Sabattus High School - Yearbook (Sabattus, ME)

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THE WELCOMED GUEST Tim's morale was at low ebb,and he was very sad and unhappy. All of the boys in his company were trying to cheer him up, but none cf them was succeeding. This went on for over a week until one day Tim went to mail-call and received a letter from a young lady whose name was Claire Kenney, He opened the letter and it started off with the statement that she had seen his picture in the paper and was very anxious to get acquainted with him She hoped he'd answer her letter and that they would be faithful pen pals This letter changed Tlm's attitude entirely His face brightened, a broad smile spread frem ear to ear and his morale started on the upgrade immediately He felt grand Just to thlnk that some girl liked his picture and wanted to write to him showed his letter to all of his chums, then he sat down and an swered lt immediately This correspondence contlnued between them for eight months until one day Tim's commanding officer called h1m to his office and told him he was granting him a seven day furlough Tim was very happy The first thing he thought of was to locate Claire but he decided to surprise her by not letting her know he was coming home Tim left camp that night, June 29, l9Lh H had a very long and tiresome trip and was very glad to get home He started to Cla1re's house the next day As he was going up the street, he noticed a pleasant llttle whlte bungalow surrounded by Elm and Maple trees with a big yard of well trimmed grass and a very beau tiful V shaped flower garden, whose fragrance perfumed all the air This made Tim feel very happy As he glanced up after a little day dreaming, he noticed the number W2l5W underneath the little silver doorbell This was Claire's house! While he was walking up the path, Claire looked out of the window and notlced this tall, dark and handsome soldler She wondered who it could bo because she had moved there only a short time before and hardly kn w ary one 1n the nelghborhood There was one servlce star in the wlndow which repres nted her brother Bob Suddenly she thought of her pen pal, Tim, with whom she had been corre pondlng for elght month Timhwarmly and lnvited hlm in and talked about his family as well as rs At eleven thirty P My Tim left just in time to get hls bus to New Haven When he arrived home t one thlrty A M his family were walting up for h1m and were very happy when he told them about Claire Whlle his pxrents were t lking to h1m he was in a daze dreaming about Clzire and his future He didn't know 1 word they were saylng, but after a f w minutes he lifted hls he d and Sdld, WLeUs go to bed, I'm terribly tired because I haven't really slept well for three nights We can talk about things to morrow N Tim's seven day furlough passed all too quickly Soon he had to start the general routine of the army llfe, but now the army llfe wasn't too disagreeable, for there were his thoughts of Claire and letters from her to relieve the monotony and form the nucleus around which day dreams are built A C I O 4 . . . . He . O . I , I ' 0 9 3 C . e I O Q I . O . f ' . 0 4 C D. J A , G 'L- : Q ' . . , C . J- .1 S . '. 1 S and as yet had never seen. She rushed to open the door, greeted ' 'L e . I 1 . ' ' 0 ' 5 G . o 0 o . 5. 3. I g, lr ? ' ' L . G I H . G ,. I .2 c L - , . 1. - X ' 3 , ' Q II