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

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Then the musrc stopped but he strll held hrs arm loosely around her warst as the orchestra swept rnto a glorrous waltz To cover her embarrassment she trred to appear a trrfle angry How drd you get rn wrthout a unrform? He smrled a drsarmrng grrn Ive got a pull wrth the butler And that was that She could thrnk of nothrng else to say Frnally he sard Don t you ew er get trred of all these brg partres and glamorous dresses and trny sandwrches and the opera whrle others are dyrng out on the battlefield? She answered qurckly I really hax en t had trme to You see Im only vrsrtrng my cousrns here But she was thrnkrng How can you talk that way when you re rn crw vres? She contrnued We dont have thrngs lrke thrs at home Her vorce got a lrttle dreamy as she thought of home and Mom and Dad and the krds skatrng on the pond Sometrmes I wrsh I could go skatrng whrle Im here she sard Where? In Rockefeller Plaza? he answered sarcastrcally She hastened to assure hrm Oh no' Ive already been there But I mean really skatrng out where rt s cold and you can hear the wrnd whrstlrng You should try skatrng rn Central Park At least rf the wrnd doesnt whrstle the sarlors do he told her And Ill bet you havent even seen the Automat No she told hrm And then rt was over And she had to stand wrth Alma and Jeff as they brd goodbye to therr guests As the young man passed her on hrs way out h leaned towards her and sard I ll be around about ten o clock to prck you up And her heart leaped wrth excrtement Then she was engulfed rn a wave of desparr He was just another wolf on the loose handrng her a polrshed lrne But he called for her the next mornrng and they went skatrng rn Central Park and the loudspeaker rssued the same dreamy waltz And rn the quret lrttle restaurant where he took her to supper they sat rn a booth garly tryrng to 18 twrrl spaghettr He dropped a nrckel rn the juke box and out poured a majestrc waltz And at the nrght clubs they vrsrted at the skatrng rrnk agarn they heard a beautrful waltz It seemed as rf that euphonrous melody was berng rntrrcately woven rnto the pattern of therr lrses durrng that one short week rn New York Alma and jeff lrked hrm too You could see that plarnly the many trmes he had been at the house or the four of them had gone out together And they should know They had been around people a good many years And suddenly rt was the last nrght of Nancys xrsrt and Alma was havrng another glrtterrng ball rn honor of her young cousrn It was nearly ten otlock whtn the orchestra swung out rnto the famrlrar strarns of therr waltz and Jerry held Nancy trght as they mon ed rn exact unrty and rhythm down the length of the large hall Nerther of them spoke untrl the song was over Then erry sard qurckly Let s get out of here a mrnute Nancy got her wrap and they went out rn the frostrness of the wrnter street jerry harled a taxr nearby and told the drrxer I.aGuardra Arrport Nancy looked up rn alarm IaGuardra Arrport? He covered her trny hands wrth hrs brg ones I thought thrs would be the easrest way to tell you Nancy You see Im leavrng tonrght for the Arrmy Arr Corps My papers finally came through She looked at hrm questronrngly You see he went on rn explanatron I was wrth General Chennault before the war No don t say 'rnythrng yet he warned her as she started to speak Im rn love wrth you Nancy But then you probably guessed that by now I dont want you to make any rash promrses now that you mrght not want to keep later on Dont worry jerry I guess Ill strll be here rf you want me when you come home She smrled But meanwhrle Ive got college to finrsh and then I ll work for the duratron Then they were at the arrport and he had to leave her to don hrs unrform When he came back so strarght and tall and proud rn hrs mrlrtary dress Nancy s face showed her emotron She was stand rng there just as he wanted to remember her wrth that lovable half smrle on her lrps and her face so ! ' - ' 1 7 3 ' ll ' ' ' ' 11 1 . . - - - - - .1 1 . - 11 , , . 7 ' ' 1 . , , . - U r . 1 , . . . . A , , 7 ,, . . . . . , , . ,, V , . - . V , . , . . . . ,, . N , 1 X . . , . , G ' U . .I . . , , A L , I 1 v ' ' ' ly . ' ' , L 7 7 - rr 1 v - - - J ' 7 11 ' ' l . ' Y . rr 1 - 11 1 . 7 U . I I I ' . . . . . ,, . . 11 - 1 1 1 - ' I H . P 62156. L I . l 1- - - 1. U , . . . . . . , U - - L . . . . ,, V , . . - 1 1 1 U . . - 1- . I . . . . , . . ,, . . . 1 1 - ' , ' QQ u - - u V . 7 l 1, , 1 - I . , 4- 11 - . ,, ? ' t 1 1 - ' rr 1 - - . . , . , e 1 1 1 1 11 U 1 . - H U , , . . . , l . . ,, . . . ,, . , . ' s 1 - - 1 - 11 , . ' 1 - 1 7 Y . , . 1 7

