Troy High School - Trojan Yearbook (Troy, NH)

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, 44 given him a compressed fracture of the back. Fear crept into X his mind. what could he do? At last lying on his back, Pat found himself floating towards shore. The sound of bombs and gunfire, mixed with the sound of planes rumbled in his ears. flowly, and after what seemed a lifetime, he felt the sand of the beach beneath his foot as it sank under the water. Pat had reached shore at last. There digging himself a slit trench, and making himself as comfortable as possible, he watched the dawn slowly ascend over the war- torn land. Planes zoomed overhead and the vibration woke Pat. with pain and difficulty he raised his head and saw scenes of war similar and as ghostly as in the other great battles in which he fou ht. 8 Close to him a voice from a sandy-haired kid of nineteen kept repeating, Hwater! watertn Pat crawled with difficulty over to the boy, and pressing his canteen against the boy's parched lips, slowlv emptied the last remaining portion of his water. NBe quiet, kid. They'll be coming soon. They won't let us down, I'm sure of that.n ' with this consolation and with his thirst quenched, the boy closed his eyes and fell asleep. Looking down, Pat saw both of the boy's legs spattered with blood and the flesh torn. UHe'11 never walk aga1n,U thought Pat as he made his way slowly to his trench, where until night-fall, with the sounds of war behind him, Pat prayed as he never had prayed before. Pain kept tormenting his body. He rolled from side to side, his clothes damp with sweat. y At last voices came to his ears. Closer and closer. HGermans or Americans? They've got to be our men,n Pat kept saying over and over. Raising his head he recognized the insignia of the U. S. Medical Corps. ' 4 Relief swept over him and soon Pvt. Fenway felt himself being 1ifted.carefully. Opening his eyes to give thanks to NHimH in heaven, Pat saw the North Star, the same one he had so many years ago seen from his bedroom window, and repeating slowly in his thoughts the old familiar rhyme: Star light, star bright First star I see tonight. I wish I may, I wish I might Have the wish I wish tonight. Q uGee1H he thought, UI wish I might soon have a piece of Mom's apple pie.H And the star way up there seemed to wink and say, uYou will very soon, Pvt. Fenway.n X L

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45 SPRING SPORTS Maryann Mattila '48 You can often tell spring is here, not only by the melting snows and warmer weather, but by the sports themselves. If while on the way to school you hear small boy's pockets tinkling like tiny bells you will come to the conclusion that the season for playing UMarblesn is here. The girls are soon begging'their fathers to cut a piece of clothes line for a jump rope. On the school sidewalk you have to dodge the swinging ropes and once in a while you cannot resist the temptation to jump a little yourself. On the empty lots around town you see the boys are starting to play baseball. Nearly everyone you meet is riding a bicycle along the road that looks like a long black ribbon stretched over the hills and dales. ll ll I wr wr -26 ei- FORTUNE TELLING Cln One Easy Lesson! Please apply the initials of your first and last name according to the alphabet and see what happensll miable erciful ountiful aughty areless bliging aring ersevering nergetic aurrelsome antiatical esponsible raceful illy ecticc alkative maginable seless olly ivacious issable illing Ovable cellent Y outhful Z ealous