Augusta Military Academy - Recall Yearbook (Fort Defiance, VA)

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COLD BUT HAPPY and stuffed are RECALL staff men on a Goshen picnic. Jack Prentice, Steve Fox, Ron Ginns, John Botcheller, (back row) John West, Andy GI BOUND ... Will Eastment and the boys in white ducks wait for the parade on THE day. Anastasia, Kevin Powers, and John DuBois remember the three pound steaks which each devoured with glee. Picnics, “GI”, rain, parades color April Howls of frustration saturate the air as the PX and the Fort gave out of wax, that needed commodity as GI approached. Government In- spection sent shivers down John McCutchan’s spine, but AMA’s corps rallied on the big day and helped nail down another “Honor School” rating for Augusta. Parades in Charlottesville and Winchester kept the Roller Rifles and Band members on their toes and. on the go. First place trophies were ample compensation. Cool weather couldn’t prevent the RECALL men from having a picnic. Sweat clothes and Goshen and steaks went well together. MORTAR FIRE explanation by Sgt. Mines to MT 3 classes at GI brings questions and good marks to the third year students . . . nervousness, too. Cadet Life 29

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Action packs May with dances, fun Jam-packed with activities, May raced in and out rapidly as the corps first paid tribute to its founder, Prof. Chas. S. Roller, and to his sons on May 8, followed with a junior party for the members of the lower school; then countered with Pin-Up Queen dance and parade, Mother’s Day remembrance and parade. . . and exams! Journeying to the Old Stone Cemetery, the corps honored the founder and his sons with a rifle salute and Col. McCue addressed the as- sembly. Quiet hours became booms with the schedule that followed. CANDY! But Jack Prentice DID go into icy Maury River on the senior picnic at Goshen. Gary Paul and John Botcheller preferred to gorge themselves. ALMOST A WINNER in the lower school dance con- test was acrobat Bill Cease. This is proof. HAPPY WINNERS were Nannette Miller and Ralph Hamilton in the dance contest. Shy at first, these two proved that they were equal to any couple! FRAMED by the horn of a bandman, the staff officers move the corps up to Old Stone for Founder’s Day Ceremonies. Col. McCue’s speech gave realization of the heritage and traditions at Augusta. 30 Cadet Life