Elmira Catholic High School - Victorian Yearbook (Elmira, NY)

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fbiaaq 404 fefmq Sept. 21-Jerryis gone! He left this morning. It was a beautiful morning -Mthe kind he loved-with the sun shining through a faint mist and chasing it away. It seemed so quiet here. Even Jackie was quite subdued for a change. Helen and Louise can.e over this afternoon. Vile played croquet until it got too hot. Then we just sat and talked. You know, dear diary, why I'm writing all this. Itis for Jerry to read when he comes home again. He said to tell everything even what seems unimportant. Sept. 30-Itis beginning to feel like fall today. The lawns and trees are still green but there 's a new crisp feeling in the air. 1 wonder what it's like where Jerry is. I suppose lie'll have a lot more summer down in Georgia. Jackie and I helped Uncle Steve pull up the tomato plants tonight. Jackie really seems to be growing up. I thought he 'd never get over being a baby but all of a sudden he has developed into one of those nice pesty little brothers. I wish he really was my brother. Nov. 16-VVe're having Indian summer. Jackie and I walked out to Hogan's farm today. Mr. Snedeker gave us a ride on the wagon, from his farm down .to Hogan 's. Jackie and I took turns driving. VVhen Jackie drove, the poor horses went so fast Mr. Sued nearly fell out. At least he pretended to. NVe helped Mr. Hogan gather in the hay but I guess we really did more fooling than working. Mrs. Hogan gave us some of her molasses cookies- Jerry 's favorite kind. She sent him some a few years ago. I suppose he won't get them, though, if all those soldiers see them. Jim Hogan is going in the army some time next month. It would be nice if he were sent near Jerry. Dec. 15-Here we've been planning on Jerry's being home for Christmas and we just got word that hels leaving the country. VVe don't even know where he is. It's going to be terrible without him. Ever since I came to live with Aunt Mary and Uncle Steve, Jerry has been my brother, almost. I think we liked each other more than most brothers and sisters. Of course, we used to squabble a lot and he loved to tease me, but he was never mean. He taught me so many things, not the things you learn from books, but the Page Forty-eight

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0444 fjaincipaf Father Burns, our principal, is really very kind, And even if he's stern with us, itls just to make us mind. ln school he must be dignified, but after school he 's swell, Sometimes when we are shouting and running in the hall, Father Burns will glare at us, not just one, but all. His humor's really funny, his jokes are sometimes old, But we laugh at them no matter how often they are told. Eleanor O 'Hanlon '44 And when he ls in a hurry, he goes down the hall pell-mell. Best Dressed Girl 7Ufaa'4 who Jeanette Manocchio Best Dressed Boy Vincent Cardone Giggler Lois Basler Best H21iPC11'CS Robert Barnes Comedian Patsy Bonsignore Laziest VVilliam Connelly Most Bashful Thomas Connelly Mechanic Francis Doran Best Sport VVilliam Thomas Most Freckles Eleanor Maloney Quick Tempered Best Natured Girl Best Natured Boy Best Dancers Siamese Twins The Bachelor Tardiest Most Punctual Most Dignified John Kerwan Helen Kelley hVllllZ1II1 Owen Jean Nolan and James Flynn Irene Lagonegro and Peggy Serosky Wlilliam Maloney Mary Margaret WVeingart Mary Schaefer Claire McCarthy Most Talented Therese Milliken Swing Maestro Robert Lisi Best ACtI'eSS Jean Peel Shy6S'B Mary Brady Qlll9t6St Dorothy Burns Most Studious fill Smartest Boy in Biology Most likely to succeed Dutchy Wilmot Stanley VVineski Seniors Page Forty-swan Mary Schaefer Bolton Terwilliger

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other kind. The kind of things that make you happy. Maybe that's why he was always smiling. Jan. 9-Still no word from him. Aunt Mary is worried but she never says anything. School is very boring lately. All the teachers are in horrible moods. I suppose you can't blame them. They Ive just been correcting exam papers. Jackie was eight years old Tuesday. He's growing to look like Jerry but he dosen't smile so much. I guess he's too busy talking. He made me feel his muscle a few minutes ago. 'Now I know why he always wins whenever we have have a wrestling match. It 's beginning to snow now. Feb. 2-We just had a letter from Jerry. He's overseas, but he can't tell us where. Hels someplace where there's fighting though. He didn't exactly say so but you can guess. I took care of the Darby kids tonight. Mary Ann 's front teeth are out and she can't talk without lisping. She kept telling me that, Thally Thimthon hath a thore knee becauthe Thammy thocked her with a thtickf' I think she was hurt because I cou.ldn't under- stand her, We had a snowstorm last night and this morning the trees and streets were all a soft glistening white. Jerry used to say it was fairyland. Mar. 4-Helen and Louise and I went to the show today. Jackie went too. We saw Shadow of a Doubt. It was really wonderful. The acting was perfect and the directing was even better. I like McDonald Cary. Poor Jackie was a wreck when he came out. He was so excited he talked all the way home but nobody listened to him. We went over to Helen's house and made fudge. Her father and mother donft eat much sugar so she saves it up until she has enough for some candy. April 8-It's rained for nine days. It 's been very dreary but today I didn't mind the rain. It seemed different somehow. Maybe it's because I remembered how Jerry loved to watch it rain. He used to stand for hours watching the drops sparkle on the brown sidewalks. VVatching them today made me think of him, May 4-Today we went back to school. VVe had a long Easter vacation so we could help the farmers. I went out to Hogan's. Aunt Mary said I should go some other place because she was afraid I wouldn't work after Page Forty-nine