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ANCY CRAWFORD sat rn the drm twx lxght of her room burlecl deep rn phllosophrcal books How was she goxng to pass that exam when she hadn t studred all year? And darn rt' She had to have xt to graduate oo Suddenly through the quxet ness of the house ffor Mom wasnt home from the Red Cross yetj she heard the door bell rrng Her brothers foot steps clattered unwrllrngly across the krtchen floor to answer rt Then she heard hrm clamberrng up the steps two at a trme Nancy' he called Here s a package for you Careful rmmy she warned rn a brg srsterly fashron The stxcker says Handle with Care She looked at the package from London Eng land Her heart qurckened rmmy was exasperated at the delay Oh hurry up Nance Her nervous fingers undxd the strmg removed the brown outer wrapprng and the cardboard from the msxde Heck' exclarmed rmmy Its only a record He turned to leave rn a peculxar masculme fashlon but returned Can I have the stamps Nance? Bllly Wllker son sard he d trade me one from Latvra lf I could get hrm one from London Sure jrmmy Take them She handed hxm the wrappmgs and he left Nancy went to her recorder and put rt on Then she lay down on the bed As the frrst melodrous stralns poured out she thought of the flrst trme she had seen hrm It was New Year s afternoon and Nancy was staylng wxth her wealthy cousrns Alma and eff ln thenr Long Island home for the Chrxstmas holrdays Alma was havrng a brg party for serv ncemen wxth a band and all the works Off rn one corner of the huge ballroom sat a young man rn c1v1l1an clothes At trmes he was alone then he was surrounded by a crowd of laugh mg people But he never left hrs corner to dance As Nancy flrtted from one parr of arms to an other her glance fell often on the personable young man and every trme she drd he seemed to be watchmg her But she couldnt help looking at CINY ICS It was gettrng late nearly mrdnrght and stxll he hadnt stxrred Nancy was at the moment lamentmg her popularrty for she was dancrng wrth a young saxlor who stated freely that he used to be a pro Used to be rs rrght thought Nancy She was bemg thrown around the floor lrke an exhxbxtronrst Frnally someone cut rn and Nancy nearly collapsed rn hrs arms You looked as rf you needed a change said a vorce above her She looked up mto the eyes that had been watchmg her all evenrng and her face was Yes she thought Onlyarecord a trxfle flushed A Inp to New York a love a an a record nd the Angels Smeg Gnly A Waltz Could Do It NOREEN CAREY 44 . 1 , . I Y , t . ' , J , .. , J. ,,, . . . . . - It must be from jerryf she thought to herself. him. After all, he was the only man there in J' . A ' V . I

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full of love and tenderness He stood lookrng down at her for a moment and then sard You re a soldrer too Nancy And then he krssed her and they both seemed to hear the notes of that wondrous waltz callrng them to love Nancy could strll hear them as she watched hrs plane soar raprdly up rnto the sky and dlp rts wrngs rn a srlent salute to the brave grrl wartrng And as she watched rt seemed to her as rf a Holy Face st1ll marred wrth cruel wounds was ever be fore hrs plane and those swollen Lrps were sayrng to her Dont worry about hrm Nancy He s one of My boys and We re rn thrs thrng together Suddenly that romantrc waltz began to cres cendo and rts strarns became more martral lt rose and fell and now rt was a beautrfully solemn hymn to Chrrst the Krng And Nancy gave Hrm a grateful smrle and returned to her party The record was os er Nancy leaned over and turned the vrctrola off and then lay on the bed starrng up at the cerlrng wrth her hands clasped beneath her head She smrled a happy lrttle smrle and mentally hugged herself rn glldness X ou lucky lucky grrl she thought You have just about eyerythrng under the sun Mom and Dad rmmy a nrce home clothes a good educa tron and now erry But young lady she made 1 wry face and jumped up from the bed you ye got a phrlosophy Gold Sim' zn the VQZZQ They filed out of the sm 1ll frrendly church wrth peaceful hearts They hrd just attended a memorral servrce for Young Pete Adams All the folks rn the yalley knew Pete and they wanted to pay therr last trrbute to hrm Hrs wrfe Mary hrs Dad rnd Nlom hrs grandmother and all the nerghbors went to the church Mary thought of therr meetrng therr dates and therr marrrage She remembered how krnd and thoughtful he was She prayed for hrm Dad a World War I veteran and Mom were thrnkrng of the lrttle Pete rn the cradle and from there up to Pete at school basketball and footbrll star Dad remembered how he took to farmrng at an early age Mom thought how helpful and sweet he was Grandma qurte old now remembered Peter the lrttle angel of the chorr wrth the sweet soprano yorce Eyeryone knew Pete and everyone lrked hrm They could tell some good storres about Pete frrendly Pete It was a beautrful sprrng mornrng The trees grass brrds and brooks all dead through the wrnter had come to lrfe agarn God therr Maker brought them back all green fresh and lovely The servrces were oyer and the folks started back to therr labor They filed out of the small frrendly country church wrth peaceful hearts Wrurk Gooosearcr 44 19 I - ' . y , ' ,, ' . ,, , V . . . ! 7 7 ' ' ' - 1 r Q ' ' . t , ' I I . , 1 h ' v y 1 . 7 L . 1 - 7 1 ' a 1 ' I Q v V . is v ' - ' 7' ' H c ' H L t ' I 1 7 seemed as if the sky would explode as angel voices exam to pass tomorrow. I I . v , L , ' ' . . v 2 ' , . , A. . 1 r , A Y V ' I 7 . . . . . 7 Y ' D t in Z 1 4 L A 1 K 3 y H Y Y I I Y 5 l Q . ' 7 1 I 1 Y T H ' 7 '