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

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THE SEA BREEZE recommendation was rs: favorable Weary, Don began to wonder. One mornlng Don answered a rap on the door A pretty young lad somewhat bashful, stood framed by the doorway Her errand brought a wlde smile to Ddn's saddening features qhe had some through what Don was experlencing and knew that any asslstance would be appreclated She had taken lt upon herself to ask her employer lf he would see this young man who she believed would be an asset to the company Her interest ln hlm was surprislng, but then, he had taken ereat palns to alwavs be at the window at seven and at five thirty Don's sincere greatfulness towards June Nilbur's thoughtfulness and not resentment that a g1rl should thlnk he needed help, establlshed an unbreakable frlendship, which would soon turn lnto love The Brokerave and E change ASSOClat17D was hunmlng w1th excite ment when Don entered the m1nager's office Mr Gray's announcement that no recommendation other than Ni s W1 bur's would be needed, was of S1UDiflC8HC6 ln Dv 's H1 6 H assed the requlred tests with flvlng colors A letter came from A mold every week They expressed the ldea that vork was hard to flnd and that he should come home on the next traln Don smlled Nhile he read thls week's letter for he was now earning a vood salarr and wa plannln to rent an apartment in the re ldential GCTIOH lf June would become h1s wlfe June Ullbur be came Mrs Don nflmm Wlthln two weeks Thls dav when Don was busv at hls desk, he heard his brother name mentloned Ev m klns a fe lnqulries he learned that Arnold was efchanslns Allegheny, from Whlch he had reaped larse pTOf1tS, for Amerlcan Consolldated whlch Don knew was worthless The thouvht of the poor recommendat ons which Arnold had ent to the cltv dld not lnfluence Don's deslre to prevent hls brother from complete ruin It s Don's work to change the llst when stock Wshlfted hands' Although he would lo e h1 pos1t1on and destroy h1 reputatlon lf it were found that he had used h1s 1HfOTm8t1OD to protect a stockholder, he was Wllllng to take fFlS rlsk The many people who Nplay the stock marketn rushed for the morn lng paper They wanted to see how much Amerlcan Consolldated had gone p Every face was that of a sunkenn man The nhot tlpu was fruit less' Arnold Grlmm couldn't had lost h1 mllllOHS so he NSince you have Done agaln I have declded to let you ao Don and June arrlved ln mv wlshes your way, Hartvllle let h1s youns brother dlscover that he sent Don a letter ln whlch he wrote, and have remalned lH the Cltyl and I w1lJ go mlne N on the GVGHlHQ traln wlthln the f1TSt ten could not belleve what he saw or heard after they had entered h1s home Don was marrled to a flne lady, was a success 1D buslness and was responslble for the malnlng 1n hls hands Don had not taken the rlsk 1n vain strange attltude completely chansed that moment, never to return Arnold mlnutes young stock re Arnold's The North Pacific Rallroad has a frequent passenser now, for Arnold Primm travels to the c1ty to vlsit Don and June every week end and hollday The younsster about to arrlve at Don's home will undoubtedly brlng hls uncle some of the happlness whlch has been so llmlted durlns the earller pa t of hls llfe Grace Davls '40 ., 12 J Q ' 0 . 4 - . Y, C b..- 0 . 1 -, 9 n ,D I A U U R I ' 0 . Q . n - D ' a X A . . u I I 0 . . o ' A I : I - .3 A 1. 1 , f' P. ,. ,. , u . Q , ' 1 k C xl S L J. . . . 1 W . Y, L TN - . .5 , .4 . . 4 . . A. . . 0 4 n 1. . .- . - 1 ' - . . v - - Q f- o ' ' - ' M , Q T C 'T J . 5 Nd L x . . . . . v Q S S 1 ,, , A -.., Q .. a T - . . L- e Y n . . Y , , . S 1 . . . . V .Q D win! N - . . s - ' s U 'J J , . ' . M 'tb . . . A. K , , . .J i A 1 0 . N . . . , a n . - 7 wa l c. , x , , . . . . - . S S . .V . S , . . . - I I I I 3 1 A L., o C I A - - ' I 0 I u VI ' O Q 7 . . . o , O . . . . . s , t . . Q - 0 U st - . . u , x L ' . . . ' . . - s a - V . f . . K 1 . . . A . X, A - . , , A 5. - . .., , . . . - . , i . . 1 , ' .4 - 5 A . Q . I - I - , . .. . ' . :U 0 ' I I '- A u, 1 o 0 v 4 7. . q -3 ' .L U Q