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7ke.faqc1fZ'he5'5 fl! September 1942 Our f1rs1 mont out from snore ana we love mtl Lverytnmg IS so new and exc1t1ng ana we are now travelmg tn an entlrely drlferent world For our captam we have Mrss Maddoclcs ana sne 'ras fast be come a favorrte wlth her whole unruly crew because of her understand mg gurdance October 1942 We have begun our magazrne sellrng campalgn Each trme we dock the whole town goes down under the vast army of crewmen who are makmg great progress tn thexr campa1gn We are be1ng led by Mr Cheney a very ltkeable and handsome gentleman October 1942 Ton1ght we docked for the Halloween party prom1sed us for sellmg magazmes The affa1r came off tn a hlgh school gym at a small town called Whrtlnsvxlle some few mxles from the coast There was an entertamment refreshments were served and a prrze was awarded for the best costume Thts was our last fhng before the hohdays November 1942 Today the whole crew was g1ven a four and one half day pass to spend the hohday ashore No one remamed aboard shlp December 1942 Spent the Chrtstrnas hohdays at home Agam no one re mamed aboard shlp Icrnuary 1943 After the hol1days we settled down to learn to be good satlors Our xnstructors are excellent but our dut1es are often d1f'f1cult to fulf1ll Before long we shall have learned the bas1c rules for bemg top fhght satlors Apnl 1943 For two months we have been delayed by lack of w1nd Our salls have remamed motronless and we have made practlcally no progress Trme has passed very slowly but relxef ts ln s1ght tn the near future une 1943 Our rehef has come' We frnally reached port and after conduct 1ng a fteld day to dlsplay our athletrc abtltty we have been QIVQH a two months leave Our shtp w1ll be repalred and we wtll return to her IH September for our next voyage September 1943 We have once more set sarl Th1s ttme our prevrously ac qurred knowledge Wlll make our tasks eas1er to fulf1ll Our captarn Mtss P1l1bOS1CIl'l has begun to assrgn our new dutres October Icmuczry 1943 Another rnaga71ne campcugn and party Leave for Thanksgrvxng and Chrtstmas granted to f1ll crew members All of the crew were g1ven a chance to demonstrate therr ab1l1ty to wrxte mterest xngly and factually for the DA R contest The subJect was My Fav ortte Character 1n Unlted States Hlstory The medal was won by 45 ll ll . 9 . 1 1 E 1 - A -1 - . 1 . .r , . , 1 - 1 ' . ' ' 1 - . 1 . , . . . . 1 . 1 1 1 . 1 1 - ' - 1 u , . , . . - 1 o . . . . 1 1 . , . , . . . 1 - . , . , , . . . . 1 - 1 0 ' 1 1 1 . . , , - Y 1 1 ' ' ' . 1 . . - 1 , . - . . , 1 1 . . . 11 . , . . 11
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Erleen McCann one of our very promxslng crew who wrote about Ben Jamm Franklln Icmucxry Iune 1944 Slow progress made over the Sea of Knowledge Our advance delayed by storms and rarn saualls 1n the torm of exarnlnatrons and darly qurzzes Iune 1944 Once more we put 1nto port tor an overhaullng of our shtp and to garn some much needed rest for the crew September October 1944 Our captarn for thrs voyage IS Mrss Connors Our trrst socral event of the year was a Harvest Dance held rn our muslc room wh1ch was decorated rn an autumn and harvest motlt November 1944 Made a small amount ot money tor the shrp s treasury from a toad sale sponsored by the crew We publrshed a shrp newspaper The Spyglass w1th Mary Mullrgan as edltor rn chref Posrtlons on the start were grven to crew members December 1944 We held our course stra1ght and made good October 2 3 4 1945 When we crossed the halfway lme ot our voyage SSDIOI ortlcers deemed rt necessary that we be 1n1t1ated 1nto the hrgh posrtlon decks and went seltconscrously about our dutres 1n queer and dectd edly unbecomlng regalra As a reward tor takrng everythlng so good naturedly we were grven a party by the sen1or O1'11C9TS November Icnuary 1945 Tlme out tor Thanksg1v1ng and Chrrstmas leaves and then back to duty February May 1946 Progress very slow Tlme drags and we seem to make no headway No relref ln slght Iune 1946 Unexpected relret arrrvesl Then come two months for rest and over haullng September 1946 Wrth Mr Buker at the helm and only one more port ahead ot our trnal dockmg we decrded to make the tr1p as pleasant as pos srble We elected Vernon Ahmadnan as Navrgator Madeletne Belval as Ftrst Mate Robert Baker as Second Mate and Elleen McCann as Steward To start our crurse oft at the rrght speed we part1c1pated wrth the rest ot the hrgh school rn the events of Fleld Day sponsored by the Student Councrl lt was a momentous occasron w1th many pnzes be mg awarded to many of the talented satlors of the crew Through much eftort on the part of some members the crew con ducted the sale ot mechanxcal pencrls Thts helped to hll our spare trme as well as our treasury 46 we had so recently attained. Therefore, for three days we paraded the
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