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

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U1 nffc Wa aflcrv... WHAT THE RECORDS SAID E VSAS a small boy vuth a mop of wayward flaxen ha1r a one slded toothless gr1n tw1nkl1ng blue eyes whxch now held the suggestxon of tears Hrs cheeks were as rosy as an apple and he nervouslv clutched a cap xn h1s grlmx hands He wore a paxr of faded blue overalls wlth one suspender mlss 1ng and a gray but once whlte shlrt He shxfted h1s bare feet uncomfort ably over the floor ran one foot over a board and glanced up m awe at the man who sat at the desk wrltmg sergeant at that Now he looked up from h1s work and glanced 1n surprlse at the bov Hello young fellow What can I do for you: Well two brlght spots of red appeared on h1s cheeks as he moved the foot back and forth across the board more f1ercely than ever Well my brother Xesp There was a sllght note of 1m PHUCIICC 1l'l IIll6 SC1'gC2l'1lIS VOICC By Sbezla Hogan, 46 65? ati, , Wi A A E Qu? Palne Here we are The boy moved over to where the soldler was standlng Hns eyes llghted up when he saw the card Km I see xt: I bet I could read xt Im ln the second grade now The sergeant started to read and a look of alarm passed qulckly over h1s ace N he spoke 1n a gentle vo1ce as he thrust the card behmd h1m m voluntarlly No Ill tell you what xt says He returned to the desk wxth allowmg h1s eyes to leave that preclous card The soldler placed the card on the desk face down He seemed lost 1n thought for a m1nute and the boy walted respectfully At last he opened his mouth to speak and he could see the bov catch Ins breath as he d1d so Well he began contractlng h1s brow 1nto a troubled frown your brother and h1s group of buddles were ln thls machlne gun nest Well my brother Blll he was kllled 1n S1 Slc ly an I wondered well h1s name was B1ll Palne and I thought he mxght have been well sort of a hero I mean I thought lf you had h1s record here you could tell me lf he was Im sorry son Im terrlbly busy novs the man broke off as he caught sight of the boy s forlorn lxttle face Okay okay It won t take long Was he once statloned at th1s camp? The boy smlled Yeah Before he went 21CI'OSf The soldler rose and consulted some files 1n the corner Pame Lets see We should eat have the report by now Pacton Page 8 But Blll wasn t a machlne gunner the boy mterrupted 1n protest He drove a tank He told us so ln one of h1s letters The man gulped audlbly and then favored h1m Wlfh a reprovlng frown He took shel ter ln this nest under fire I d1dn t say he was a machme gunner Now dont lnterrupt or else I can t tell Vou Oh I won tl the bov scarcely breathed Well a hldden German threw a plneapple rlght at the nest where your brother and h1s buddles were A pmeapple The boy was puzzled To 2 fPleate page 612 . y , H f 1- - H . h . ' , , 1 ' WLAQ . . . . . 1 rr 'A-'rl ' - ' vp. - , 2, X g ,I ,, . . . 1 ,ac ' ' ' - - , . A ,Q 1 - 77 ' f - . w 1, '--'V ' . . 5 . g x, N. . . . . . fi f le- 1 1 - 0 ' :gi f U f - ' ' - 4 ,gy LL 11 ' ' ' 'llllll 'qs O' l , , .. . ' 'CI 1 , . Y ,ax W . U , . 1 . ' 9 a u , 1 H! I Q, ' . '. , fl' ' . . buslly. Here was a real soldler and a . ,Q the boy dogglng h1s footseps, never li 1 I Q . . . , . -n.. 1 M ' zgifgl c Q I 9 ' 'T 3 ' 77 ' CL 71 ' ' ' -'1 1 , ' KL .Ti 77 I GC 77 ' ' ' 1 ' 7 ca I 71 . ' ' - , cc ' n l u , Q Q , 1 1 a Cl , ' Ti ' ' He-,Y D - ' ,1 1 ' 44 ' 1 ' 11 ' 1 ' 1 . . . . . L, Tl. T ' ' 71 , . . . ,, . . . ,L u 1 1 ' V 11 ' - , ' 1 , . --' . . . . - , . 7 ' CC 1 7 77 1 ' ', cc 1 I1 , 77 as , ' ' - ' 7 . H . Y . , 77 ' 11 ' , ' K6 ' :77 CC ' if ' Y 77

