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

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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

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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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DLR Dl'im5..L.U-5 .LG Relaxing his body as best as he was able to in his parachute harness, Jerry thought over his mission--his first assignment as an Operator of British Intelligence. Large Nazi troop concentra- tions had been reported at Chcrbourg, France on the Norman coast. Disguiscd as a French farmer Jerry was to contact the Frcnc under- ground in Cherbourg, obtain information from them concurnlngfthb Nazi concentrations and give them certain papers entrusted to him. Jerry had only forty-eight hours. A boat would be waiting for him at a little beach three miles down the coast from Cherbourgs Should he not be there at the designated time Jerry would be left, strand- ed on the continent. They had warned him at headquarters to get that information and be et the beach on time. nCome hell or high weter.H- Jerry grinned. He would get that 1nformet1on.' ' r Looking downward once more Jerry was able to discern some woods and then e small field over to his right. Yanking on his rip-cord he changed his direction until he wssfdrifting towards the field. A few seconds later he struck the ground with a sharp 3Olto A ' A Jumping up and shaking off the billowing folds of the para- chute Jerry unfestened his parachute harness and stripped off his flying suit. Gathering them up he ren to the edge of the woods a few yards distant. Finding some thick bushes Jerry hid his parachute end flying suit trusting to luck that they wouldn't be found. Then brushing off his clothes and straightening his cap, Jerry began to make his way through the woods in the direction of Cherbourg. He whistled softly to himself as he went elongv The ' first hurdle of his perilous mission had been successfully cleared. The gray light of early dawn was spreading over the land as . Jerry breasted c hill and found himself looking down on Cherbourg. Casting a weary look around Jerry caught his breath and dropped flat on his stomach. Directly below him o German sentry was lean- ing on his rifle apparently dozing in the middle of the road that he must take to enter Cherbourgt Cautiously raising his heed Jerry studied the scene below him for a minute and then made hid decision. Across the reed beneath him a small ravine ran parallel toethe road as fer as he could see in the semi-darkness. Jerry decided that his best Hbetn was to make this ravine, crawl along its bottom and wait until dawn to enter Cherbourg. v Slowly, ever so slowly he began to hitch his way over the edge and down the rocky slope. The sharp rocks tore and ripped at his hands but grltting his teeth Jerry kept on. Three feet, five feet, seven, Jerry felt as though he were moving like a snail and making as much noise as an elephant. At last after what seemed hours he made the edge of the road and lay there resting. The sentry had not moved but Jerry had the most perilousztrotch in front of him. In order to make the ravine he had to cross the read directly in beck of the sentry. - V Raising himself to a crouching position Jerry dashedosilently across the road. He was almost to the rav1ne's edge when he fail- ed to see a projecting rock. Clutching frantically at empty air for support, he completely lost his balance! Amidst the clutter of falling stones Jerry pitched forward heed first into the ravine. 1