Wakarusa High School - Waka Memories Yearbook (Wakarusa, IN)

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dit SENIOR HISTORY On a brlght balmy day ln September 1942 s1xty s1x young sallors boarded a sh1p that was headed for the far harbor of Graduat1on D1ck Schaffer was act mg as captaln and Patrlcla Rohrer was flrst mate Kathryn Pletcher was ln charge of the log book and Marlon Overholser kept account of the expenses Mlss Harrlet Yoder and Mr Wlllxam Smlth were along as Navxgators These offlcers were 1n charge of th1s part of the voyage untxl It was half completed when Nancy Chrxstner took over the brldge w1th Maynard VN eaver as flrst mate Kathryn Fletcher was retamed as log book keeper and Laurabelle Eby was put mn charge of the expenses Of course several storms were encountered espec lally those of Algebra and Blology When the roll was taken at the end of thls lap of our Journey lt was found that two of our crew were m1ssmg Our sh1p soon put lnto port and the flrst part of our Journey was completed After a long shore leave the crew boarded the shlp agaln When muster was taken lt was found that our number had decreased to sxxty Charles Llenhart was chosen as capta1n and Nancy Chrlstner as mate Pauhne Ummel kept log and Max1ne Weaver kept track of the expenses Mrs Glen M1ller and Mlss Alta Housour were on board as pxlots A navy blue and whlte flag was ru n up and a large Amer1can Beauty Rose was palnted on the bow Durlng the voyage tame was taken out for several partxes m the lounge of the shlp No ser1ous storms were encountered but we dld run mto heavy seas several tlmes Our shxp flnally After another shore leave the shlp agaln set sall Nancy Chrlstner was cap taln Charles Llenhart mate and Fern Esenwem kept log and the expenses Mr Glade Rohrer was our pllot When the roll was taken It was found that our number had dropped to forty three We werghted anchor and set out to sea agam Several partles were held ln the shlp lounge and a banquet was enjoyed by all toward the end of our voyage A play entltled Almost Elghteen was glven by several crew members also Thus we came to the end of thxs part of our Journey Agam sa1l1ng tlme rolled around and we welghed anchor Our number had 1n creased to forty s1x Nancy Chrlstner was st1ll captaln and Chuck Long was cho sen as flrst mate Fern Esenweln was st1ll keeplng log and Laurabelle Eby was actlng as treasurer Mr Rohrer was navlgator Soon after we set sa1l another play was glven Young Barry Of course the last year was not wlthout some rough sa1l1ng and we were forced to pass through the Stralts of Chemxstry Now we have dropped anchor ln the harbor of Graduatlon Looklng back over our voyage we f1nd that It was a pleasant one We are now ready for another voyage whxch we all must take that of Lzfe Smce our motto 15 Rowmg Not Drlftmg we hope that 15 just what we shall do ln our future lxfe Paul Mast came to anchor and the first half of our journey was now complete.