By Charlie Emrhein, SK3 (52-’54)
University Heights, Ohio
Charlie was the first ship’s store proprietor on the 1156 to make ice cream using the ice cream making machine in the store for the crew. Here is what made Charlie a legend on the 1156:
I could only make vanilla ice cream. We had no flavors. I went to the galley and the cook gave me a big bottle of maple flavor. Now we had vanilla and maple. I looked around the galley and found some food coloring. I made green ice cream they thought it was pistachio. I made red ice cream and they thought it was some berry flavor. The Captain told me to stop. He had no sense of humor.