Guilford High School - Rostrum Yearbook (Guilford, ME)

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7:2 TIIE ROSTRUM one of the apa1't1nent houses, which was very nice, but the Navy has built us new quarters and we are all in love with it. It was beautifully decorated at Christ- mas. We had open house and all had a wonderful time. We are much nearer our work now, whereas before we had to have transportation to and from work and of course we were never ready all at the same time. This is my 12th letter, so will say goodnight for now and get a little shut- eye. Sincerely, Phyllis Blethen North Africa Dear Mr. Clark: lust a few lines to let you know I haven't forgotten you and good old G. H. S. I received some paper clippings and I see that the boys are doing O. K. in basketball. I hope they keep up the good work. I guess Guilford ought to take the championship again this year. It doesnit seem very long ago when I was at the games with you and all the boys. I spend a lot of my spare time thinking of you and basketball. It sure is a swell sport. Tell Mr. VVillis I was asking about him and tell him to write. By the way, howis school going this year? Itis pretty dull over here but we manage. Well, I must close now. Give my best regards to all the faculty. Kjakev fLawrence lordan, Sfcl Dear Mrs. Emery: Iust a few lines in answer of the note on the back of the Christmas card that you sent me. As you see my writing has not im- proved since you last saw it, but I hope you will be able to read it. Things are going quite smoothly since the Christmas rush is over. You see I work in the post office and we had two and a half months of steady work, but now we are back to normal again. Leave it to me to get an easy job. I keep in tap with the old town pretty well through my friends back there so you see I am pretty well up on the news back there, but that is not like being there and getting the news first- hand and seeing it happen. IVIILII kind of a basketball team is Guilford having this year? One thing sure it can't be any worse than the one we had in my senior year. Even if wc didnit win we always tried to give the opposition a good fight. Well, I guess this is it for tonight so I ivill elose now. Sincerely, Decky Littlefield, Class of ,4l. GRADUATES OF 1943 liieklord, Barbara, employed Guilford Maine. Blake, Thomas, U. S. Air Force. Brasier, Kenneth, U. S. Air Force. Callahan, Geraldine, employed, Bangor, Maine. Caron, Elaine, employed, Bangor, Me. Crabtree, XVinona, employed, Hartford Conn. Crafts, Beverly, XVheaton College, Ill. Crockett, Carolyn, employed, Hartford, Conn. Cross, Hugo, U. S. Air Force. Fitzsinunons, Elizabeth, employed, Guil- ford, Maine. Goodridge, Eleanor, employed, VVash- ington, D. C. Could, Bowdoin, U. S. Marine Corps. johnston, Lawrence, U. S. Navy. jordon, Harold, U. S. Navy. Knox, lames, employed, Guilford, Me. Loane. Ruth, at home, Guilford, Maine. Page, Thomas, at home, Abbot Maine. Parkiman, Gordon, employed, Guilford, 7 7 v Maine. Perkins, Beatrice, employed, Hartford Conn. Pride, IValdon, U. S. Navy.

