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

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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

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THE SEA BREEZE WIt won't do any harm to try, here we gon and she drove in e driveway Betty hopped out and, flndlng the door unlocked, sl1d it back Just then the raln came down ln torrents nWhat a lucky break that we could get in here' But now that we're here, let's look the place over,N sald Ruth, as they got out of the cdr and looked for an entrance to the house from the barn A door at the rlqht caught Betty's attentlon and strolling over to it she trled lt, found lt unlocked, and called to Ruth that she had found a door leadlng lnto a shed, from whlch they could probably 0 t into the house Nwhy, thls looks as 1f it might have been a carpenter' shop, Be ty, doesn't it9n Buth sa1d, as she BYBMIHBG the shed Grandfather Brown used to be a carpenter, but he and frandmother dled before I was orn Thev lived down hero in Nova qCOtl3 somewhere' 'How interestlnv Wouldn't lt be fun to flnd the house where t ey l1ved'N Nlt certalnly vould but mother felt so badly about thelr dea that she Non't even mentlon them Yau know, they were kllled bv a runaway horse qOmGt1mSS I thlnk that if she would go back would relleve her, but Dad said that she's alwavs been the same wav about it The shock seemed to slmplv stun her Even now, twentf years afterward, I'm sure that deep down ln her heart she 1sn't cured I agree with vou about her comlng back to her old ho If she could see lt, she would get over the shock, then summers it would be a knowing her as I do, that lt would mean a lot to her H By this tlme they had wandered about several rooms downstairs and declded to so upstalrs when they notlced a sign in the window Taking 1 up they read, WThis house to be auctloned, August QW Vhy, that's tomorrow' exclalmed Betty, el love an auctl Let' stick around untll tomorrow and see who vets it I rather like the place, myself It's not ln bad condltlon at all, is it9H UNO, lt isn't at that U The thunder storm was over by then, and they left to find a place to stay over night The next afternoon they went to the house A small crowd had gathered on the front lawn Flnally the bidding started and, as the bids were extremely low, and legglng a llttle, Ruth declded to pep thlngs up, being sure that the chief bidder, a middle sed woman, mould pay any price 'Six hund e she cried 'Seven hundred screamed her PIVP 'Eight hundred ' ' Tlne hundred' ' WA thousand dollars 'W yelled Ruth, without reallzlng what s was dO1Hg Her opponent reddcned, but was sllent lO s ' 0 I a ' O 0 . ' l 0 . . . oe I I . . m S .t ' . ' . W b 5 ' . A . fy A 'Q . Y 1 D! ' u Q h , ' n , , . ' th, K . . . . U . . ' I' D Q U I I Y V vv , f, ' me . wonderful vacation to go back to her old home and friends- I'm sure, t X ' . 17 Ol, . I: Oni 0 n D ' 3 0 . . . 1 .M D I , as . ' . ' r d!N O ' I 0 n , C 1 ' Jlo ' !!!' 'D . I l O 0 0 U - . . , . 1 ' 0