Plymouth High School - Pilgrim Yearbook (Plymouth, MA)

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Today I attended church services in our chapel, built entirely of native material except for the cement deck Ciloorl. I've always known of buildings made of grass and bark, but I'd never seen any until I got out here. One mess hall is made entirely of rough lumber and roofed with a white bark that grows here. The chapel is built of the same material, but is roofed with grass. It has a screened opening all the way round. It's about four feet from the floor and reaches to the roof. This provides good light and ventilation. It really is beautiful with a rustic cross on the roof, and the doors open directly below. How is everything in school? lt's almost over now. I'm sure going to miss seeing the graduation exercises. Two months now and it will be a year since I've been over here, but I guess I've still got a lot to go. It sure will be great to see Plymouth again! I ! Pfc. Joseph B. Sylvia CMarine Air Groupj 'Somewhere in the Pacific It's very hot here. Itls the summer season, and we get a sun- burn in fifteen minutes. and a tan in a few days. We work six and a half days a week, and get half a day off. I'm all grease from head to foot. I have to wash my clothes practically every other day. The cars travel on the left hand side of the road here. We get paid in Australian money. At first it was difficult, but now we know how to use it and also how to spend it. Practically every- thing is rationed here including ice. clothes, and shoes,-but meat is unrationed and a steak dinner costs only forty-eight cents. We live in pyramid tents, five men to a tent. The food is very good, and we have free outdoor movies, two P.X.'s, and three Chapels. Pfc. John Youngman Somewhere in Australia Some of the Arabs are lazy, and they are sly businessmen. The first month here they charged small prices for their merchandise, but, when they saw how much we had, they raised their prices sky high. Here the soldiers become shrewd businessmen-or at least try to be. They make the Arabs cut open a melon and, if they think it is good, they ask the price. The G.I.'s try to bring the price down, but the Arabs are stubborn. The G.I.'s price goes up a little, and the Arab's goes down a little. But the G.I. knows that the Arab has to get rid of the melon since it is cut. The G.I. mentions his price again, and the Arab fails to agree. The G.I. simply walks away as if he isn't interested, but not too fast-for he knows that the Arab will call him back. Sometimes it doesn't happen, but most of the time it works-but, even if the G.I. gets the melon, he knows that he has been overcharged. There are several classes of Arabs. I know very little about the upper class. They always look clean and neat. We usually see them in the towns or city during the day, hardly ever at night. Pfc. Manuel Amaral Africa Page 24

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Since I arrived in Sicily, I have visited Catania and Palermo. Both cities are similar, but I still Wouldn't trade them for the small- est town in the States. The island is like heaven in comparison to the dry, dusty, and treeless Africa. The roads are paved, not with tar, but With large flat stones which make riding on the whole very comfortable. There is no real shopping center, but instead the stores can be found on almost any street. There are no large stores, but only small shops made from one room of a house. When these shops are closed, a large piece of sheet metal is pulled down over both the Windows and doors. The variety of goods on sale at the stores is small, and the prices are extremely high. I also visited Mt. Etna and have climed to the top of it. Sgt. Frederick Wirtzburger England Amarillo is in the middle of the Texas Panhandle and certainly is barren country. The sands of Amarillo keep a-getting in my pillow, and that's no lie. The wind is terrific, and often We are un- able to see down the street during one of the frequent sand storms. The evenings are beautiful. The air is crisp and clear, and the sky is a maze of twinkling dots laid on dark velvet. If it were only like California during the day! Our classification tests are finished at last, and they were diffi- cult. Much emphasis is placed upon the psychological tests. I made the highest scores possible for navigator or bombardier, but not so high for pilot. I asked to be navigator and sincerely hope I make it. Pvt. Robert Wilson Amarillo, Texas Right now I'm sitting with my feet in Tennessee mud, trying to Hnish this letter before darkness stops my attempts at Contact with the outside World. To discuss the weather in Tennessee would be to Write an essay on the advantages and disadvantages of cloudbursts. This morning my tent mate and I awoke to find ourselves treading water in our pup tent. The entire morning was then spent in a vain attempt to dry out my dampened frame. Never would I have believed it possible for it to rain so much for so long a time. Pvt. Richard Kearsley Fort Jackson, South Carolina This is my last day at Chapel Hill, and I am very glad that it is. Although eleven weeks have passed, it seems like only yester- day that I arrived. The thing that surprised me was the studies! I got through them all with very little trouble. I enjoyed celestial navigation most. That is where the interpolation taught me in high school came into play. Robert Tedeschi Naval Aviation Cadet Pensacola, Florida Page 23

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Cyan an latament E it remembered that We, the opulent Class of 1944, being of sound mind and memory, do hereby declare this our last will and testament, and do devise and bequeath the following tokens of esteem to our beloved faculty who although impoverished by our departure, may be enriched by our bequests. , i R To Miss IRIS ALBERTINI t'--s A leather-bound edition of her literary accom- W A . . . , plishments in the realm of poetry. 1WtmwWW , ,re, t 1 I A L' To MRs. HELEN BAGNALL Sill R ' . 525 A heliocopter to facilitate week-end jaunts to the base where the Lieutenant is stationed. Q M5 X fi Q7 ve X 1174,-svn. if. X 5 ,ri f e w! fftiiiumfw' -f , w X , as r - f X To MRS. LOUISE BEARSE s irrr gg . 1592 A gold-plated pencil with which to carry out her persistent threat of listing the names of recalcitrant pupils. ,I 3' f ?W3mwt new f K x A l' To MRS. MARGARET BROWN A rapid transit car for the speedy conveyance I , , ,fy Lf. QM yi, of fifth and sixth period loiterers. 1' ff' 2't:ii,li - A 1 '1? - YHA' ,I V .ffe of? A 'Q ?' 5 Wes' '27-X ff' f'7f5'7f . gf sf, 1 f To MRS. VIOLA FIGUEIREDO 1 W A pair of asbestos gloves for each of her would- W i, be cooks to prevent catastrophes in the kitchen. 5114921 , ff ,,f sf fam If ,- 1-1: 5 V if -sm nz' 3 sf 'Qu ' ' Page 25