Lincoln Academy - Lincolnian Yearbook (Newcastle, ME)

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28 THE LINCOLNIAN IBLE MOMENT STOP BAKER AND BAKER ATTY S AT LAW Young Wllllam W1l11ams reread the w1re ln a sort of dazed sllence he notrced 1n a detached sort of way that h1s knees were tremblmg and that he would soon need a chalr wh1ch was fortunately just behmd h1m else he would have found hlmself rn the ungentlemanly pos1t1on of s1tt1ng on the floor The clock 1n the hall tlcked off three full mmutes before B1lly came to h1s senses then Wlth a yell that would have done credlt to a Moro bushman he dashed 1nto the kltchen 1n search of hls mother and s1ster Mrs W1ll1amS who was to be truthful only Blllys step mother suddenly found her kltchen 1nvaded by what she took to be a young tornado A hand grabbed her by the arm and a telegram was dangled be fore her eyes She read It and turned to B1lly Wlth a happy llght sh1n1ng ID her eyes B1lly she sa1d lf what th1s says IS true then all our worrles about sendlng you to college th1s fall are over but lf lt IS not true we are doomed to a terrlbla. dxsappolntment for I cannot remember any of your relatlves who could posslbly have had so much money unless She thought a moment I dont know you had an uncle once who was supposed to have had money You run along Ill Wlfe h1m and see B1lly dashed out the door IH search of h1s s1ster He found her under the old elm tree talk1ng to Dora Brown whom he conslder ed to be everlastlngly stuck up the reason belng that she was the daughter of a sena tor He passed the telegram to L1la and no tlced even rn h1s breathless haste that Dora Brown was readlng 1t over her should er Then an astonlshlng change occurred Whlle h1s s1ster st1ll sat 1n a daze Dora looked up and gxvlng h1m one of the sweet est smlles 1mag1nab1e sa1d Why B1lly you lucky boy I can t lmaglne anyone who deserves this more than you Why didnt you tell me you had rxch relat1ves'7 B1lly could falrly see the honey and sugar coat1ng on her words and h1s answer was characterlstlc of hls frank attltude to wards llfe Aw gee Mlss Brown I didnt know It myself untll I got th1s and he waved the telegram Excellent she laughed You always were a good Joker B1lly B1llys eyes narrowed He had never spoken more than a few words to th1s glrl IH all h1s llfe She had never spoken to h1m unless C1Vll1Z6d courtesy absolutely de manded It She had alwavs lmpressed h1m as th1nk1ng that he and mans other m1d dle class people were far beneath her Why th1S sudden change unless It was the money? Soon howex er M1ss Dora Brown depart ed leavlng B1lly and h1s sister an unheard of thmg an 1nv1tat1on to attend her monthly party an 1nv1tat1on they both a greed to forget about That afternoon the news was all over town The majorlty of people were glad for B1lly Wxlhams was an honest and very hkeable youth B1lly had scheduled for that afternoon a Hshlng tr1p w1th h1s eternal compan1on Tom Owen When two oclock came and Tom had not arrlved B1lly declded to tele phone and see what was hold1ng h1m He d1d and was lmmedlately connected w1th Tom thought we were golng fishlng I heard you d got a lot of money I fig ured you wouldn t care about me or about fishmg anymore Get th1s sa1d Bxllv my gettlng money doesn t mean anythmg to my real frlends You get your thlngs and meet me 1n front of the house They met and walked up Maln Street together People that B1lly never knew exlsted before spoke to h1m IH a frlendly fashlon He was surprlsed at h1s number of new frlends but was glad that he st1ll had h1s real ones An hour later two local boys who had been fishlng along Muddy Rn er rescued a half drowned old man who had sllpped IDIO the rlver from a ledge whlle he was admlrmg the scenery The man was Mr GlldhUfSI a m1ll1ona1re and the boys were Tom and B1lly Mr Glldhurst had come to town to correct a very grave mlstake made by h1s lawyers Baker and Baker B1lly took Mr Glldhurst home brought h1m dry clothes and left h1m to talk w1th hrs mother a Ll 77 S5 . . Y 1 vs - V yy, . . . . . , , 7 . , . . . y . Q 7 . I s , V y ' - Y . . Y . . . . . . , , ' Y 7 . ' 7 7 ' 7 , - . Y . ' 7 4- ' vv ' sa' ' ' ' I I 7 7 - , . . 7 Gb 7 77 ' GL - - Whats the matter? asked B1lly. I ' ' H H . 44 a H ' y - 5 1 , ' .77 ' ' 77 . is ' 77 ' ' L6 ' ' 7 JY . . . Y ' . ' . ' 97 , - . ' 9 7 7 ' . . . , ' s ' V , .v -y v . - ' , ' - 7 . ' ' 7 . . ' ' 31 . . '. 1 ' ' ' I . ' a a 7 - , I . ., . . , . . s 1 1 . , . . . ,, . . . 7 7

