Lincoln Academy - Lincolnian Yearbook (Newcastle, ME)

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26 THE LINCOLNIAN saw the swaggermg flgure of Red Barber Red and Joe had always been rlvals and sometlmes thelr rxvalry had become bxtter Lately Red had been maklng the most of Joes fear of the water H1 Buzz grmned the blg red halred boy Come on 1n the water IS f1ne What d1d your pal Joe come along for to watch your clothes Forget It Red sa1d Buzz angrxly Joe may go 1n wlth us 1f he feels l1ke lt If he feels l1ke lt sneered Red That s good' what w1ll he do go wadmg' Joe however had walked rapldly away and was down by the sprmgboard watch mg some of the other boys Red was ID an ugly mood so he decxded to make the most of th1s opportunlty to annov Joe Look gang' he yelled Watch the red head dlve off the brldge Th1s IS lesson number one for the SlSSy boys that are a frald of the water know that water IS too shallow for d1v1ng from that hexght But Red was already scrambllng to the top of the brldge The shouts and warn 1ngs of the other boys were of no ava1l Wlth a cry of trlumph on hxs l1ps the reck less boy plunged mto the shallow stream below The rest of the boys held thexr breath thelr faces Whlte wlth fear He s staymg down began one of them ln an awed volce H1s words were lnterrupted bv a splash and the boys saw that Joe clothes and all was taking to the water 1n a runnmg flat d1V6 that would take h1m about mldstream A qulck struggle agalnst the fast runnmg water two or three desperate dlves and Joe appeared on the surface wxth the red head of Red Barber under h1S arm As J oe struggled toward the shore wlllmg hands rushed to hls help and lay the unconsclous form of Red on the ground Blood stream ed from a bad gash 1n Red s forehead That evemng Joe went to vlsxt Red Bar ber at the latters request and as thev shook hands over the bed where Red lav rather whlte and qulet both of them knew that they understood each other as they never had before THE REWARD OF A GERMAN MOTHER It was the sprlng of 1923 when Fritz first became lnterested ln the meetlngs Frau Hedr1ch reflected as she plucked the last feathers from a chlcken the Chrlstmas dlnner for her and Frltz At first Frltz had not mentloned them much He had Just sa1d that th1S fellow H1tler had some good 1deas and that 1f the vouth of the R61Ch followed h1m Germany would r1se agaln The nlght that Fr1tz had stood up and defied h1S mothers wlshes that he would stay at home stood out thls Chrlst mas day 1n Frau Hedr1ch s mmd Thls was Chrlstmas day 1932 and Frltz was now a Lleutenant ln the German army Perhaps her only son knew what he was dolng when he had wholeheartedlx supported the Nazx paltg from hls fourteenth to hls twenty fourth year but there was Stlll that feelmg ln Frau Hedrlchs heart that were together 1n thexr llttle cottage on the outsklrts of Berlln To Frau Hedr1ch Frltz was her only valuable possesslon After her husband had been kllled ln the World War Frau HQdT1Ch had turned to her task of brlnglng up young Frltz wlth a heavy heart Her love for hlm had grown untll she had hated anythlng or anvbody that mlght take her Frltz away from her Suddenly Frau Hedr1ch awoke from her deep thought The past was the past To day her Fritz was com1ng home for Christ mas For one long day she would have her own son to herself wlthout havlng to heal Frltzs hurrled excuse about an lmportant meetxng at headquarters She turned her attentlon to the chlcken and lt was soon IH the oven bakmg to a crisp golden brown The rest of the d1nner was long smce ready was now s1tt1ng on the old stove wa1t1ng only for the arrlval of Frltz At the sound of the doorbell Frau Hedr1ch hurried to the door How good lt would seem to look upon the earnest face of Frltz' When she opened the door Frau Hedr1ch recelved a sudden surprlse In stead of her Frltz there stood a young German prlvate not over seventeen He spoke curtly as he snapped Herr Hedr1ch w1shed me to lnform you that he w1ll be unable to attend luncheon todav Frau Hedr1ch' Turnmg h1S back he walk C Y , . . . ,V 44 ' 99 ' I ' ' 4 , ,t y . i' ' . Q H -- . , U 0 H i . 1 H . . . . . ,. , . . . YH ' ' ' ' . , . 0 f Ki ' ' 77 66 7 ' y , . . . . . ,, . , -- , . , . , y v . . - , - . . , . . - l A . 7 7 l ., . ' ' Sl 77 LK .I D , . . ' V1 ' , V - - . ' - 91 . . ' 7 . , Take it easy, Red, called Buzz. You longed for the days when she and Fritz . ,, . . . . . ' - . 7 ' V . l . ,. . . - . . . . . v D - , h tg 7 1 --1, I n l . - ' . . , ' l I ' 3 , . . Q y v . , . . . , V . 7 , ' , 3 . . I V ' Q , . l . I, - ' 1 , - l - 9 v ,, v ' ' L v 7 A-4 , . . . , ' ' .1 v . ,, . . -

