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

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IA IS Q M250 the Way the Truth the LIfc All Cathohc Honor, 1947 4 Shri FIFSI Place Honors 194a 44 ll S E 'qfiuswmw All Amencan Honors 1945 I-I MERCFDE Sem: Afzmml Nhzgpqzne Pzzblzfbed by the Student: 0 OUR LADY OF MERCY HIGH SCHOOL ROCHESTER, NEW YORK EDITORIAL STAFF and BUSINESS STAFF Edzlor In Cine JEANNE SGIAIN EIDER Afmczaref JOSEPHINE AGNELLO GLORIA BOSAITS Ac NLS CADOGAIN NGREEN CAREY ELAINF KOLFSNIK KATHLI EN ZIMMER Mazlnzg Clerkf GERRY DENITINGER EILLIIW QLIININ BFTTX MOSTYIA. Proo Readers MARX ANR. BAKER CATHIRIINI CIARK Bufzzzen' Manager TERESE KNAPP Ada ertzfzng Manager AU: rtantf MARY CAREY MARY MATTLE ANN MILLER C zrrulalzon Manager MARION SCIHIUELER Affzftanlf PEGGY KALB MARY AGNES CALIHAN SOPHIE BARNIETT RL TH KENNEDY NO CENTS PER COPY i' PUBLISHED JANUARY AND JUINE 9 . . Xxrf XF ' - J J I am . . . . . . ' JL V , I! ' - ' f . MARGARET GRASS , I m g? 1' ' I I 5. . . - - 52 I IS , 4 is-gg . ' A - f . , .

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One 0 uf in heaven Death at seventeen rn the prrme of lrfe seems so remote But death nenther rgnores youth nor shows dnscrrmrnatron to the greatest or hum blest Wrth jean McMon1ga.l death was as natural as llfe as natural as gorng swrmmxng wlth the gang or gonng out on a date Its stupid to wrrte flowery phrases for we senrors her pals can alone fill rn the words We mdrvrdually know the feelrng that we experrenced when earher rn the year we formed the guard of honor at her funeral jean was quret and reserved not much could be found to describe her not much to be saxd as we vaxnly spoke of her she was not for us At first we couldnt understand rt but now we guess of the sweet lrttle secret between God and herself As quretly as courageously as she trp toed through hfe she up toed mto the arms of her God When the honors are grxen out graduatron night trrual honors for us the lrvrng we shall not be able to rgnore the l1ttle grrl 1n the prnk formal who so honorably so lnsplrlngly left us behind' GLORIA BOSAITS 44 I - 4 : 1 7 1 - ' v 9 . . . . ,, ,, . 7 9 , . . y . , ' . V . . . Y. , . n s

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f K What we Ve jfglntmg for GERRY THOMAS 44 Illuvmzzed by PAT COAN 44 ' In far off fields a man rs dead he died for democracy He never complamed he fought rn varn to keep hrs country free just pause wrth me and try to see why young men go to fight They fight for love of country their loved ones and summer nxghts X For open fields and open skxes and homes to call therr own Some so thexr sons w1ll never know how xt IS so far from home The new spr1ng crops the new mown hay means lots to httle guys That s why they fight when some other bum tr1es to blacken therr blue sk1es Sprmg breezes sunshme laughter of kxds at play Mean a lot to fellows 1n war torn fields far away Summer rarns streamhned trams and lots of mov1e shows The rxght of a home and a famxly and frrends A good steady yob to help attain these ends G2 Home made cookxes Mom s jelly preserves The rrght to rel1g1on whxch all mankmd deserves Swrmmmg skatmg 1ce cream coke and popcorn balls Carefree laughter of a gang of klds at a dance 10 some brg hall jxtterbuggm boogre woogle barrel house and blues Swoon crooners bobby socks and dxrty saddle shoes ix These young Amerxcans ln thexr hearts know what s really rxght 1 But I ve ment1oned only a few of the thrngs for whnch Amerncans Hght' f x 0 e b , ,-10 New PL.l'-wmv ,X X D n IX affix fl 1 s f A ll m A IA lx 4 f T' if , o VI E ZJQMN o o 'P' X ll: if 5 55,0 , lil , we D l 'EQF' . ' . . , . 7 B gi . 7 7 ' W l . . l , . I 3 -,X I ' Murmuring of the streams as they eternally, but slowly flow, f 9 .. ' . 5 l V J l -V , f r 7 SAE' 9 WX X l X T- M,T f, 5 I - 5 if fs, I r s,.t at X I 'K l l l I f I 1 e iff' 5' C Q 9 ' D 'q ' U l N 7, 1