Thomaston High School - Sea Breeze Yearbook (Thomaston, ME)

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' THE SEA BREEZE 3 NIt's odd, but I can't seem to remember either my name or where I live. Do you suppose that I have any identification card with me?H With these words the man.mho had forgotten all previous connections tried in vain to find some means bv which to identify himself WWe'll have to call you something H Catherine MacRae, a swe motherly woman, sympathized with this man whom a trick of fate had brought tq her home HOh, Mrma, let's call him HSlim W e call you Slim9' After WqlLa's' 19d of assent to Rose 's question, Mrs MacQ added that it was indeed a descriptive nan UI ll have to find something to do I ust have a home and friends somewhere H 'Mzvbe we can be of some assistance to yo My husband died five years ago, and since then we have been getting along as well as we can Ne have been thinking for quite a vhwle of hiring someone to help us since my father is too feeble to do much work, and Roselle and I can't do everything that must be done on even a small farm like ours Your services Nill be more than welcome to us if, of cnurse, y u are willing to receive small wages H His usually twinkling eyes expressed a deep gratitude that words could not have conveyed The forthcoming days unfolded new tvpe of existence for Slim the man who was formerly a well known author and the most important person in Hartford, but now a 'happy go lucky', full fledged Nhired mann Here in the serene peacefulness of the countrv he found content ment Roselle, an immenselv likeable girl, admired him for his friendly cheerfulness, and as the months passed, there started between Slim and Catherine an understanding friendship that would soon develop into something deeper In accordance to Sl1m's realization that he sylvania he tried by all means in his power to bring this about All his efforts were to no avail After the evening chores were f nished, it had become an estab lished custom for Roselle to sing to her audience of three It was a pleasure for the listeners to see her dark blue eyes sparkle when she sang gay, liltinn tunes and to see her face sadden and to hear the sob in her throat when the songs were sorrovful As her voice died away at the close of nCold Mine in the Skyn, a popular tune of the day, Slim remarked to Catherine, 'What a heavenly vaice' That child should have Slnglng lessons WI know, but we really can't afford 1 If my husband had lived we might have found some way, but now well, I can't afford it N Slim gained consciousness in a faintly familiar room To the nurse who was bending over him he said, NI've had an odd dream I dreamed that I've been working on a farm and that I fell in love Nith e most beautiful woman, mother of P girl Nho sang like a lark ' Catherine went to his bed side and, fter telling him that he fell from a beam, she related some of the events that had taken place , ' . ' - et, 1 . -.'- ' K 'H 'v- . 'gre - ' . -ae I Lx: ' ' ' 'C ' i u. ' 1 I 0 0 ' xl 3- I I ,o ' ' , . 1 . . , . . I 'J ' ' . ,D ve- l , I v - - - v - ' . . 4 . Fa . must find his real identity in spite of his happiness here in Penn- : , . I ' 5 . L4 1 'N - . Q . . . FD I .- .1 . . . A 3 1' ' . E 1 4.. . . . I ' t ' - . . I , A . . - J .4 '. a . . .N K . t O , 4 .rn 4, . A . A . . H E . , tn ,. 1 . ' .' n I ul -' 8 A 7 I 1 u J V 2