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THE ROSTRUM 71 Of course Florida has its merits, namely, being able to be out in the sun a lot. I've actually seen it rain only once since I've been in this state. I'd like to be home though, because Christmas will surely be funny without snow, but I should kick, thereis lots of fellows and some of them from good old G. H. Sf, who are out there and have far less than I have and hereis hoping weill all be able to be home next Christmas and make np for the time we had to spend getting rid of the yellow japs and Germans. WVell, Pat, must sign off. Thanks a million for the Senior Play prog1'a1n. Give all the fellas playing basketball my best wishes and wish them all the luck in the world i11 retaining that 'ichampionship crownf, and the girls too. So long for now. As ever, a G. H. S. graduate, Edwin Knowles, Class of '42, Navy :f:j:l03 Med. Dept., cfo F. P. O., New York City, N. Y. Dear Mrs. Emery: I have meant to write to you so many times and just didnit seem to get to it. Truthfully, I donit remember whether I have written to you since I have come in the Navy or not and know that the only thing I can write you will be about myself, which is a very poor thing to do I suppose, but donit mean to be all ego. Well, I had to wait quite a long time before my orders came through for sure and then when they did I reported to Chelsea, Mass., the 6th of October, l942, for duty. I was there for nine months and enjoyed it a great deal. That january I had three days off and went to my alumni banquet in Bangor and in june I was granted ten days and after spending seven of them in Bangor and Greenville I was sent a wire that my orders were in and for me to report back to my station immediately. All trains and buses had left Greenville for the day but it happened to be on a Sun- day and lots of people were going back to Bangor after having been fishing. The game and fish warden got me a ride through to Bangor that night and the next afternoon I was in Chelsea. I was detached from there the following day and my orders read for Newfoundland. Sorry that I am not able to tell you just what place. WVe had to wait about Bos- ton for nearly two weeks for transporta- tion and then Hnally we came up by a government transport plane. It only took us six hours and it was a most gor- geous day. It was about the best I have seen since I arrived. I had a most pleas- ant trip but on landing here it bothered my ears a great deal. It was over two weeks before my hearing got back to normal. I had a cold at the time I left Boston and guess that is why I had so much difficulty. All summer it was ter- ribly foggy and rainy. Old Sol did come out a few times but was on other jour- neys other than here about three-quar- ters of the time. I feel that October was our best month. VVe have very little snow and the lawn in front of the nurses' quarters looks like one in Maine in late fall. The mountain tops are laden with snow and make a gorgeous view. We didnit have any snow here till the mid- dle of December and such a small amount then. The wind is simply ter- rific. I have never experienced anything like it. I bet that you have it much cold- er right there now than we do here. I have been out on lots of picnics and cooked dinners out-of-doors, rain or shine. Sometimes we hike, other times by boat or even station wagon. I have been aboard several ships for dinner and one of the ships we had a tour through after dinner was very interest- ing. The sick bay was especially fas- cinating. There are a couple of nice officers' clubs here and there are a lot of dances and parties every week. Wlien we first came up we lived on the Army side in

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THE HOSTRUM 73 Schultz, Gertrude, employed, Washing ton, D. C. Shaw, Elnora, employed, Guilford, Me. Small, Geraldine, U. of M., Orono, Me. Taylor, Patricia, U. of M., Orono Me Wharff, Kenneth, U. S. Army. XVhiting, Leola fDeanl, employed, Dex ter, Maine. GRADUATES OF 1942 Burgess, Glen, U. S. Air Force. Crafts, Aud1'ey, Wheaton College, 111. Currie, Gail fKnowlesj, employed, Guil ford, Maine. Cunningham, Mary, Massachusetts Gen eral Hospital, Boston, Mass. Dean, Lawrence, U. S. Air Force. Edes, Edith, employed, Washington, D. C. Gorman, Donna, Bouve College, Boston Mass. Hibbard, Harding, U. S. Army. Herring, hlznnes, U. S. Air Force. Knowles, Dania, U. S. Army. Knowles, Edwin, U. S. Navy. Lombard, Gloria, U. of M., Orono, Me Matthews, Barbara QTroyl, at home Guilford, Maine. Miclraud, Christine, E. M. G. Hospital Bangor. Maine. Morin, Veda, Maine School of Com- merce, Bangor, Maine. Norton, Byron, U. Air Force. Page, Karlene, employed, Guilford, Me Page, lrene, E. M. G. Hospital, Ban- gor, Maine. Perkins, Crystal, employed, Guilford Maine. Ruksznis, Clair, at home, Guilford, Me Seile, Laura, employed, Guilford, Me Stewart, Alda, Bath Memorial Hospi tal, Bath, Maine. Stuart, Marilyn, Westbrook junior Col- lege, VVesthr00k, Maine. Taylor, XVilliarn, U. S. Navy.