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

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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

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l t ' 1' Q' nr ti 2:40 exodus 5 2 7 1 The Thing Tea for Two-Classes, junior and Freshman. 'Y seen Sister? Jenemann, Barbara Hatnmond, Marilyn Hill, Nancy Kernick, Dolores Listro, and Frances Pavano. About tl1is time the Advisory Board was formed, with power to advise and revise. Sopho- mores wearing the orange badge were: Gwen Bober, Mary Foley, Madeline Leahy, Pat Kearns, Maureen Reidy, Peggy Rooney, Mary Ann Samo- rajczyk and Barbara Speer. Ann jenemann, Madeline Leahy, and Edna May Whitney won positions as reporters on Highligh!s. With the death of Sister Mary Magdalen, our class lost a saintly inspiration, a gracious friend, and an expert director of stage art. On December 3, our childhood pictures adorned the auditorium walls in keeping with the spirit of the Mission Day baby booth. Close to the feast of the Immaculate Concep- tion, probation was over and we were Sodalists. What holy pride was ours when Father O'Connell gave each one a silver-bow pin with a combina- tion Miraculous and Scapular Medal! Sophomores celebrated the holidays by giving a Christmas Play with Mary l.ou Dailey as the Blessed Mother, and Pat Kearns in the role of St. joseph. It was enjoyed by kind critics-espe- cially by our Senior class. On February l5, we decked the fdiningj hall with red and white for our banquet in honor of our Senior sisters. Brother Shuster came to Lauralton to speak about Catholic literature. Remember Mulligan? Suddenly-it was spring, which meant a two- day Retreat for underclassmen. Father Stack taught simplicity as the keynote of sanctity. Spring also meant crowning, and, being bona fide Sodalists, we marched as Hail Mary's in the Living Rosary, praying especially for Claire Bauer's intentions as she crowned the Virgin. Of our Sophomore year, as our French scholars say- C'etait fini. As we picked up the strains of the Junior Polka, in September, 1949, Ann Jenemann as President, Pat Williams as Vice-President, Irene Gemza as Secretary, and Gwen Bober a urer were holding the reins of State. Maureen Reidy and Joan Kleinknecht were our Mission Representatives. This year, much to our delight, Peg Fitzgerald, Kay Fleming, Ellen Kiernan, Marge Petek, Sally Plumb joined our Lauralton family. Barbara Flynn and Nancy Relihan were ac- cepted as reporters for Highlights , A precedent s Treas-