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

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i-l. W Ul vs R VTJGF IS CMLET The break in the forest had grown up to bay Bill Jackson slun the hammerless lever actlon rlfle over hls back and dropped to hls hands and knees He crawled throubh the grass toward a blg moss covered boulder on the GQQG of an abrupt lope when he reached the boulder, he carefully peered over It sloped so teeply that he could see over the tops of all the trees lhe ilfty foot drop leveled out lnto a grassy valley th t vas QiVlQ6Q by a small stream Facing the stre m, about two hdndred y rds from Lke LOUlGGT, was sm ll cabln Smoke rose lazlly from the cllmney lnto the stlll HOPHlDb Outside WHS a log trlpod where Lash Johnson hung the game he shot B111 moved closer to the rock so tnat hls clothes blended wlth the urroundlng fOll3gC He steadled the rlfle and slgnted lt at the c bln door L sh Johnson wa t home Soon he would be dead Blll had come foux hundred mlles to make sure of thls Eddle J ckson, B1ll's brother, h d b en dead slx weeks when back There was no elue to the wurdcr, Lut Bill knew who had kllled Eddle and he dldnft need Jury to CCllVGV JUStlCG Elll's fln er tlghterec on the trlbber Awkward, quiet EQdle d1dn't rave an enemy lH the world except Lash Johnson Slx months go Eddle h d caught Lash lh hls barn nd h d knocked hlm dovn Blll had been xorrled, but Eddle laughed it off Low Elll vas home aln and his rcputatlon came UCBQ of rim he was hone to aven e h1s brother and Lash knex lt Lash knew also th t he could not klll Bill 1D ambush or lh falr fight lhen the door opened and Lash appeared elll v tched hlm, a lanky man, wearln blue overalls nd a iaded hlrt In 11s efe 1 d he c 1r1e p ll nd lH hls Pl t I .....L., ....1 if' '7 le X L f f'e LLJXVQf . ................. L ......... ...... 3- ,Vw . . ri' .L ..4L' J.: u rx ' 'ul 4. n . . . a , - is ' A , . . L A O ' I 1 - 1 1 'I S . 3 w K 1 ' .. .1 . . S , L . , . 4 . P1 ' Y - J ' f, . a I ' Q 1 , . 7 ' r x ,a A , ,- - - 5 ' ' D 11 ' ' W Q A A - l Q . Q I o A . A . . ' - 1' A ' 1 N alr. . f ' . 1 , . W . Q S . . Ti. A 4 .A E . ., . X. r 1 3 Q ' ,EA A 0 ck S a . 1 Q , . . . . ' Q 1 J A 0 ' rw 1 ' p - f, f ' ' - - . 3 ca ' el L ' ' . , H . , . . Bill heard the news. Lddle had been found wlth a slug in his ' . . K - ' J .1 'y x 1 , N ,. Q .e Q D . so , . . . . ' ' L ' ex ' - o , A. . . Q . ,Q .NA , , L, ' . 4 , ' . '- , . ,. . 'H L , . l . - .., .. . ' a ' 'X a ' ' ' ' a a I . . n . .A ... N lr 1 ' ' 'J ' X , ' 1 L' nf . ag ' T 3 ' .- ati ' '- ' . , e - ,- ' - ., ' L s ' 1 4, ES ' 'R , , f . . A . . a J ' - a ' . ' Q f 1 V ' l 'I 1 r, Y .A . va - '. F 1 f -f ' H H a ' ea , . . A L , . . . i. .- s . 1 ll Len A a' fd a a a gh ,

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THE SEA BREEZE 4 Some system of credit in English would be fair since speech and language appreciation are always benefits for those who take part. If the sewing courses open we shall have a great source of help and could attempt plays of other times which make history come alive for all who see them or act them. We are very grateful to the Manual Apts group for the fine screen-background they have already given us. Let's be ingenious-:keep our funds growing--and be ready to make T. H. S. the best on Route One, inside and out! Class of '46 TAKE IT FROM