Our Lady of Mercy High School - Mercedes Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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head of Mrckey O Shrckey a poor woodcutter He leaped to hrs feet Lrsten everybody trs an rdea Im ahavrn and as the elders stopped strokrng therr long whrte beards and the people stopped therr covrtatrng he outlrned hrs plan Beyond the dark forest rs a mountarn a great brg one and on thrs mountarn rs a castle a great huge one and rn thrs castle lrves a lady grant a tremendous lady grant Now trs my plan to have somebody go to thrs here Hne lady grant and offer her all the chocolate Covered caramels wrth nuts rn them she can eat every day rf she wrll move rnto the castle next to the one Wrcked Grant lrves rn Then he wrll fall rn love wrth her and marry up wrth her Trs a Hne rdea rf I do say so It wrll keep hrm out of mrschref That rt rs agreed all the people but who would be a dorn thrs dangerous thrng9 Trs I who wrll save Lrckey Vrllage I sug gested rt and trs I who wrll be asavrn Lrckey Vrllage So as the people cheered the mayor of Lrckey Vrllage made a speech and Mrckey O Shrckey packed up hrs toothbrush and nrghty krssed hrs wrfe and set off for the c stle of the lady grant beyond the dark forest He wrlked for thrce days and three nrghts and on the fourth day he came to a mountarn a great brg one and on thrs mountrrn was a castle a great huge one and rn thrs castle there sat by a wrndow a lady grant a tremendous lady grant crochetrng Thrs must be the place I m a lookrn for sard Mrckey so he marched up to the door bold as brass and knocked Pretty soon the door opened just a crack and a femrnrne vorce boomed out I don t want any of whatever rt rs you be sellrn young man Now go long wrth ye' and she began to close the door But our hero sard rrght out good and loud I m sellrn nary a thrng ma am I m Mrckey O Shrckey of the Vrllage of Lrckey Trs here for a favor I am Would you be lrstenrn to me? So rn he stepped and told the lady grant he would see that she got all the chocolate covered caramels wrth nuts rn them she could eat every day rf she would move rnto the castle next to Wrcked Grant s He drdn t tell her that Wrcked Grant was mean and crafty Oh no' rndeed he told her he was as remarkable a grant that ever drew a breath And rndeed he was too' And would you be lreve rt she accepted hrm' Trs cold and drafty and gloomy thrs castle rs anyway Trs trme I moved You say thrs castle has a southern exposure? So as the lady grant fwhose name was Rhodaj promrsed to be rn by the end of the week Mrckey O Shrckey of the Vrllage of Lrckey jumped rnto the arr clrcked hrs heels for the joy of rt rolled down the mountarn srde and dashed back to Lrckey to shout about the good news to the people A few days later Wrcked Grant got up out of bed Ah he breathed trs a frne mornrn t rs After I ve had my breakfast I ll go rrght down to Lrckey Vrllage I thought of some fine trrcks to play on them last nrght So he ate hrs breakfast and started out the door But who should be srttrng rn the wrndow of the castle next door but Rhoda' Upon seerng her face he muttered to hrmself that he should pay her a courteous vrsrt So he went upstarrs put on a clean necktre and went down and knocked on Rhodas door When Rhoda opened rt and he saw her and she saw hrm well rt was lore at first srght for the two grants So-Rhoda marrred Wrcked Grant and led hrm a hard lrfe too What wrth hangrng out clothes cleanrng the castle cuttrng the grass trrm mrng the hedge and other household dutres keep rng hrm busy Wrcked Grant had no trme to bother Lrckey Vrllage Mrckey OShrckey was a hero Lrckey Vrllage was serene agarn Rhoda sat rn her wrndow eatrng chocolate covered caramels wrth nuts rn them and Wrcked Grant was happrly Pj marrred and now my storys done' 13 , . , . - .1 . - - - . 