Jefferson Center High School - Annual Yearbook (Columbia City, IN)

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The Shlp s I op for the Class of 46 On September 7 1942 the good sh1p efferson Center launched 1ts four year crulse throuvh the Seas of Educat1on w1th Zl members abo ard Our crewmen conslsted of Barbara Sm1th presldent who later became sea s1ck so Paul Chappel took over jack Lefever v1ce pres 1dent Madellne Gross treasurer Cora Dean Schrader secretary a nd the sponsor lvlrs Honess Dur1n5v all four years the Capta1n of the good sh1p jefferson Center was lvlr Kent We met rough seas at the Port of In1t1at1on Other a t1v1t1es on board conslsted of a party 0nF ebruary 3 1n the shlp s gynfm and a party on Ixlarch 19 1n Dolores Shee t s cabln U non enterlng the Sophomore Seas the cru1s1ng seemed smoother Wh1le anchored at Vacatlon Port three passengers Vlrgll Smlth john H1nen and l oren Graves fa1led to return Two new passengers nora Gaylord from the S S Crulser Waslungton Center and Gene Ho pe Kaufmann from the good sh1p South Slde of Fort Wayne came seas1ck so she was taken to the hospltal New crewmen took over the sh1p jack Lefever was presldent Cora Dean Schrader v1ce pres1d ent Gene Hope Kaufmann secretary and Dolores eets treasurer The fxrst of October we came along s1de a new Shlp w1th the Class of 47 on board We boarded the1r sh1p and 1 11lI1at6d them 1n the ways of the sea whlch 1S the custom w1th all new shxps Later 1n October w anchored our Shlp and all started out for a hayrlde 1n the country We had a welner roast 1n Dev1ls Hollow Our next expenence was an sembly prograrn It turned out so well that the P T A cab ed want1ng us to perform for them Before leavlnv th1s seas we celebrated by h avlng a theater party and meet1ng later at Red Mullendore s soda fou ntaln cab1n for refreshments September aga1n and we have entered the jumor Sea Dur1ng thes ummer we galned another passenger Charles Albertson he andR obert Dugan went ashore Th1s year we galned control of the shlp s tore Our ch1ef storekeepers were Elnora Gaylord Barbara Smlth Cora Dean Schrader Rosemary Crowell Mary Ann Hartman Dolores Sheets Lo1s Gordon and the lvlanaver was jack Lefever Y I 1 . ,J 1 - 6 A , ' v Y - N l Q , ' - - 9 ' , 9 . 9 - 1 ' ' 3 . . I C . p . - . . . . , . y . . I ' ' x . ' l - I I ! . , -- . A O - --El- - ' ' -- on board. Later we lost another passenger--Irene Aumiller who became ' , . S : , ' - - 1 - ' , ' 1 L '1 , - I . - . , 4 L , S , ' ' . e ' ' . ' as- . , . . 1 , o s o 1 1 D -. - . I , . ' 5- ' ' ' J . I , , , 1 K I o '