Woodstock High School - Eureka Yearbook (Bryant Pond, ME)

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A STITCH ln Tlhb 'I tell you hc 15 Jack's thc bcst Sklor 1D thc moun t3lHS,n bragged tarollnt to Dlck, who n d spent sev ral w1n t rs Skllng on the Swlss alps D1dn't hls SlSttF know anyth1ng9 wlse r cklng llke that! Jack look d iround t the group o+ ras frncnds, who had como wlth hlm and hls Slat r to hls unc e s fabulous wlnter r sort ln th whlte MOUHC31HS Lwred of th lf gay llfe 1U New York, they w re seeklng ncw thrllls here Ulf your brother's so good, let's see hwm prove lt, retorted the famous DWlSS Sklar Nall rlght, he w1ll,H rcpllcd the cour gtous Carolln , lgnorlng hcr brother's gasps of protests Nlom rrow after noon you two can com down thc back s1dc oF Noun Wash1ngton whlch 15 the most treach rous place around ncre I Just know you'll Wln, ack Jack too wcak to utter a word, merely sat and stared lnto space, turnlng over ln hls mlno the fact that he nad never been on a palr of Sk1lS 1D h1s l1f Now that lHS3Du slsttr of hls lnslst d that he was thc champlon Sklcf of thc U and he had to provt lt on mount washlngton s st tp, huavlly wooded slopes Oh, well, thls has been a good llfe, what l'vc nad ot lt Jack's contcmplatlon of thc past was rudely lnt rruptcd by tarol1nc's lHSlStLHt shaklng of hls shouldtr WJack1e, dear, you know that your slster only do s w 1S best for h r sweet llttle snookums, so cheer up Why you know, as w ll as I do, that thcre s nothlng to skllng All you have to do 1S strap two boards on your feet, Fldb up to the top of a llttle h1ll and gust let the sk11s haul you down over. It's r ally s1mple,H was her yplanatlon to the audlence at large After Carollne s lntclllgcnt lecture on skilng she looked around for Jack only to flnd hlm sprawled out on the floor ln a dead falnt. Calllng the other two boys to help her, tarollne had Jack taken to h1s room Upon arrlval there, Jack began to shake vlolently and then to pcrsplre. Thoroughly alarmed, thcy called for a doctor, To Jack's rellef the doctor 1SbU d orders for hlm to be sent back to the clty near a hospltal and not to do any Skllng or other such strenuous tXuTC1SoS Jack's condltlon was duo to an attack of malarla Wh1Ch he had plckcd up ln the South beas and from whlch he had never fully recovered. Possibly th1s stltch in tlme saved more than nine. Barbara Berryment 'LQ l , J--X I - A ' 3 L ' 'A ' Q - , . . . Y 5 . . ' 'G V, 51 ' 'LJ ' O I ' , C: 3 ' if O . . . A . - . V 5 R . . ' l 1 ' - ' ' X' C QA. . -x 1 R f - D Cl .l A x A . . 1 . . . - 1 y Y I 3 f, A -. f- V - - 3 . . . ,- . V - V- . fa . V f . gg U 1. -- U . k . k . . : N ,- A D' ' 1 , .. 0 - u ' ' N , , . . J , M 4 . . V . J . l 1 Q H - C . ' . x .x - . w - ' ' J A - U 1 z f l' 'W J H 5 'D , ' . . N H' I N . V , . .4 , f , ,J C ' J , ev 1 - 2 J .1 , , - . . . . - -1 A 1 V3 il 1 r . . . . . . Q lf -:J A . A . A . . . U - T 1 ' ' J Q , .. K ' 'V 0 U 0 .. 1 1 - I , , N C .1 - L 'A 0 ., 4 ,A J . X I . a . ' r. 1 ' . -. . , U .. 1 . . . V . . J ,W P' 4 5 U . . 1 e hat . I Y 5 , . ' b J' . , . 6 3' . . . A Q, A , ,r - s . .1 ' A, I . -I . . YJ . . ' e ' ' 1 e- ' ' .-5 ,- 0 ' ' ' ' 4 ' 1 1. A ' . . A . . . V . K 1 . - ,. ,X . . . . - g K . . . . , :A - U .4 A - . . . . 'H 1 74 1 4 D . . . . Q n 1 4 ,L ' Y