1 1 rr - 1- - - - -,1 . 1 1. , 1 ' 1 - - , . . . . . . ., . 1 5 1 1 1- . . . , . , , . , . . , . ,, . . . . 1, . , ' . . ' . . . . . , ,, 1 1 ' - 1 ' 1 ' . , . . l 1 - . . . . , . , . . . . . , , . . . . . . 1 ' A 1 ', 1 ' . . ,, . . . . , . tr - - 1. tr H1 - - - 1 1 1 . , . - .. , . . . , 111 - , , - U . , . . . , . ' , . - 1, . . . ' 1 1 1 Y 1 1 1 , , 4 - . 1 1- . t ' . 1 f - . 1. , . . , . K L 5 1, 1- I - 1 1 1 . . - - 1 l ' 1 ' 1 . . ' ' ' - 11 1 . ' 1 ' 1 ' . H - 1 - 1 H - ' 1 1 1 - 1 1 ' 1 - 1 . 1 1 - 1 . . V . 1 1 , . , 1 1 ' 1 1 . , . - - 1 1 X . . . ' 1

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Mrckey O Schrckey of Lrckey Vrllage AND CANDY DID THE Truck FRANCES GRANT 46 OW once upon a trme there was a moun tam a great brg one and on thrs moun tam was a castle a great huge one and rn thrs great huge castle on the great brg mountarn there lrved a grant a tremendous grant Thrs grant was very prankrsh He took candy away from the babres rn Lrckey Vrllage at the foot of thrs great brg mountarn and went home to hrs great huge castle and ate rt all up You know of course that grants are zery fond of candy especrally chocolate covered caramels wrth nuts rn them Thrs tremendous grant would walk down the streets of Lrckey Vrllage leavrng great footprrnts people of Lrckey Vrllage had to get out therr spades and shovels and fill rn the great gaprng craters before they could rrde down the street On holrdays thrs wrcked grant even filled huge bags wrth water and when the vrllagers were all set to go out on prcnrcs he prrcked holes rn the bags When the people felt these man made rarndrops they shook therr fists at the grant who towered above them Then they would turn dejectedly back to therr homes where they sat and played prnochle whrle the water came pourmg out of the sunny s and therr wrn dows rattled and shook as the wrcked grant roared wrth laugh ter Yes thrs grant was very mrschrevous Because he was so mean the grant was named Wrcked Grant Who Makes Lrfe Mrser 12 able For The People Of Lrckey Vrllage and be cause he was called that the grant fwhom we shall call Wrcked Grant for short because that other name rs too longj thought rt was funny and deter mmed to lrxe up to hrs name So he sat rn hrs great charr plottrng out mrschref to play on the poor people of Lrckey Vrllage When a wrcked rdea popped rnto hrs head he would laugh uproarrously sprrng to hrs feet roll down the mountarn rn sheer glee and wrth great swrngrng strrdes enter Lrckey Vrllage to accomplrsh hrs errand of mrschref When the people saw Wrcked Grant laugh up roarrously sprrng to hrs feet and roll down the would scurry rnto therr cottages latch therr doors and wrndows and wart for the grant to return to hrs castle on the mountarn They were all too terrrfied to lrft a finger or toe agarnst Wrcked Grant so they drd nothrng about rt But one day after Wrcked Grant had wreaked some par trcularly clever mrschref on the frrghtened townspeople of Lrckey Vrllage and he had strode up the mountarn rn par trcularly frne sprrrts the town ofiicrals decrded to do some thrng about therr predrcament so they called all the people to gether and began to map out a plan of actron Now as the Board of Elders sat strokrng therr long whrte beards and the rest of the people sat rn therr charrs cogr tatrng an rdea popped rnto the . , I I Q , 7 7 ' 5 3 7 7 , . Y . i . . ' Q . . , . . . , . , ' 7 7 7 I ,Y 9 ' v . . , . . . , . . , sunken in the ground, so the mountain in sheer glee, they 7 J 7 7 ' 9 7 7 7 7 ' 7 3 7 . , 1 - ' 9 7 7 , - D , . .