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-42-I If you bar e ever trzed to make frxends uztb a horse youll l0'z,e this story 5 ,4 flu e in Evnquvr. . . A LOVE TO WIN? oRsEs are hke people each one lf you knoxx hlm xx ell enough has a d1st1nct person alltv Felxua was a da1ntv nerx ous horse xv1th xvhom II xxas very dlfiicult to make frxends but once one earned her frlend slup she xx as a staunch one She xxas nelther blg nor small nor xx as she flabby nor lean Her d1st1nct1ve colormg hoxxever xx as unforgettable Her mane never cut short xx as sandv so also her tall and her coat xx as a gl1SfCflll'1g xvhlte Hecked xx xth mane and tall xv1th occas1onal dark reddlsh spots When I Hrst met Fel1c1a she xx as a sleepxng colt of five dax s Even then her beaut1ful coat seemed to catch every stray Sunbeam For txvo years I nexther saxv nor heard of her Then one summer I xvent to a glrls camp and agaln met her By now, she xxas a horse upon whxch onlv the accompllshed rlders were permltted to Slt lNow I had never rldden a horse That summer I xvorked l1ke a crazv fool to become an expert rlder for I had fallen madly IH love Wlfh FCIICIH though as yet I had not told her About half the Sum mer was over when I eamed mv first rlde on her I came up to the stables wlth apples and sugar to offer her She accepted these glfts m differently That r1de was one glorlous hour I shall never forget Though mv glfts had not xx on her she seemed to llke me She put on her verv best galts for me her smooth rack her rhythmic Cantor her rockmg xxalk On mx next rnde she xvas even more perfect to me Mary I0 Loder, 47 and she seemed to knoxx me From that txme on I came to her stall dally xvlth apples and sugar and I grexv to love her more and more She also llked me I knovx but nothlng IS more cruel more tantallzmg than to love a thmg or a person and be gnven onlv a cool llklng rn return Here I mlght sav that her stall was separated from the other horses because the stables xx ere overcrowded and she seemed to thrxve on the open a r camp closed for the summer, she escaped from her outdoor stall It xvas a cool damp mght heraldmg autumn The moon was full rn the heavens and the stars stood out hke studs on blue black velvet It was I who heard FCl1Cl2 cantermg r1derless through the fields near my tent lt was also I xvho went out alone to catch her At first, I could not see, then as my eyes became accustomed to the dark I saw her standing not ten feet away llke a motlonless phantasm She stood starmg at me haughtxly the PICIUIC of hlgh courage, suddenly she snorted, tossed her head paxved the ground, and then moved a few lnches toxvard me though I remamed still Then suddenly she lost her haughty alr and walked sloxvlv, ashamedly toxvard me Closer she came then nuzzled her soft nose at my shoulder Onlv then I ralsed my burnlng arms and encircled her neck loxmg her more than ever before MV heart seemed bursting xvlth love for her I knew now that I had conquered her that she loved me too 7 - Ll 4 . I . , v . 3, Q I 7 1 , , , , 1 ' I I - , ' I 1 Q , 1 I' I a '9 v 77 u I - I 1 , A I 1 . . . 7 7 . . l . . . . . , V , up V Q . . . 7 . 7 , U , , 3 , , . K. , ' ' i . the same sandy coloring of her One night, 3 week before 7 s n . , 7 I . 1 , ' ! Q - 1 9 Q 7 I ' 7 1 a in Y . . u 7 , , J H , ' ' cc ' .av . . . . 7 1 . . , K 9 . ' , v , 3 V1 v ' - ' ' v 1 . Y ' , 7 4 1 '

