Ship Ahoy
Our Scoutmaster had arranged for the troop to go down to San Diego and visit an aircraft carrier. The carrier was called the USS Boxer. It was named after a ship captured from the British in the war of 1812. There had been five other ships with that name prior to the aircraft carrier being commissioned with that name. Carl James Stubbs and Rose Carolyn Stubbs, 1957 When it came time for us to go, the Scoutmaster was not available to take us. Bert Whitney, now Bishop Bert Whitney was no longer the Scoutmaster. I’m not sure who it was; I think maybe Bro. Rowley. The young men from the troop who were able to go were the following: Rulon Gibson, Harvey Boyce, and I. We were feeling bad about missing the chance to go on board an aircraft carrier. As the time drew near, my mother Rose Carolyn Stubbs, went to Skippy Barnson, a car dealer, and borrowed a car. With Mom as our driver, we were off to San Diego for a rendezvous with the Wasp class warship. It was quite exciting to even...