YELLOW JACKET: - 1944 SHIPS LUG UF CLASS OF 44 THE TWENTY-EIGHTH DAY OF August, 1940, the “Voyager” set sail with one hundred and thirty-six young and inexperienced crew members aboard. We were going to wear off that inexperience by having our first patty. It was given in Apprentice Seaman Frances Ivey’s cabin. We worked hard under the command of Johnny Williams, Jackie Taylor, Frances Ivey, and Lois Campbell. Valentine’s day came and we selected as our king and queen of hearts, Baxter Sechler and Thresa Thornburg. In the spring we had a big wiener roast on a deserted island which was fun for all. After four months’ clear sailing with one hundred crew members, now we started an- other struggle with our new commanders, Perry Wilson, Cora Belle Rymer, Margaret Shinn, and Johnny Williams. In December war started and it became rough sailing from there on. Despite the wat we had a very successful party in the ship's gymnasium. We felt that we were really old time sailors now, because we really knew our way about our ship. In August, with only ninety-two members, we started out with a new group of com- manders, Jenny Ruth Woody, Cora Belle Rymer, Louise Roseman, and Lois Camp- bell. In the fall we began our sale of stationery. The money was to go toward our banquet we were going to give to our upperseamen in the spring. We became very downhearted when we found that the shortages that the war had caused would prevent us from hay- ing our banquet. We tried to please our up- perseamen by having a prom. This was given to us by our “Admiral Grade Parents.” It was formal, the girls all looked lovely and the boys were handsome as could be. We all had a good time and all were tired when the ship’s bell rang out 24 o'clock. On March 19, several members of our crew gave us a grand performance in ‘“Who Killed Aunt Caroline,” under the direction of Admiral Inez Sturkey. Now that we have started out on the last knot of our long voyage, with fifty-seven crew members, we look back on the ap- prentice seamen as green, but we remember when we were on the same ship and we sym- pathize with them. We were very proud and dignified Cap- tains when we received our rings, although we had seen many like it, we were still proud of them and told everyone about them. We sold magazine subscriptions because we needed money for many things. Several members of our crew worked hard and gave us a grand performance of “Shoot the Works,’ under the direction of Admiral Mary Gladys Fisher. This year we had as our commanders, La- mar Dorton, Audrey Medlin, Ray Eddle- man, and Cora Belle Rymer. Admirals Mendenhall and Fisher picked a group of Captains to help with our YEL- LOW JACKET and we have worked hard to make it the best ever. We tried to-forget our school work for one night and we all went skating. After many bruises we all went to our cabins and tried to rest. (There were no bones broken, I don’t think.) Now that our shore is in sight, we hate to land. We have all had a swell time on our voyage, even though there were many that became seasick and didn’t manage to com- plete the voyage. CorA BELLE RYMER, Class Historian.
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