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THE LINCOLNIAN ed swlftly away leaving a saddened moth er Th1s was Frau Hedrxchs first defeat Fritz had broken a real promise to her for the first tlme in h1s life In 1933 when Hitler came into absolute power Frau Hedr1ch saw st1ll less of Frltz His two or three notes that she recelved every month spoke only of the vast reor gan1zat1on that was taklng place a reor ganlzatlon that would shake the very foundatlons of freedom and brotherhood ln years to come And as the months and years went by the notes grew shorter and came less frequently Frau Hedr1ch was an older woman now and she knew that l1fe would not last many more years ln the at mosphere 1n whlch she found herself Frau Hedr1ch was not surprlsed when World War II broke out She had surmlsed that the Fatherland was about to embark on a daring adventure that would take the l1ves of many Fr1tzs Karls Pauls and other German youths The notes from Frltz had ceased entirely for several months The nlght of September 15 1941 was an eventful one 1n the life of Frau Hedr1ch Llttle d1d she know as she ate her meagre blte ln the darkness whlch enveloped the entlre c1ty what would befall her that ev emng Her meal was typ1cal of the type that was belng eaten throughout Germany that night It cons1sted of a p1ece of black bread and a dlluted cup of coffee whlch she had been savmg for two days Her one consolatlon was that Fritz was enjoylng a hot large meal on the Russlan front The officers always had nlce meals the first note this year from FFIIZ had Sald so Frau Hedr1ch coughed as she swallowed the last bit of cold coffee The knock at the door d1d not surprise her greatly for she had long ceased to take any notice of l1ttle happenlngs She was m hopes that this was the weeks rations as last weeks were completely gone A gray uniform turned 1nto a blur as she heard the words Frau Hedr1ch the Hlgh Command regrets to report that your son Frltz was kllled 1n action somewhere on the Russian front yesterday You have here a statement saylng that you have g1V en a son for the Reich' That is all' He1l Hitler' This was the second defeat for Frau Hedrlch What l1ttle hope that she had had before thls blow was gone completely now She sank 1nto a chair a llfeless soul 1n a llvfng body a thoroughly beaten 1nd1v1d ua How long she remained there she d1d not know When she came out of her trance the sirens had Just started Up above her ln the sky swarmed at least 100 Br1t1sh bombers They were maklng Berlln feel the smart of bombs Just as the Ger man bombers d1d in London many months ago They were l1ke angry hornets swarm 1ng around somebody who had kicked thelr hlve They were after revenge Frau H6dTlCh heard those bombers and suddenly her bltter sorrow turned 1nto bitter hate for her country She flung open the door and ran 1nto the street gazlng up mto the sky Wlth a sort of fanatlcal won der Those Br1t1sh bombers were her frlends They had somethlng m common the destructlon of the rotten reglme that had harmed both of them so The bombs began to fall then Frau Hedr1ch was Spled by a German warden as she ran toward the explosions that were now rocklng the entlre sectlon of the c1ty where she l1V9d When the warden finally caught her they were both helplessly trapped wlthout a chance of escape The bomb that wiped out the1r lives came screaming down and exploded xn their midst That was how her l1fe ended Frau Hedr1ch had saved her self from a third defeat On September 16 ln a leadmg Nazi newspaper there appeared the following excerpt The very bloodth1rst1ness with which the Br1t1sh bombers prey upon their lnnocent victims was clearly demonstrated last nlght when Br1t1sh bombers struck dehberately at the residentxal dlstrxct out s1de Berlm Among the v1ct1ms were many women and children who gallantly swore their revenge on these beasts This IS the story of what one mother went through for the Glory of the R81Ch Jascha French 43 BILLY WILLIAMS FORTUNE It came at 9 30 Friday mormng and It read WE ARE GLAD TO IN FORM YOU THAT YOU HAVE INHERITED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS STOP WILL CONSULT YOU AT EARLIEST POSS a ' - . . , . . . . . . , , - ! ' . , . Y - ' v ' . . v ' s y . - 1 ' 1 . . - , Y 7 7 Y I 7 a 7 , - 1 , ' . l . ' 3 ' . ss ' - ' ' . 7 , . ' ' , ' ' 7, , . l ' ' , u ' H as ' ' ' 1 v ' . . . . U - 17 1 A -