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THL LINCOLNIAN knew that h1s dutv was to get under the basket As he rushed to h1s spot he heard the shrlll vo1ce of Jean shoutlng ccuragement There she IS rlght behmd the basket he Sald and for a moment he stared ln entrancement at the g1rl of h1s dreams At that moment somethlng struck hrs head wlth a dull thud Porky suddenlv reallzed It was the basketball He had fall ed to turn ln tlme to take the pass from h1s team mate HIS heart turned S1Ck w1th ap prehenslon but the next moment he start ed 1n surprlse as he heard the Central crowd roar The ball had bounced from Porky s head onto the backboard and after an agOI'l1Z1I1g moment of roll1ng around the hoop had dropped through the netting for two pomts Central rooters went Wlld w1th enthusrasm St1ll bew1ldered Porky DHVIS was nalf carrled off the floor by a shout 1ng and laughlng mob ln the locker room Coach Elllott was wa1t1ng and he too was laughlng Davls he grlnned Ive got to hand lt to you That was the tlme you really used your And hat lb why Porky Davls became known as one of the headlest players that Central fans had ever known Lawrence Bartlett 43 OOPS I was puttlng the boat under cover tor the n1ght when I heard fortstcps cllck cllcklng behlnd me I turned and approach 1ng was a sllcked up clty man He was tall and had a good physlque but you could tell that he was green when you put h1m beslde any of us tough old sod hoppers I may be tough but Im pohte so I holl ers H1 stranger He Jumped commg down hard on a boat and roll1ng over It backward Do you have to holler llke that? h sputtered pullmg hlmself out of the boat and brushmg the sand off h1s clothes Well no I replled but Mom always taught me to be p l1te to strangers speclal ly strangers who don t know me Well lets get acqua1nted Bud he offered rather haught1ly My names Jake I told h1m Just as haught1ly Clmaglne anyone calllng me a s1ssv name 11ke Budj My name IS B1ll Alsles I was wonder 1ng lf you had any property or lncome Mlnd you Im not curlous but I would l1ke to know Jake Well well Ianswered CI was CUFIOUS about th1s clty sllcker so I thought Id try to make a good lmpresslon on hlml I have a twenty four acre farm four boats whlch I rent out a Model T truck e1ght een cows all mllklng three dogs four cats a w1fe and an mcome of forty five dollars a week clear I l1ve on what I F8189 and sell some of It It surely doesnt cost me much to l1ve It s all profit You must pay an awfully blg lncome tax sald the stranger lnterested Ha ha' QI laughed that one offj M pay an lncome tax' Say I have a sl1ck hard tlme story Ill tell those fellers You d better start talklng then I m the tax collector Mabel Heath 42 HIS SECOND COURAGE Come on Joe the gangs gomg swlm mmg' Buzz Ransom pulled at the sleeve of h1s frlends sweater h1s eyes regardlng the others hopefully Naw I dont feel l1ke swlmmlng drawled Joe but h1s face flushed ever so l1ttle and h1s eyes dropped before those of h1s pal Come on along wlth us then urged Buzz appearlng not to notlce h1s frlend s embarrassment Maybe you ll feel l1ke It when you get there Joe Palmer went along but he hated to face the r1d1cule Whlch he feared he would have to face He knew that Buzz was h1s loyal frlend but he knew the rest of the gang thought he was yellow thought he had lost h1s nerve And Joe had to admlt that they were rlght I have lost my nerve he told hlmself Ever slnce I caught that cramp at the beach last summer and almost drowned Ive had a mortal fear of the water The gang all knows about It too and have started talkmg They thlnk Im yellow Joes fears were reahzed when they reached the rlver The gang was all there and 1mmed1ately after thelr arr1val Joe 1 25 V . ' 1 N . - - - en- U . . . ' . . . Y . u - - - 11 . , . I ' .' 1 1 - - 11 1 - 1 , . ' ' an 11 ' , . f 1 1 - V . . , 1 . . . H . . ' . - ' 1 1 4 . I , . , - I . '- --7 Y . 7 . 1 1 . - . . , ' - 1 77 1 . . . . . H ' ' ' 77 - - ' . . 1 7 ' cc 11 ax . ' . . . 1 ' ' e '. . . . , 8 - - - 1 11 - 4: 1 ' . 1 X . 1 - F7 1 . ,- - , ss 11 , K , , , .. . T - an 1 - . , . head , ' , , an 1 - ' 4 . - L 1 1 ', - 97 .1 . , l . , . . 1 1 1 u 1 ' , ' ' as Y Y 5 , . , , - . . ' ' V 7 x ' 'x 1 I - ' ' ' ' sn - , 11 - 1 1 . H . ,, , . . . . , ' 1 ' 41 1 - - 7 ' , as 11 97 1 - ac 1 ,, . . . , . . , . as ' YY ' 1 1 ' ., 1 . u . ., V as ' 11 e . ' an 11 - . . y , 1 sc ' 14 11 ' as . ' 1 1 1 ' . , . . n , - 1 V1 3 7 , - - 1 11 H 1 - 97 , ' . 1 1 1 . , , U , ,, . . . . - - 1 1 - V

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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 -