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

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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

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THE SEA BREEZE ll NA thousand, one thousand dollars!! Do I hear any more?H Silence reigned. HA thousand once, a thousand twice!! A thousand three times and sold to the young lady!!!!n Quth looked at Rettv veaklf but recelved no support from her petrlfled companion That evenlnv Quth's father received the following televram 'MIRW S OOO IMMEOIITEIN STO? UNWUOWIWGLY BOUFHT NOTH Q'q OLD HOME STOP SOLVED UVENTIOVMTVm PQOULEM TOR BTTTY AND NE QTOP STAQTINC CONVAL EQOWWT HOME IN TAII O OT E EllnTT PROQOEOWQ STOF LOVE RUTH ' Olive Qowell '39 I4 ITEQQ TJN KT UT Nhen Arnold Orlmr ree wvfd the n x th t hls rother had been lnstantl x1lled 1D an htJlWbllb accldent, nls W S of how he could brt L the SIC tld nes to H1 younger on, who we then twklve f are of U Qlnce A nold hid sums of money 1D thf to k m rk t h felt that he could nd father flTSC thought brother, made large '1VC Don every advantage Jhlch hls other nd father we e no longer able to do Nlthln w k Don ber me accustomed to U13 new home ln HrTtV1lle and to hls UU8Tdl3U, ho dlrect d wost of his attentlon toward hls happl ness, so much ln fact that Don thou ht h1s llfe A ter nlne vears had o s ed Don N hlmself as 1 man carrd for bv hi brother's mane! On hls twenty f1PSt bl thdl Dan rl nnkd to telllnv h1m that he vas Uolnv to tl P1tV to flnd supposed that hls brother would ILJCOQL thls decl ave thousht d1ffer ltlv lf h 'nof M11 Arnold' mind a sch W wh rebv Don could not obt h ve to r turn to lxrtvlll to send to hls broth mount of non v he had s posslble theufh th f1rn1 hfl roon n wasn't h1 own dependent man a urprlse Arnold by 1 no lt1OH on 101, but he would GQVGWOPIUU ln 1U work and would UlVfU hlm as soon llr hls t home, lt was clelr nd neat Don oft n Q11 voun lidf le3VlDg the bul d lng each mornlnv t s van o'cloek He surmised that he h1d come to e cltv a h h n w s UOID' o rk at WH offlce or some sub stantl l U7qltlOD Vounv l dles d1dn't lnterfst Don, but thls young MISS vould h ve P uvht enyonf's eve on Jrlmm, IhlQtllH llke rlrd, st pred l1.htl up the Sfwlfc an lHSJT no flrm JhlCh h h d 1 e 1a af LefO e Tnev h d asked hlm for r CO1MeHG TlOH to WWICU hc h d uleklf nd ln dep ndentlr r nllfd, Nnrnold Orl m, H rtvlllc, r t And here e was edver to comm nec Ol flrst le endable Aork Don 1 U1VGH 7Ud1CHCE to the m n r vho m th tlCWllf expr ssed hls regret th t the oo ltlOH h d bf n fll c te Uh1S good n turedlv and went about lOOklHU for oth r on nlnv JhlCh he d1dn't flnd too plenti ful 415 CdUPWtlOH nd tTqlH1U lw v dc med sltlsfactory, but he faced refusal everv tlme he returned Although few employers sald th t the DOSlClDDQ were no lonver open, most of Them lmplled that his n 1 '. x . ' e . ,, H 4 . , . . . N D n . ' .. . - 1 x .m Z ' 3. ' 1 19 H n v If -J . .LJ I' Q A . 1 J ' .-.A ' JJ. 49 f .L J...I . . ,A N l -L 1. 7' es ' I . L -. . 1 ..- .. - . gm V r 1 -I-mx , cw U , 1 AJ 1, . . . J ls- 1. ' 'e I I ' '. L-- 'J . 13 v . I TLT-vw W V rn 1' , U1 fit? 'I rw x - .1 1. .Ll .L . l 1 I. 1.1 '.r..,r' , . . - ,O ,, . A '. r. - .. ' ,, ll , ,x,, jx 'X 'ff' 9 -4 l ' al ' . . . . 9 , l . an 1 2. 1 N , L S ,,o ' , ' . D 'S A gn We' , a,e. O ,: ,r ,r U 3 . ' .1 C: n 0 ,'. ' fr . , ' ' V -. x1 Ll -.1 , 4 3 . V A 'rf v ' 'e m. -' 2 C 1 fr 1 . ,. . O ,hx , . . . . A F Cu .O will. I ' f e f l A I 7 L 'T 5 . . vy . E A,V 1 . . .- Q Q - Jv k f,- .l n K l. I . l 7 . . .0 , , J , . A K lu O ' el' l . O 1 . N K .f I - fO he Sr , se- , J O . f W f - e -- ' . E S 1 'f e of . . Y 'l . ' Yi ' 'T ' 'W 'V C' . .2 , JY -' ' , A1 C4 f L AJ , . O . . . A . . Q . . F, . 1, Y g. e He , .V . r J S . D p . U YB . .o. O L , l .1 4 ' . J. ' .1 .H L , ' J ' - , , C I X A - x I 9 ha S L g , O O ul . O rg had rf. L Y C t was V Z.. .,, ' p - S l -- e , 1-1. E, L: . ,- . . F . ,W f s a Q If ' - C , Ae O -. . 1 O -e, g . . . . O U on 0PF1VlD? 13 the oltv Don rented e oheav room for he wanted . V. -1 ! . L O F , . O . A O e .1--F thul 'L . J O .1 . -ul :.. .J Q- . , ,O O . .., . E. . . . Ale O,.O. -vfe .e L s..c .. Nas ot ,e a, ' ' f-,. A , ' . ' T... '? ,L F- ' . X. C ect! F? O f OU - , e - 1 - ' ' 0 ' '- c' ' fr v . . . e 3, f 4- J . . 4 e . 4 eu ' -. . . N . . h th . s e ed e. d 'Q O-, -. tx 'Ho . f f. O f . J - .Q . . Q . . . O O . L. f . , 1 e 1 ' f, f .L .. U I . 4 x a ,a ,V . : . . H. IJ 5' '4 . 'f ' . ' FI , P 1 ri , ' ey 1 f O ' if fr f. , , , ' ., ' b - ' ' - ' ' - ' v. - .K of . 1.2 e V Q a vls t.d P O,N dexs J- rf. 'ru ,. ' ' ' ,., ' O 9. HO.. , , F ' 1 . ' fl, '. . .. 1 T Y P - O K . . p . x 1 . if ,W N- 6 nn I ,J' g-,Y if 1 .. 'Trl' . N - -L ,O -, U ' e , . 1 h ... - ,g . ul --E . S , ' C ip J f J O , t .','f' S Ol 1 A- 1 Y F - 4 U V , 1 ' C A - Q O f.:- , J sfn.Qe M f e Y J, eN -,O ee 'I 1 g 1 0 x S 1 1 T , ,, g 1 U V A c. L S . ' ' Q , 1 i. C1 , Ile 1 C 1. Q7 Q ,O - 5: , LO A . O , . A M . . . A , .5 H '.O,,, - In Q ,..x .3 ll . ' x - , ' ' Y. . . . A A . 0 - ' JL , Q .. x. :Z p . . la e e ', - ,-. . ' ' ' 'T . ' 5 . fx o L ..: 9 '. L ' - G Q e N R AJ s A , , I 'A A ' ' s-1 - 'T l 1 . .1 ' O