US' Time moves swiftly, make the most of it while you still have th chance! This is only too true of your schooldays, they are nearly gone before you realize their value As Seniors, we have but a iew more days here at T H S , but you Juniors have an entire year ahead in which to gain in knowledge and in friends Everyone knows that the person who can go through life with a SPllG for everyone and a grudge against no one 1S the person whom we all want to know and copy Enter wholeheartedly in all school activities, whether sports or merely your studies, this is the sure way to get ahead vhile you are still a student The things you learn today vill remain with you always and keep coming up in your encounters with people in the outside world Leader hip is another important element required especially of Seriors You s a Senior will want to have a part in making that year, above all the rest, one in xhich your class excels lt is up to each of youindivldually to see that you do your part Tle entire school looks to you, as Seniors, to be the leader in 1ost school activities which require management from the pupils Me, as the graduating class of 1944, look back and smile at the east four years spent ln dear old T H S , knowing too well that they are among tne happiest we will ever know You will never re l ze viat they have meant to vou until you prepare to leave To yol, th class who shall take our place, we wish all the success DG are you vill make this year, your last year at ihomaston High oCh3Ol the Lest ver I Chi IWTING E ams, on the vrole are not so bad ost of us lways think tn y'll be The r Lht before, if you tad, like mad, 70d dl always be s re of Letting a MCH eut t s is not vhat he teachers advise 'd h ve Vou tudy from dag t d y In tedi Ol cramling vith blood shoe eyes u ll HQ eleir method produces an HA' J C ' - I C . . . cs Nl . . . , . A . A I O Q . . . . W n . 1' 1 . LL ' ' . 1 . ' . . . h i J . . I l . 1 ' - . . Q . L ' u - . . I . , 1 . . 0 . M . . . Q A A . n . I . V . 1. u Q 1 , h r . ' . V 0 7 n I O N F U ,I - . . Y . . . . . ll . vm ,r - , . ' ' O A o a c . , , , 1- - , ,. .. ,. A . , : 1 . gi .L il C 1. ' f U I a Q ' .' . .. V - . 1 A .. ' 1 9 as ,ri J ' I Ll F rn . .J ' , , '- Q ,. L. O. 44 J x in X .. v' . J .1 . - ' 1 ,, As L , a ' A Q ., .v : . . , - . - , . -lc N 3 1 X , 'V t 'I l ,' rf s . qv :. A 4. C ,I ' U ' - , .- . , - - 4 1- ' E w F U L, x ' ' ' ETH H' W f' o r r ' fs l-lf, J' 1.1. L U V O Q , 4 rv - ,, - g S 1 ,- - A 'Q W , - A . Y x D . U , . . 1 4, - . V ., ., ' io '- fi is 1- H . . . 44

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THE SEA BHEELV C llfl be peered out like an Hlmal looking for d nger I sltantly Hu came into the open nd there was fear written on his face Bill sighted trc rifle sqlerely t Lash Johnson's heart There xoald be no N133 re could dren Q deer or 1 rabbit farther awry han Te xr rem hfsb Jollson was not ffcl here ou d be ne doubt about tb Plllel t 15 tln , rd ten n nutes er T s cf was TNLP snc1lff xeuld be on rlll' t all tl vi nerr C es ne r, nd no snevllf would be aole to find H11 th re lb ngcr t ghtelcd on th trigger. denly be lfuemberfd PdQlC, Eddie, who lways llughed trigger saw the bullet chlp piece of bark an lDCh from Lash Johnson's head For one instant he teen tCTP1fl6d, then he ran for the door Bill crawled from behind the bOH106T and walked