortunate landlubbers in an effort to make 1100 new denizens of the deep e continuous crack of shillelaghs on the lower spinal column but partially describe what treachery took place mbers of h1s Maiesty s Court including the Royal Queen the Royal Doctor the ROYB ntist and the Dev1l sounded out the crew whether they be shellbat ks that follow th sea or slimy pollywogs er five hours of testing the crew King Neptune and h1s court renewed satisfaction i th IS was an honorable ship and a brawny crew and permitted pts age into the solemn ITIYS teries of the ancient order of the deep Th 1 I 1 ll ll I 1 S Me ' ' ' , ' ' , . 1 De ' ', , T i ' 9 Aft rw ,, L '. ' ha' ' ' , ' ., Us o' it . r '
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