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

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In the guise of the homemaking depart- ment, Lauralton Hall has certainly been in- vaded by the Betty Crocker spirit. This year, gleaming kitchen units, which might aptly We may live without friendsg we ma' live without booksg but civilized man ma' not live without cooks, and so Sister Mari, Magdalen encourages Judy Vitello ani Marcia Tarasovic in the useful att of cook mg. ome conomlcs These sophomores prepare for a transformation ro rival Better Homer and Garden: L. to R.: Gretchen Lane, Betty Spodnick, Barbara Buckman, Pat Murphy. be called an answer to any womans prayer, are gracing the newly decorated culinary quarters. From the kitchen ovens releasing dis- tractingly delicious aromas, to the rooms under re-decoration, to the hum of sewing machines fashioning styles which threaten to rival Fifth Avenue creations, Lauralton abounds with evidences of the home ec enthusiasm. The Finished Product - Kathy Lally fright, puts finishing touches on the bed while jean Audisio Cleftj puts finishing touches on herself. Joyce Corriveau Clefrj approves o the transformation, Susan Seleski Kback, looks for further ideas. 41

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Poised for a take-off at 100 words per minute are the Business Club ofhcers - Gail DeMarco, Denise Hutchison, Maureen Trent and Frances Lukas - with Sister M. Corona at the controls. xxx Bookkeeping! will it ever balance? L. to R.: Denise Hutchison, Maur- een Trent, Connie Koons. Back Row: Ellen Tristine, Barbara Naylor, Mary Jean Buckley. usiness The third floor houses a very important department at Lauralton, the Business Department. Here, the future secretaries learn the skills which will make them an asset to the business world. Besides shorthand, typing, bookkeeping, and filing, the girls learn secretarial training. This art of handling people and situations requires as much skill as the manipulation of the mimeograph, the dictaphone, the comptometer, and the electric typewriter. Versatility is the word for the modern secretary. The teletrainer teaches the business girls that there is a technique in- volved even in answering the tele- phone. Barbara Brady, Geraldine Foucault, Mary jane Gotsch, Mar- lene Bonitatibus, Gail DeMarco, Frances Lukas.

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F .......: 'r CZSS 'LA ilit S More men are killed by overwork than the im- portance of the work justifies. But Sandra Gadus, Cathy Duignan and Ann Deroy do not agree. They are looking for more work as they study the English IV assignments on the bulletin board. So you say T. S. Eliot wrote 'O world, I cannot hold thee close enough? asks Sister Peter Marie, aghast. Sophomores paraphrase Shakespeare and thereby hangs a tale - Mrs. Starrett, Renee Melillo, Carol Czaplinski, Sandy Harkins. Seated: Joy Williams, Mona Kamykowski. irrvmwsw rf' . rn ,.,1.as:.nftw... ..J