calmly through the forest Shooting xould QlVS but a brlef second of agony, but ,ow Tesh Jehnson would 1lV6 ln fear for the rest of his llfG I SLE'LL AL AYS R'WEMBnR It was a dark, QPGBPY day Wlth snow Stlll falling Already the wOT1Q lar ceeplf covered ln a soft blanket of snow The bells fron C' aehn were CklWlD5 their glad Cnrlstmas Carols to the hearts of evelyone let hox cheerless those bells sounded to latr Cla U8lVC lld as s e sat at the desk ln her New York apart ment lotel l lr room Those bells kept renlndlng her of the fune. l bells in a native church on Bataan for those heroic dead ind that lronvht sorrow to her heart because Mayne Edwards was among tter It seemed almost lnpossllle for Mayne had been all she h d ever had or w3Ht6Q of life. atrlela, a nurse for four years lS new twenty five. She gave up nu ing because of her missing arm which she lost whlle on Correfleol Per nerves are very hlgh strung and just a day or tio ago she confessed to her physician, nIt's just that I C r seel to believe ayne lS dead Vven now that two years have p seed I can't make lt seem real They say seeing is be 1lCVlHg, but lt's not so with me lt's no use, I guess you just wouldn't b'dGFSt8PQ. NI den, had been the reply. N HI try to tell myself that it's never again for Wayne and me, continued P5LPlCl8, Hand that I'll never again see his face.H Pt these words her face had become deathly white and she began to tremble. Her Wayne had been so handsome and it made it hard- er for ner to stand. nYou've got to face reality, Patricia,H came the words of her physician. HYou have been a great nurse and new that you are unable to carry on with your work, you can face life easier ' rv l 6 ' QJ . Y Q I ' .. ,, 'm . , 1 A -- C '7 f' , rt -L . A v Le A V LA V U Y l ' A I . g n ' 'N P 1 x 'N - - ' fl-, ' A. A A U- 4 P - . s : ' .. 1- J ' , 1 fy fs f- -. . , V' l - 4 ' ... CL . I. 1 In . ' --X: '- . 1 f ,- . I ' . A. - 1 1 L xA- NJ s 1 - ' VN , A - 5 -,vw r n 1 f- d . 1 ,. I I G. tslgaas L- N '4 'LS fx rt -L 4 1 4 u :fl t c L Y. 1 1- 1 N ' ' ' V fe - 2 V- .Lal '5 1 'T' lf: L . '3 ht LC 4.4 l U' :.L 'X Q no I ' ' -- T x d a ff '. T7 . s L T-'. Ya ' :Aft -.c.Qh c. w., -. , et ., if 4, 5 5. Q' I . l , S l o - L 1. : H, - , .. - we -n . . w - - Eu J L 2, 'v 1 H. -AJ S ,J lv F. C1 ul .7 ' 1 . - - . A I, . - g . 1 -, , L ' 1 -A , - rw- A fr . . ll L fa gi.. .L .L ,L . L I A - CZ J ' Sufi iv e w r, -. ,f 4 1' .' N' 1' -. v ' G 1 C or .. ' be - -I an A J .J ' e. . - ' 1U .ne e V nu., -He QQHC . 8.5 9. VQIIC CC-l , an SQMC LIC r' ffitfr vhct h W L rd L h d ' d Bill 1 e d the . 1'7 . A x A I U . He f a . A Q e Q w J 1 0 V ., , n , c.. .J 4, I u . w, 3 N 'I 'J I , - A -. ' - If r- A, ' X L - U A ' . . Y W 2 ' 'N N ,- - .J u.. . . v I .a - m 45 'P 0 .L u 5 - V7 'T' 'H 'H AJR' ' x , ., . X . . I 4 u N 1 u . N '- Y v X 4 u ll X ' - uv ' v ' Q . ' ., M u 0 I 1- -A - ' . r nw , ' o '-1 - .J .. 1- . . . 1 . - v .. V - V ,f-1 ,A . .., V .L l - L. ul. V . . . . - - -y Afr . 5 J. .L v . is a I 1 -1.1 x V -' ' r- . . . r- ca - n X . ., rv . . in V 10 v- sr 4- ' ' H' 1 1 J ' u-i :Ln .. . A w ' 1 a s 3 A I A -Y. -1- - - X . . Q 1 . rn V 1 r A - ,' - I 'vac ' .- - ' ' 't -L KJ A 4 7,3 -3 -r - . 3 I il I ' ,V - . Iv r, ' ' U ' n f ' - -I ' 1' ' 1 un . - -5 e- ,. A , A - - Q fy 1 xr o ' W ' 5- -I A ' A g - - . 1 I 1 - I . 'Y - ' , 1 ' U U I 0 ' ' Q A . W ... .li A