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Coming Back to Life The day I graduated I IOIHGQ the Infantry The slx months went fast for me and I really enjoyed them as I made a lot of frlends Maklng frlends was SOUGth1WU new for me as I was an orphan and had to work all my tlme and thus hadn't had tlme to make many acqualntances It was ln the seventh month of tralrlng that I was Shlp ped to the flghtlng zone At that tlme I bore the rank of P F C and I felt real proud of myself It was when we landed 1n Normandy that a fear that somethlng was gOlHg to happen over took me Through weeks of hard, tlresome flght lng thls fear stayed wlth me In the locatlon where we were, farm anlmals were runnlng over the place, set free from thelr pastures by bombs and the flfhtlng As only powdered mllk had, some of us stole out from camp at nlght to get of fresh mllk One nlght I had found one of the and was flll1DU my helmet when a gun cracked some where off 1U the dark nlght and a paln rlpped through y shoulder about all soldlers, was to be a helmet creatures A couple of days after th t I awoke to flnd myself 1D a crowded room The cockroaches were as thlck as dust, dead bodles, dlrt, blood, and dead mlce were enough to choke a puy to death I could feel the llce from the man next to me run nlng through my halr As my eyes became accu tomed to the d1m l1ght,I saw that there were multltudes of other men ln thls same room, packed so close that they were standlng, SlCt1UF or lylng on each the dampness of the floor I knew I was ln a German Prlson Camp Llfe, 1f that lS what you call lt, was torturlng e suffered many a beatlng by the brutal enemy We were forced to work ln our b re feet and were whlpped untll our hldes were raw lf they were not sulted For meals, when remembered, we were glven a small bowl of pot to peellng or fnh he d soup Many a tlme we had to go wlth nothlng to flll our stomachesa Many t1m9S I prayed that I would d1e rather than have to l1ve through thls torture For months my m1nd was blank and my prayer was almost answered I really can't descrlbe the months of sufferlng I went through, but I w1ll never forget the day that the Amerlcans took over I was never so thankful ln my llfe s when they put me on 3 nospltal shlp headed for New York It was wonder ful to lay 1D a real bed I broke down and crled when a tray of food was set 1n front of me Only tho e who have been through hell w1ll know what a wonderful leellng lt 1S to come b ck to llfe agaln, after g1V1ng up hope Joan Coffln 'SO 6 , If A . . . . . . r .LO , , . , . I . . . . 0 O O I . . . - I . .Q . . i . 0 . . KI' . . m C t a . . r A ' I J 1 rv u . Q 7 1 C l s ' ' . 4 1 . . J . other. I tried to get to my feet, but my legs were numb from . i . . ' 0 . . . C ' - I , C ' I . . . . 3 . . 1 g . T . . . . F . C . I . . . f I . I f ' ' t a F , . g . - I . L . . V . S - I 3 . r. 1 H. . 0

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Fetes et Conge de la France La France celebre certaines fates Plusieurs ressemblent a celles de l'Amerique, par ex role le ll novembre est la fete nationale et les grande fe es rfligneuse de Noel, du Jour de l'an et de Paques A Paris le Jour de l'ArmJst1ce, on depose des fleurs sur le tombeau dl oldat inconnu Fn Anerique, ce Jour la, notre president devose les fleurs sur le tombeau du Joldat inconnu america n Q Arlington En France on celebra la prise do la Bastille le lu guillet C'est la fete nationale irancasise Nou celebrons notre Decla ration d' independence le A Juillet Noel, qui etait autrefois en France une fete purement religieuse, devient de plus en plus une fete mondaine, ou le reveillon remplace la hesse de minuit Ordinairement on n offre pas de cadeaux C'est le Jour de l'an qu'on offre detrennes et qu'on rend visite a ses amis Parml les fetes fran aises qui ne correspondent pas a des fetes americaines il y e a Toussaint et le Mardi gras Naurellement les conges, suget tres passies memes dans les deux pays Selected by Elouise Dunham 'SO French Teen Agers About the queerest thing that the French do is to go to school during different months tnan we do The typical school boy or girl starts to school in October and doesn't get out until July They go from 9 till l2 in the morning and from 2 to 5 in the afternoon Their biggest meal is at noon and it is a sacred occasion French women were permitted to vote last vear, conse quently civics courses are unknown in French schools, and incl dentally most French girls consider that the Wwoman's place is in the home. The teen-agers that have been through the war are more world conscious than we are. The war began when they were about 8 years old. So when an orange or new fruit appears on the table for breakfast, it is an extremely happy event. They can't remem- ber what ice cream made with milk tastes like. High school is tough. You may think our high school is,but in France at the age of 15 the boys and girls are ready to enter college. When French students are ready to graduate they take a stiff exam which they call Nbaccalaureatn. It is very difficult and only 505 pass. Americans and the French aren't so different as we some- times think. I think it would be fun to go to France and get acquainted with them. Maybe sometime the privilege may be ours. Louise Bryant 'L8 Q- f cf J , s . . y 1 . , A . ,x ' fl Y 'L' . ' 1 F' 4- I NA. I - a , A F' .1 ' Q Q o . J. 1, . -. o nx g . . . . I 3 V , ,. A . 1 . w T ' ' 1 k 5 L, U J A . f I. 1 ., x .4 L V f. . f . : . A - L. 7 Q f s 0 O I .1 O . 1 . ' N I N A 1 Q O . . 1 . . O ' ' - I . . I' . . . , . I u u c 0 I .J I I . o . . . I . A . . - L 1. I . . . . T. A . V Q ., Q b I . N n D . -. . . . . 1 . . 1 7 q ' . . . . . . , . . . . . o A . . . 0 - u U 1 V O Q - . . . ' U