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THE SEA BREEZE 9 during his period of forqetfulness. USO you see it's no dream,W she whispered. Gradually the deteils of the dream became a reality to him. It was not lonz before Catherine knew that HSlimu was in reality the well known Danlel Vandenmark she also heard the pleasing news that nSl1m' was POIHV to teke her, Roselle, and her father to Hartford Roselle, now fourteen, would have a chance to study music under a cepable master, nd her h1s days in a home with marked the bGU1HDiH2 of + 'Thenk aoodness,' pen, NThis storv's done mlStPkCS in lt W father would be able to spend the remainder of ll the comforts th t an old man engoys l938 many heppv years for the Vendcnmarks JF lk sald the high school Junlor, throwlng down her I hope that th teacher won't flnd too many Marion Burkett '40 DOUBLE SOLUTION Ruth Bartlem nd Betty Reed had been chums ever slnce they were ln the flfth grade, fhen Ruth moved to Qockvllle They had completed thelr gremm r school nud Hlgh School courses tovether, and then de clded to be nurses same room, swapped They hed done thls be wearlng 1 black natures On the afternoon fter thelr vrdduatlon her clothes to go home untll she was ble to door burst open dnd 1U came Ruth 'Look from Dad nd for 0 graduetlon present, I'm to They trdlned at the same hospltal sh red the clothes everythlng that very Sp9C1Hl chums do for three year now nd ln dnother week they would bind on Uuelr caps and ddlnv R N to their S13 Bettv was slowly pecklng ct employment Soon the Just recelved a letter take the car und vo on a three weeks V3C3tlOD 1n the M ratlme Provinces at h1s expense end best of all, vou're to come long I can tell vou, lt d1dn't take them lonv to peck and be ready for the trlp Although both Ulrls' mothers were n tlves of the Provlnces, nelther 31Tl had been there The towns beclm f rther nd farth r pert s they went up the coast toward th border nd flnelly pissed throuvh the custom offlce Ruth was b f r the more exclted nd lnslsted 1n stopplng and Jumplnv out to klss the ground of her mother's Hqt1V6 land, wh le Betty prlmly looked the other wav and wondered nwhut people would t5lDk' They dec1ded to tour the coast of Nov qCOtl lelsurely nd when they fcund sultabl spot to st y there for few d vs The next dav es they were dFlVlHg lonv ln the eountrr the sky became cloudy, the wlnd blew fUFlOUSly nd flashes of llUhCCH1Hg streaked the sky DTlV1Hg elong the shore road, they notlced sever l ldrve houses, end as the rain began to come ln l ree drops, they PCHl1Z6d th1t they must seek shelter lmmedlately NLook, Ruth, there's H vacant house on the T1 ht Ne probe ly could drive the car in the bern and st untll the shower 1S over . 1 1 - . , .. A , ' 9 ' ., V ,D 5-D L ' Q , 4 R 4 . CA .. ' y 9 rx , ' K.. CJ f O ' U c .., . - ' . ' -.f -4 0 lk FF lk 131 H91 P? P? lk HF lk PY PF PF lk FF Pk lk if lk Pi Dk if Pk Pk PF wk FY 9 1 ' ' ' , D , . ' rx x ' , . c, .- . . A 0 e f - . . ' 'A ' L 0 ' . 0 . t c F 4 v -. -3 f ' . . . ' X s T' ' ' L , 3 . . 4: Q -' A . . p C' Q 0 . , - -J , el C . . . A . . . r . c , Ce 3 .. Q Q I . . . ., fu . . , - ,-. , ' . H J f- . . f. .1 I e ' ' o . ' ' . V I - C 1 . ' a o ! I - . 1. 3 Q. , .. ' 9 D . . . . 1 , , 9 1 C , ,. , f, n Y ' -- o n . . C' ,D a - 4, 'tl . . Q A . . Q ,- 3 ' ' . . , 3 . I 5 ' f I , 9 E' 'F' , co 'J 9 . F' ' A ' e J Q ' , f D H . ' . V Q V . I O . . . . . . L A , N K ,D 9 - 1 O 0 O ' ' C. C 1 ' ' '. . ,. -. . -. - ' V 1 - '- 1 o . f' . 7-K ' fi 1 . - ' ' - L fw . fi I' L C ' ff, C ' 9 ' ,ein , ,U f I , . . . 4 . . b A Q O r , ' 0 n A I o Y r C' 1: '- ' v . . , , 1 A ' J Cl f. D 3 A . ' rg , r ' 4- c. 3 . r, I O ' 0 ' 1 I 1. C .A . , , J , x A Elvr ' ' . 'I