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

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THE SEA BREEZE HOLD AT THIQTY' As the sunshine streamed in through the casement window 5ug-room apartment, Sue stirred restlesslv. A thought crept sleep filled brain 'Its my blrthday W And then she set p e said, nMy thirtieth birthday'W The realiz tion of it was startllng to her Queer that 13 of her into abruptly she hadn't recognized the 1H6V1t billty of what it meant Last night she had left Dick at the door and had sald gayly, NThere will be big doings tomorrow nleht Blrthday party for me W He answered, nklght you are Champagne and everythlng ' But that had been last nirht Just before mldnlght, for then she had just been another girl ln her twenties Even D1ck had believed she was'nt day more than twenty flve He knew everything else about her, but she had fooled hlm 1n th t She had feared once that he even knew the truth bout her vga by a chance remark whlch had been quickly covered up, and for days she had been afreld he had noticed She rose and closed the window, shuttlng out the breeze Nh1Ch blew in from the r1ver She stood ln front of the mlrror and re garded the tall, slender, glrl th t Nas herself She was be utiful, but she f9UCl6d non th t she could detect PV1dGUC6S of advanclng years such as shadows under her eves, tinv crows feet t the corners and the falntes SUUUCSUIOH of a second chin Yesterday lt hedlnt matter for then she had been elrl ln her tfentles but HON she was a Nonan ln her thlr les She beg n to vonder Nhv he h d'nt n rrled sure of he self She h d taken hlm for granted fullv lndependf t 'he had'nt been lHdlffLTCHt honestlx loved Dwck Yesterd v Dlck h d lfavs this mornlng he felt un ure of h rself Dlck when she v and h d been wonder reallv be muse she been vall ble, but She h d lw vs looked upon the future U yly nd fe rlessly, but now lt frlghtened her Dlck was two e rs older then she and looked 1t, but he w man, nd men llked to bo st th t at thlrtv two they were Just emervlnv from bov hood She vondered whether he'd stlll w nt to mlrry her when he learned the truth but he w s a Gentleman nd would go through Nlth it lf he suggested For the flrst tlme ln the three year she h d known Dick, she was fearful of lOS1HU hlm ll d X lone ln the offlce sh c rrled thls f ar wlth her She could not dlspel lt vfn when he c lled her that aftfrnoon to t lk gayly bout th blrthd V p rty th t navht She was to wear the saphire CV6HlH9 gown nd Sue kngw th t thls me nt th t he w She wondered how he would take the confesslon Wh1Ch m ke She wond red lf he would be bro d enough see th t she w s th sam s He looked very ble and handsome when he c lled s sendlnv 7 rdenias she knew sae must tolerant enough to for her that night They went to thelr favorlte restdurlnt vhere the food and music were good She toyed wlth her frult cup and promlsed herself she would tell h1m Nlth the next course ll the Nhlle she Nas hoplng desper te lv th t lt would m ke no dlff rence ' . -v , , U. o Sh . A . Q Q . . . 8 ' 0 - . f , 7 ' I I 9 Q ' ' ' ' U I I . . . :. . e . . L ' 0 H Q - y - ' . 1 1, v I V , . . Z' , 1 6 . 73 '. f . it o , A . . A ' . l s,. L , . . . . I 4 A . Z - ' 1 ' Q 1 . a . A . . ,. 1 'W . ' 1 - ' - Q L f we . ' - t - ' -fl - , . . . 1... 1 U A7 ., ' - ' L 0 , -X -' K X.. . , , . Vg .A L 1' 1 9 . , ' I' ' 4 X - . J , ' . . ,- . - L1 4 P4 1 . v rv . f- f. ' ,. ' ' 1 . x an rv O - Q rl ' ,rv -T, v :.- S- . .-.Q S ,, U ' A I' . 1 77 1 e - , 3 . ' t . 9 ' . ,Q W ,X . . Q H ., 3 ::.l . 7 -' . , , , ' ' 1 vt ' '1 7 . ' . 1 rw ' 9 rx 'A , . rw , ' 'H 1. - . , , fl. .. -4 v .. .,, - . ' , ' Q ' i rf 3 fs. A +1 , , C , AL 0 - 3 Fi. 'J l A DQ , 3 3 . . . r A K . . . I fi , L Lo il -1, il e J 'll C. e t -' . . 5 'J :J ef ' 0 1 ' e ' ff f . .. . H -' I. xl 5 0 , 2 l , o - ' ' .A C - .. . 1 . cv ' f ' ' ' Y 1 c' A 0 Q .1 Q ' , ' 5 .9 ' C. - . . . L 1 LA 'L ,j g 1 N 7 . A . gh C O . . V3 . n QL ,D -J ' :A L' . Y . . A - I 1 A .X 'l P 'N , A ' K. ,. .. . ,. c ., '1 . . ' Q4 ' l lj I ' .ej 0 - ' T. ' ' . 3 A ff ' S 'W 'W '1 9 ' ew -1, ,D L . .. . -er . .E V 3 U., . 1 .3 A , , , N ', I ' ' . ., .M . - .A . . . A . J L X ! 2 5 and . a Q a e e- e glrl Q always. ., . , . 11 . -D ,. , . . ,. . . . 4 f' Y , , o l , - e 1 - o . . . . o 1. ' ' . . X A U Ex 1 X ' A ' Y D 8- ' ' Q 'L 3 . Q - .