Academy of Our Lady of Mercy - Lauralton Yearbook (Milford, CT)

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WW We We Q 1 f5fZ,1Ze+.g...... To know Pat even casually is to admire her whole- heartedly. As president of the A. A., Pat has had many duties which sl1e performed skillfully and cheerfully. Her bright spirit and quick wit make her a favorite among her classmates. Capable and sincere, yet at the same time fun loving, Pat has proved to be generous and dependable. The class of '51 wishes its future M. D. all the success which she truly deserves. CLASS OFFICERS President Ann enemann Vice Plesldent, Suzanne Shayg Secretary Maiy Foley Treasurer Gwen Bober.

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Eaamwi The class of '51 stumbled in with the New Look in September, I9-17. For our motto we de- cided on Forward 'Till NVe Reach The Height and we sang Mary ,lane Qt1ick's Freshman Polka. Fast friends were made witlt the Merry- go-round and the ping pong table. Some of us became reporters on Highlights -Pat XVilliams, Mary Foley, Denise O'Connor, Suzanne Sltay, Peggy Rooney and Therese Ferrio. The Freshman-Sophomore ntission project took place in December. XVe worked hard on tickets, games, refreshments, posters antl programs with successful resttlts. By tlte first snow, the now past masters of the art of wearing a uniform were familiar with strange tongues such as Porto, portas, portat, and xy? Freshmen who remembered Sister Chrysostom for lter pre-Lauralton supervising mourned her sudden death. YVith March came our one-day Retreat, held during Holy XVeek. Father Dolan helped us make our first one at Lauralton spiritually uplifting. On St. Patrick's Day the wearing of the green held forth as our sisters, the forty-niners , joined tts for tlte annual banquet. The national piano auditions were held and Littoria Beltrone was our champion. Mary Lou Reardon and Barbara Speer were ottr able representatives in the state-wide Latin contest. Making up the cross of the Living Rosary, we raised our arms to form the lily arch when Theresa Chicanis crowned the statues of Our Lady, the glorious Queen of the May. XVe concluded a suceessfttl freshman year under the direction of Patricia Kearns, our President, joan Larsen, our Veep 3 Cecil -Iewett, our Sec- retary, and Florence Potts, our Treasurer. -Ioan Kleinknecht acted as our Mission Representative. Our top tune had just changed to tlte Sopho- more Polka g our locomotion had changed from the elevator to the dumb waiter, and we finally were able to Gnd our way to the Biology Lab, when we elected our oflicers. They were: Presi- dent, Denise O'Connor: Vice-President, Suzanne Shay, Secretary, Francine Queenthg and Treas- urer, Tina Pauley. Patricia Williams, Lois Nei- dermier and Katherine Barrett were our Mission Representatives. Important additions were made to '51 in the persons of: Flora Cabranes, Betsy Colley, Ann 'v Every house has its secret, like every heart. Dear old Golden Rule days. 90001