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-'Eff With all their jifue and .rharp talk teen-agerr tackle 'work 'with the same 'mm that they put xn then fun fb- Needed. . . ll Crux lain . . . FROM SLANGUAGE TO ENGLISH ARTHoLoMEw s Bounteous Bakery One of the crumbs talking and so Henry joseph Van Dyke the 3rd aged sixteen CHank to h1s friendsj begins another con versation on the Ameche whlch by the way used to be the sharp way of referr1ng to the telephone Recently however the younger set of Cooperstown has alluded to th1s abused instrument as anything from earphones to goss1p gadgets Back to Hank however who by this EIITIC IS g1v1ng a lme long enough to hang next Mondays wash on to his current pm up girl After really gettlng 1n the groove Hank finally decides to pop the question namely to ask Miss Wllma Ann Flnch QW1ll1e to her frlendsj if he may drag her to the Saturday mght Victory Hop at the towns one and only hlgh school featuring Mlke Maloneys Muslc Makers the town s one and only band At thls pomt his conversation IS somewhat mterrupted by his s1ster Patsy aged seventeen who enters the room accompanled by a few frlends to whom she is g1VlI'lg a play by play descrlptlon of last nlghts date who very apparently hadn t been on the ball It seems her escort had been putting lf emphatically a barb w1th the personality of a hippo potamus Hank however YVlfl'l great nonchalance continues h1s repartee desplte the talk laugh ter uvey records and cllnk of 1ce in coke glasses and most of all desplte the xx ar xx hoops emanatlng from his 5 ounger brother and sister vsho are runn1ng through the house play mg Ind1ans Exh1b1t1ng no outward frustratlon Grand mother Van Dvke xx ho by the may has been s1tt1ng qu1etlV on the davenport for qulte some By lulza Wzxted, time IS nevertheless experiencing great mner turmoil Having cheerfully offered to take care of everything while her son and his Wlfe went on a much needed vacatlon she IS now beg1nn1ng to feel a trlfle dlSCOITlHtCd Al though not wantmg to be termed old fash 1oned or unnecessarily strlct Nanna really doesn t see much sense ln some of the talk and actlons of her young grandchildren For mstance lust this morning upon re markmg that the glrl next door was a sweet little thing had recelved from Patsy the reply Oh yes she cooks w1th gas After expressmg her astonlshment that the Brown s expected Nancy to do all the cooking Patsy went 1nto one of those awful fits of glg glmg that lasted for about five mmutes And then last nlght when Hank had stated I got mto an awful rut th1s after noon and she had replied Well why dont you use vour fathers tow rope: Its in the garage he had said w1th a look of ln credulous amusement upon h1s face Im afrald vou misunderstand Mlsunderstand mdeed' When she was Voung bovs and girls spoke Engllsh Yes' she was golng to have a serious llttle confer ence wlth the children thls afternoon and end this silly nonsense 0 0 Q Two hours later finds the Van Dyke s at the lunch table Determmedly Nanna opens the comersatlon with Have vou children any thlnfr planned for this afternoon fShe hopes she sounds as erse to anv plans of anv sort j Patsx alxx ays the first to reply savs Why after Ive helped xx 1th the dlshes I planned to go to the ratlomng board to help out for a fPlease page 6Ij 9 D ' ' '45 , . . . . . . . . , . ,, . . . . . . - u - 77 - ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' ' as 11 - - cc - - 77 ' ' u 71 ' 1 1 . , . ' ' Cl 77 ' ' H . ,, . . . . ' 1 1 9 1 . . . . . U . ,, . . . . . , , . . . , 1 ' ' - ca 1 11 ' s , , a ' cs' 39 ' ' ' u. ' 11 1 ' 1 ' ' ca 97 ' ' ' cc 1 D7 1 ' . . . , H - 1 , ' u c 0 - ai 77 ' L6 1 7 - 1 1 . . . . . Q , , - d . . . . ,, . . . , , . . . . - ' cc 1 1 . . . . . . ,, . . . , . . 1 1 - ' 1 at 77 ' ' , . v 1 . . . . . a c u - cc 77 ' ' - ' ' ' u u I ' 1 1 . . . v , , - 1 . U.. ,, I . . . 7 - v 1 1 ' . 1 . . . H . - y Y - Y - V v .. 1 1 4 1 . . . 7 . . . :,, 1 U ' 7 - y- , Y , sc 77 . - Y y Y ss ' , 7 , 7 1 ' 1 r Y Y - i , 1 1 , 1 ' . . . K