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

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SEA BREEZE y 10 Excitement For Amy Amy sat at her desk in the small, stuffy rationing office. Things had been dull and she was drowsily thinking that she hated this town and that she would like to go somewhere where something was happening. England, maybe, or even Africa. Why sho ought to join the WAAC. She might get sent to Afrlca. Whoops, swallow that yawn Amy, don't let those old fogies see that you can't take it. Now about those WAAC's. Noise and exbitement was what she wanted, not the tomb like quiet of this old town. Golly, what an inspiration! Oh, but on second thought, Mother and Dad would never consider it. They would say I'm too young. Gee, they never under- stand any -------- eeeeeeeeeeee eooooowwwwww eeeeceeeeeee eooeoowwwwwwllltl nThe air raid signal! Oh dear, another one of those things. Well, I suppose I'll have to go into the shelter.U aaaaaaaaaaaaae ddddddrrrrrroooeoonnnnnneeeeee. nHey, Hazel, what is that noise? It sounds like planes. It must be some Army bombers going over. Well, weld better hurry and get to the shelter or the air raid warden will be after us.H Boom------Crash----'-BoomIIli boom boom hoomtll nSay, what is this Hazel, den't tell me this is a real air raid. This ought to be fun. Hooray, some excitement at lastl But, on second thought, I really should go home and be with Mother and Daddy. They will probably be worried about me.H UCome on, Amy, into the 3helter.n WOh, I esn't now, Mr. Turner, I've get to get home. Mother and Daddy will be worried. nSorry, but it's against the rules for you to be out now. I'm afraid you'll have to go inside, until it is over anyway.' nBut I must go. What if something happened to them? what if they were bombed? Oh, why did I ever wish for excitement? This is terribletn I ' Uoh, Amy, isn't this horrible. Arcnft you worried about your Mother and Dad? I'm terrified for Bud. I can't imagine where he is.u eeeeeeeeeeee oooooowwwwww eeeeeeeeeeee oooooowwwwwwllll nThank goodness. Ne, we can go out. :mg Hazel, look, we were really bombed! Look at all the destruction. Why, lots ef . the houses are on fire. Gosh, I never realized how-awful war really was. I'll never wish for anything like this again if I can only find my Mother and Father. I suppose they would be home new from whatever shelter they were in, don't you Hazel? Why don't you come

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sm sneeze 9 ,p w 5. Be wal Qeggrtgd 1, f e M - Q Aflow whistle sounded through the night. Ho opened the door to pass into the next passenger compartment car. There was A deafening olatter of the steel wheels roll ng along the steel tracks that seemed to make the eardrums vibrate. This sound blend- ed in.well with his thoughts and made him all the morelanxious. He closed the door, the platter had ceased. There was armoment of hes itation before entering his brother's compartment. His head seemed to be in a whirl, perspiration had started to come out on his face. His muscles were tense. He pulled his handkerchief out of his pook et and wiped the sweat from his face, then opened the door and stepped into his brother's compartment. His brother, David Brown, was sitting in a chair looking over the morning paper. A snsering smile came over Jimmiee face as he spoke. UI see, my dear twin brother, that you have kept your word, which seems strange since you haven't had anything to do with me after I was kicked out of the United States.W A Jimmie didn't even give his brother a chance to answer him. His hand, which had been in his right hand coat pocket on a small but powerful object, suddenly moved. He jerked out a small revol- ver. His trigger finger moved, the only sound was s short cry from David and of an object hitting against the floor. There was not a sound of a gunshot. He had taken care of everything and had put a sllenccr on his revolver. Persptrntion was coming out on hig face like small pimples, as he moved rapidly. He took all his brother's papers, including the passport to the United States, changed into his brother's clothes, and got off train. at the first stop made by the He would wait a week before entering the United States, he told himself. And as a pastime between that time, he would catch up on some of the ways of his brother and practice them. Although the week was filled with many things which he had to learn, it did not pass very swiftly. And at the anxious to start. Taking the first train North, Inquiring around he found that the Queenn, was sailing for New York. icon Queonn was docked, he got his end of the week he was more than he landed at the border line, New Luxury Liner, N Mexican At the sea coast where the nMex- ticket after examinations of his passport were made by the officers. Just as he was starting up the gangplank, two well-dressed men grabbed him. -One said in a stern voice. HAre you David Brown?n Jimmie answered, Nwhy, why sure I'm David Broun.n . E fig, The other man then spoke up. HLet us see your identifications At this, Jimmy pulled out.his brother's passportwand identification card. The two men looked them over carefully and then said. Uwe are from the F.B.I. David Brown is wanted for the murder of his wife. Oome with us.W s .I S 1 ,Lawrence Chapman '45

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with me?n All right. After we sue. 1' ' nwhht a lot of destruction make, Listen, I heard somebody SEA BREEZE ll find your folks, we can go and look for just one of these little bombs can' shout! why, I think it came from that fallen house over there. Somebody must be pinned under. Why, it is Frankie Marston, and he is hurt badly too. You hold that stuff up and I will pull him out. Look! His erm has been blown off. Oh! Thank goodness, done all we can. Come on, there is the ambulance coming. we have let's hurry, I'm really getting werried.H As they ran along, Amy suddenly stopped short. nOh, oh1'she exclaimed. 'Hazel, no it canit be. what I see ean't be true. Our house is gone! It has burned flat! Oh, my poor Mother and Father. If I'd only been here. It would have been so much better for us all to go together. But, maybe they're not dead. They may have get out in time. There's the Ambulance. I'll ask the driver if he has seen them. Mr. Cluekey, old you sec my Mother and Father around anywhere?n nI'm afraid, Miss Amy, that the worst has happened----- ---- A UAmy, Amy, will you wake up? Mr. Clukey is already to lock up. You went to sleep about sn hour ego and you were sleeping so peacefully that we didn't have the heart to wake you up.H NOh, thank goodness it was only e dream. Gosh, I just had the worst nightmare! There was a horrible air raid and everybody its killed and all our houses were burned. Oh boy, did that uir raid signal sound weirdln NI don't wonder that it did, Amy, because they were testing -- the air raid whistle, and you probably helrd it partly in your dream.H Wdell, I know one thing, I'm never going to complain about there not being enough excitement again. It sure will be good to see Mother and Dad when I get home.H Beverly Kirkpatrick '43 Perilouslmission September-1940 With a cheery cheerio open the door of the plane to the Gunner, Jerry Rawlins yanked and stepped out into space. A rush of air, the sickening sensation of falling-7-8-9-10. Jerry clutched the rip-cord of his parachute and pulled, A sharp jerk and ho was floating in the vddeh had been fast fading himself very much alone in attempted to make out some muck? darkness greeted his sir. The sound of the p1ane's motor died out altogether and Jerry found the night sky. Looking downward, he object on the ground below but only UFUS 0