John Adams High School - Clipper Yearbook (Ozone Park, NY)

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.A 'f', 'tiny DOLORES CANOSA D X O. ' 'N A gn Q 150' 1 I M '25 it ?,-g ,5,g- nexpeclecf yi Lg:- ' 'NEW' 1,1 O 'N I ' oo llxsil'-xl' C 990 IO ANN pulled her wool bathrobe tlghter around her 1n an effort to keep warm She shook the water from her shower cap stralghtened up the bath room and went along humm1ng 111to her room S1tt1ng down at her dress 1ng table w1th 1ts fluffy whlte organdy sklrt she took her pm curls down and vlgorously brushed her halr as she hurnedly got ready for her date for that evenlng As she went along she talked to herself say1ng Thls 1S the qu1ckest date I ever acqulred It s funny how th1s all came about so unexpectedly Lets see? It was Wednesday and Id been shovel mg snow when the mallman came along I remember how he almost 12

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X THERESA TRASCO 'K ' cfamfi' Jaafufna ,, f-'bwjn' , 23 ? l THROUGH THE years our l1brary has presented us w1th the newest and most recent books pubhshed But let us tum back the pages oi t1me for just a second to bnng forth those books now mellow w1th age books that have wlthstood the test of t1me As I search about our l1brary room the name Maryknoll catches my eyes Here IS a book hlled w1th numerous heart warmmg experlences taken tlmes the1r work carned them tar znto dlstant lands away from home and fnends But makmg new irxends 1n strange lands and adaptmg themselves to new condltxons was the1r chosen vocatlon lt was not strange to see a m1ss1oner knee deep m mud sowmg r1ce plants nor hear the call of a church bell ln some remote part of a country for the1r task vaned wlth the passmg of each day Men ot Mary knoll wr1tten by Iames Keller and Meyer Berger 1 a book certam to capture your heart wlth 1ts very hrst story A lew shelves down st1ll scannmg our brography sectron I dehght m choosmg th1s book Youth of Artxsts by Mary Newlm Roberts Ent1rely dliterent un approach the author takes an eplsode from the llves ot some ot the greatest hgures ln art and trans forms 1t mto a short story excellently wntten Such renowned names as Leonardo Da Vmcl Correglo and Mrchael Angelo appear 1n th1s book Far too few are able to boast of the1r knowledge of the l1ves ol these great masters Youth of Arhsts sxmpllhes thxs matter greatly by takmg only the most mterest mg and xmpresslve events of the1r entlre l1ves and plac1ng them m short compact b1ograph1es A truly mspmng book plamly wntten so the youth of today may develop a hner apprec1at1on ot art ln general and gam 1nsp1rat1on from the youth of yesterday My hbrary v1s1t has ended Your v1s1t has yet to come' Drop 1n reeal soon and become a good tnend to good books ll 'J' Q5 :i pq' t nd! 9.1 '. 2 I.I. . V . . ,Lx I s N QQ: I s .ful . . 0 5,1 I N .Q l KN at f' , For - ' ' 4' 0 ' . from the lives ot the Maryknoll missioners. Many

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went past wrthout leavmg anythrng qurck look through a handful of mall came back and left that letter and how he sard rn hrs usual cheerful way Its a letter for you Io Ann then wrth Io Anns lrps twrsted rnto a qurck smrle her dark eyes twrnkled and she went on thrnkrng out loud I remember how I qurckly dropped e shovel and made my way toward the fence thanked the marlman for e letter and ran up the walk rnto e warm krtchen How dumbfounded I was when I saw the letter wasnt from Eddre I remember askrng my self Who could rt be from? because I knew Eddre was the only one I usually got mall from on Wednesday I frantrcally tore open the envelope tellrng myself that rt couldnt be from Walter Why I took rt for granted everythrng between us was all past and forgotten Not as far as I was concerned because as long as I lrve Ill never forget hrm but hrs part of rt I gathered that I Just wasnt hrs type when he never wrote after the last trme I saw hrm but from the looks of thrngs rt appears that he hasnt so easrly forgotten exther Gee the last trme I saw hrm' That was three years ago when I was only srxteen younger and more dopey than I am now He was only erghteen then but plenty old for hrs age rn appearance and rn hrs way How matter of fact he had that letter worded fCome to thrnk of rt'9 You d hardly even call rt a letter rt was really just a notel He always drd say thrngs rn the oddest but nrcest ways I even remember every word of the letter It went Dear Io Ann I was just released from the Naval Hosprtal here rn Calrfomra Ive been 13 here qurte sometrme ftoo long for my moneyl wrth what they call war fatrgue By the trme you get thrs letter Ill be drscharged and on my way home Ill arrrve Frrday mormng I can hardly wart to see you agarn Ill bet you re even prettrer than ever Does your nose strll turn up and does rt have as many freckles as rt drd the last trme I saw you? m all set to parnt the town red and I expect you to help me Ill stop by at seven and prck you up Frrday nrght so have your parnt brush and red parnt all set As ever wrth love Walter It struck me funny how he sounded Iust as rf we had been correspondrng every day Here rs a fellow who can tell you we re gorng out such and such a nrght and belreve me youll go He has somethmg and plenty of somehow or other at a frrst glance he strrkes you as berng just plam brg All hrs features seem so very mascu lrne At a frrst glrmpse you gather hes clumsy but on closer observat on you notrce that Walter rs extremely well porsed Hrs eyes to me are hrs outstandrng feature They are the bluest blue Ive ever seen' Hrs harr rs black and wavy I remember how hrs harr would fall rnto rrnglets from the beads of sweat on hrs forehead whrle wed be dancrng together Walter rs any grrls rdeal and I rnclude myself ur wrth the lot Hes so drfferent from Eddre I know Eddres swell and everythrng and sure weve been go mg together srnce Walter stopped wrrtrng but Walter s back now and that krnd of makes thrngs drfferent Eddre really never ' G ' - n I . . . I , . , - th I, .. . ,, th , ' ' ' th ' . - ' I n - In T ' I . A . . 1 . , , ' , , , whatever it is, too! He's tall. but I ' n . . i . . . . . . , 1 I '