Mother of Mercy High School - Mercywood Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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16 - ACTIVITIES Freshmen Kim Huber, Martha Healy and Peggy Schwartz and their new Big Sisters, Traci Wells and Lee McCarty enjoy a picnic lunch together. ABOVE RIGHT: Lisa Middendorf takes a rest from alt of the excitement and activities. ABOVE LEFT: The center of attention of this group is obviously Freshman Marie Volker. RIGHT: Numbered balloons silently await Big and Little Sisters on Friday, September 24.

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Hopeful students ask for quick recoveries for two of their classmates. Junior Pam Weber is undergoing brain surgery during the time of this Mass and Sopho- more Jo Greene is hospitalized because of a cheer- Ieading accident which left her paralyzed in August. ABOVE LEFT: Second place Iris Academic team includes Kathy Hermes, Captain Beth Kling, Debbie Leesman, and Mrs. Bridgette Blessing, their adviser. ABOVE RIGHT: After the opening Mass, Sister Joan who was Principal last year and is a guest to give the Call to Worship today talks with Mr. Robert Koenig. OPENING IS RARE Restless from the long hot summer, anxious Mercy students filed into their as- signed classes to meet new friends and recall familiar faces. Missing from the class of '79 was Jo Groene who had a cheerleading ac- cident and was paralyzed in late August, but with the help of doctors and months of therapy she returned home for Christmas and later walked to the Mercy- McAuley basketball game which was dedicated to her on February 17. All students stayed on their feet when many of them walked twenty miles around Cincinnati to raise money for the school and for a two year old, lukemia patient, Beth Daniels, who later died in January. ACTIVITIES - 15

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4. x FROSH MEET CLASS OF '77 Another Friday, another school day, for Juniors and Sophomores, that is. For the 252 Freshman and 223 Seniors, it was a day of balloons, chicken, pizza, and Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Kermit, Bert and Ernie. The innocence of the Sesame Street theme was marred by the problem of a traffic jamming parade with students hanging out of cars which brought a Cincinnati police officer to Mercy with a warning about future incidents. Despite the police visit, the day was one of much fun for most students, new relationships, new friends and good food. LEFT: Preparing for the arrival of the freshmen are Diane Zenni, Patty Nicolas, and Lori Plageman. FAR LEFT: Little Sister Marianne Uehlein speeds around the circle while being chased by a freshman. ABOVE LEFT: Little Sisters to be Patty Nickias and Kathy Ruehlman take time out to give us a smile. BELOW LEFT: Three expectant Big Sisters Terry Probst, Donna Lisi, and Carolyn Weller speak to some new friends, the Cookie Monsters. BELOW: Senior Peggy Raterman and Little Sisters Cathy Feldman, Mary Locaputo, and Patty Keller car- ry on a conversation with the Cookie Monsters during the lunch break. ACTIVITIES - 17