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THE LINCOLNIAN At 9 30 Ff1daV mornmg lt came and read WILL PAY ALL EXPENSES FOR YOUR BOY TO GO THROUGH COLLEGE IF AFTERWARD HE WILL ACCEPT POS ITION IN MY FIRM STOP SAME OFFER IS OPEN TO OTHER BOV CALLED TOM STOP LET ME KNOW STOP J P GILD HURST Worthen LEWIS 42 DEFENDER The mornmg of December 7 1941 dawn ed clear and cool 1n the small town of M1n dalo on the West coast of Luzon 1n the Ph1l1pp1nes In Splte of the cold It was a beautlful mornmg Whlle Prlvate Ph1l Henden wearlly opened h1s eyes they ga? ed upon a brlght sun r1s1ng majestlcally over the harbor at MaHda1O Although Ph1l had been at M1nda1o but three weeks he had begun to admlre the natural beauty of the harbor and shorelme As Ph1l dress ed qulckly he thought to hlmself of thmgs more serlous than the beautv of the town 1n whlch he had been statloned He thought to hlmself for lnstance of the broadcast yesterday The words of the Manllla announcer came clearly back to h1s m1nd The Serlousness of the Sltua t1on can hardly be expressed 1n words We must be prepared for any eventual1ty The cunmngness of our prospect1ve enemy IS well known Ph1l forgot these words however as he answered the call to mess He thought only of h1s tasks that day Sp6C1dl target practlce on the back range spec1al class es 1n swamp Hghtlllg technlque and many others beslde h1s regular dutles Thmgs were certalnly belng rushed lately Ph1l thought to hlmself after h1s target practlce was over Most of the leaders on the West coast were Jlttery Ph1l declded General McArthur was slowly workmg the natlve populace to a fervor Colonel Dav1dson had four tlmes the past week lectured to hlS officers on war t1me condltlons Even Ph1ls fellow prlvates seemed to wear a somewhat grave expresslon on thelr faces The .laps were trlcky they all knew that They all knew that at any moment they mlght become engaged xn a fight for thexr very exlstence They all knew that It was posslble yes even probable They all knew a lot that the people back ln the States dldnt know The men at the small a1r base got the news first It came 1n around eleven 1n the mornlng It astonlshed no one Ph1l heard It around noon The Japs had attacked Pearl Harbor ln HHWHII They had landed trcops on the Northern shore Thev had bombed Manllla In Splte of all thxs there was no great excltement as Ph1l knew there would be back 1n the States In the evening the men llstened to Mc Arthur over the radlo from Manlla He told them what they already knew He told them to expect 1nvas1on at any hour and to take means to resxst that 1nvas1on It seemed funny to Ph1l to thmk of belng a defender He had come to the Ph1l1p p1nes from North Carolma hopmg for act lon He was golng to get It now but 1n a dlfferent marner than he had expected The officers bore down somewhat dur mg the next few days Hasty preparatlons were made Unlts of natlve Ph1l1pp1ne de fenders were sent to the 11th Dlx 1s1on at M1Hd31O A closer feelmg 8X1St6d between the natlves and the U S Army troops than Ph1l had wltnessed slrce commg to the Ph1l1pp1nes a year ago Together they waxted for what they knew was commg what men llke McArthur had warned them was comlng elghteen months ago On the fourteenth Jap bombers attack ed two destroyers IH the harbor slnklng one and wrecklng havoc and confuslon 1n the town ltself This was the prelude to the real thlng Ph1l guessed as he watched the A A s Qantlaxrcraftsj send a Jap bomber crashmg down ln flames The bombardment lasted for two hours unt1l darkness had fallen over the vlllage In the nlgnt the transports came steamlng outslde the harbor and at the first streak of dawn they made a mad rush for the land l'h1s was the Slght that greeted Ph1l and the rest of the men when thev awoke A Jap battleshlp was unmerc1fullv pound 1ng the a1rport and barracks The damage brought about by thls surprlse attack was great When at last effectlve fire had begun to be poured mtc the transports Ph1l and a dozen of h1s comrades were squat squarely behmd new machlne guns brought from the States last month By this tlme the 29 . v . as - v - f . - , . . . - 1 s 1 1 ' . ' 7 . 7 - ' , . . , - . , y , I . . Y a - ' 7 .1 , . . . . i H . . - . . ' a I . - ,, . . Q l U I I I ' ' . . u. f ' v s . . 1 - - , - . . - V . . Q . A V . . . ' V ' . v . ' . r ' ' - . , . ' ' V . ' 1 , , a I n u A