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

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F YOUR aim in life is to make people happy and to give them a taste of the better things the career of a soda perker should hold some appeal for you Do you know of any person who can give so much sweetness to so many people at one time? Well hardly' It all began on a beautiful spring day in the year of our Lord 1943 Mother and I were en giged in a heated debate about the necessity of a new spring coat for the Easter Parade Since I was fast losing the argument I tried desperately to think of some scathing remark that would even the score Well if I had a job I wouldnt have to ask you for anything I said fiercely Then I could buy as many spring coats as I wanted Why dont you find a job then? asked Nfother smiling slyly To my chagrin she really meant it That settled the matter I would find a Job or know the reason why And so it came about that I was employed rn the respectable establishment of Ryan Drug House 'J wage of forty cents per hour Before working at Ryan s I had always envied the life of a soda jerk I could imagine myself hippxly eating my merry little way through a maze of chocolate marshmallow sundaes with smrls of whipped cream floating about my head and mara schino cherries slapping me in the face But oh how that impression was changed' Have you ever trred making a banana split for the first time? N09 Well Ill tell you of my first evrperience with this ethereal concoction First I grabbed the banana in one hand and the knife in the other Then I tried gently to coax the banana peel away from its keeper Evidently the banana peel did not wish to be coaxed so I pulled hard Could I help it if the banana broke in half? By this time the fruit was slightly squashy but other wise in good condition I then contemplated split ting the banana lengthwise but considered it a job well done when it lay in the bottom of the dish in ten little pieces Now was the time to put rn the three scoops of xce cream chocolate vanilla and strawberry fdur mg the process of vwhnch I accrdentally caught my finger in the scooperj The syrup was poured on top of the ice creim and then came the crowning glory the whipped cream Oh bllss' It so happens that there is a little knack of press ing down the trigger that releases the whipped cream from the can This knack I had not as yet acquired After wiping whipped cream off the top Qa- up 9? S? I all Xi? of the counter it didn t squirt too far I handed my masterpiece to a puzzled frowning customer Now there I can honestly say was a banana split with character yes indeed Before long I became more proficient in my art the occasion rarely occurred when I sprayed soda water in my face while engaged in the delicate process of making a chocolate soda I even got a raise but I won t tell you how much And oh yes I bought the most devastating hat to go with my new spring coat How to fix banana fplrlr in one eary IPI lermn .lust a Jerk er JEAN RAETZ 45 55 7 1 ' a ' i y s ' i a ' , . ' i . A 1 ' 'T-4 A L s , I 1 .. , - y 3 ' ' - ' xX I , . LA ' ' -A I 4 fi' . X Xf- ' . . xx . , ,a,'x ' --JT. . .fy ' ..1..i1 ' Inc., as a respectable soda-jerk, at the respectable ' WL . . l T . . A Ul I 'LI , A ' f c TF ' Q Y' WW- .T . . 7 A I 1 - , , C D, . . ' 7 Y 1 . ,. t . V , Q, , - ' ' . ' v - - , 1 x ' . . . ' 7 , , .. , 7

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FISKE AND HANDX Funeral Parlors 100 LAKE AX ENUE FOR SPORTWEAR WHY NOT SEE CI-IANIPION KNITVI EAR CO 11 St Paul Stxeet Maln 1995 Complzments MORRISON and SCHULER ELECTRIC INC NIEISENZAHL COAL CONIPANX Coa Cole Fuel Ozl OHI e 98-I PORTLAND AX EWUE Telephone VIHIII 1636 DEAR MEMORY One mght m wmter bltter cold She and I qulte bran ely strolled Who? you say My mother and I The xery might before she dled We walked the path of hfe that mght She told me of IIS aw ful phght Of how I d have to face the storm T111 I was old and weak and worn Oh I was young but I could tell That new er agam would she be well But I had her then I d had my thrxll And now that memory s wxth me stlll Doms KUSCHEL 45 BIOLOGICAL SUPPLY CO 1116 MT HOPE AWENLE Laboratorw Supplzes And Materlale For Bmlogx CIICITIISIIW and PIIWSICS BURKE S FRIENDLX SERVICE COR GLIDE AWD BUFFALO RD Your Socom Dealer Genesee 4362 Open Evemngs 54 L I 7' I Jr 1 ' ,,,,,,-,,,, ,,,,,, Y --it ,WVWW U Y v ,rv ' I 4 L ' I I I I T of 1- .- - ' l 7 - ' l.x IT. Rochester 5, N' S-I. , ' l N . l l

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