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P E S KY B U G And Brother Petey ELAINE KOLESN IK 44 T S Thursday agarn-cleanrng day upstarrs for you You have cluttered up the hallway wrth dust cloths the dust mop and the cleaner and are at present makrng your bed Your brother Sammy has Just left hrs room and begrns to clump downstarrs He stops short halfway and srngs out Hey Eeesk come ere There s a surprrse on the wall Your other brother Petey hawrng very good ears dashes up from the cellar to see what rt rs Gee he exclarms fascrnated You dawdle to the head of the starrs expectrng a trrck of some sort and catch your breath There on the vsall rs a shrny black bug the srze of a Black Wrdow sprder but thank hear ens not one' You detest bugs especrally krllrng them Sammy knows thrs The lrttle angel' Decrdrng to turn the tables on hrm you refrarn from scream rng bloody murder and pretendrng to have turned oxer a new leaf casually remark Oh just 1 lrttle bug' Drspose of rt Sammy' Drspose of rt huh' I got other thrngs to do' fSammy secretly dreads krllrng bugs hrmself J H rs halfway downstarrs already Sam meee' Come back up here Krll that bug and do rt now' After all boys re supposed to take care of thrngs lrke that I cant do rt I have to clean An besrdes you haxent done a thrng yet today fThat ought to clrnch rt Aw gee mutters Sammy I arnt got trme Petey 3011 do rt then Show your brother that yon hare the courage fThat ought to burld Petey up-so you thrnk Q Naw I krlled the last bug Its Sammy s turn thrs trme A lrttle bug' For heas en s sake what krnd of boys are you anyway? You stalk rnto your room and steal a glance out rnto the hall They are both surveyrng the srtuatron 14 Sammy leanrng agarnst the wall braced by hrs elbow and Petey squattrng on the steps rn a trance Ah you srgh hopefully They re thrnkrng rt oxer So far so good Sammy clears hrs throat Well so long Eeesl-r I gotta go Probably decrded rt was too much for hrm Now Sammy you encourage there s noth rng to rt Well rf there rsn t then you do rt' fAh such a trrumphant rrng to hrs worce I have to clean Petey lrghts up wrth an rdea I ll get some paper so we can grab rt Sammy He returns wrth hrs arms full of waste paper For heaven s sake Petey drd you have to brrng up that much? you srgh O K Petey You hold your paper on that srde of er an I ll grab er on thrs srde bosses Sammy My heavens do two of you have to krll a lrttle bug? Can t one of you just grab rt? If you re so smart why dont you do rt? Better leave well enough alone you decrde so you keep strll Hold strll Petey' Sammy yells There' Nova ' Oh shucks' Mrssed er' Thrs conversatron rs repeated a number of trmes After a few mrnutes you venture out Drdn t you get her yet? Naw shes too fast for us Everytrme I make to grab er she runs away You notrce the bug has advanced a foot Oh for heaven s sake Sammy' Well dont squash her agarnst the wall or Mom ll have Hts' O K ' O K ' Lets try agarn Petey Ready? O K Steady now' Easy There' Eeee' Squeals of excrtement from Petey You rush out What s the matter? fPleaJe page 48j L 7 7 . , . .. ,, . U , . . 7 L 7 7 - - 7 va 77 ,L ' , . . , . 7 7 ' . ' ' 7 A - ' . , , ' . . - ra J 7 - X - . 7 7 7 ' ' - - 77 -7 77 y rr 7 - - 7 7 7 v. . . ,, 7 7 ' . . ,. . . , . ,, lf 7 - 7 7 - 7 ,, ,, . . . . . Y . J 7 7 ' ' - - 17 77 . . . .. , A . ,, . y , , ' . . Y . . 7 7 7 ' - . . . ,, , V . . W - 7 7 . . . . ,, . . . ,. . , ' . ., . - rr 77 - 7 7 7 7 - - 77 ' 1 , . r 7. - .7 V - - ' 7 4 ' 7 7 7 . . . ,, , . . ,, 4 . , . . I . .7 - A - - 77 -7 7 I 7 - 77 , . . , . ' e 7 7 7 y . ., , - -7 - 77 77 ' . . , . . . - 7 Y - 7 77 . , . ., . . r . 1 . , . Y , . . r . r , . 7. - - .1 - 7 77 7 . .5 . 7. 77 rr - 7 - -7 -- 7 - , , e . . , . 77 Y - 7 77 , . , . 7 7 - 77 7 7 - 7 7 ' 7 1. 7 - 7 7 - 7 77 , . . - - 77 rr 7 - -r - 7 - 77 . ' , . . r . . . . . 77 1- -7 - r . . . - 7- 7 77 . , . . .