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

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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

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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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,As the We ld Goes l6'y. . . MERCIANS TRUE ANECDOTES Illustrated by Colletta Webster, F ALL the trxals and l tr1 ulatlons fun and good ,Q I' t1mes and embarrassing situ QM B .wi atlons my mother and father p have had 1n bI'll'1UlI1g up the ll elght chxldren 1n our fam 1ly a few events w1ll alwavs stand out 1n mx memory The amuslng l1ttle 1nc1dent I want to tell you about now happened on one of our memorable trlps to Long Island My slster who was four at the txme and I really made qulte a palr what one dldn t th1nk of the other would Four of us had stopped 1n a Poughkeepsle restaurant for lunch Wlth all the cur1os1ty of three years old I had to stand up to see what was goxng on Stand1ng on t1ptoes to peek over the top of the booth what d1d I dlscover but some thmg Whlte and soft and furry xt must be a kltty so I petted It and called to mv s1ster 1n a hxgh p1tched vo1ce Come and pet the n1ce klttyl Bemg very agreeable she got up and jolned the fun but only too suddenly we d1s covered from a reprlmand by our parents that It was no k1tty at all but the ha1r of a re fined elderly gentleman' As mother tells the story It was fortunate that the man had a sense of humor and thev all had a good laugh over lf Stlll lm glad I was too young to real1ze mv mlstake lean Austzn 45 Q Q Q The other day whlle I was waxtxng for a bus Cand aren t We always J I saw a l1ttle boy of about seven years standlng near me He was dressed 1n a n1ce l1ttle camels halr coat and Eton cap but my eyes filled to see that a swollen bumpy mlttened hand almost twice 1tS normal SIZC hung hmply at h1s rlght slde He had the sweetest sm1le and seemed obh VIOUS of h1s handlcap when a lady dropped 10 her transfer mv l1ttle frlend Went qulckly 1n pursu1t of It and pol1tely presented It to her I passed the nme of day w1th hrm hxdmg my sympathy of course just then another l1ttle boy of about the same age came up and sa1d You got em DOHHICD Donn1e an swered Sure Ibeen wa1t1n and producmg some dozens of marbles from h1s mxtten pro ceeded to trade wlth h1s pal Eunice I-Iojfend 46 Q Q Q When I was voung I perslsted 1n uslng me mstead of I My mother tr1ed to break me of th1s f hablt but had no success v-4 down vslth me She was deter m1ned that I was gomg to learn the correct Engllsh She sa1d sentences beglnnlng wlth I and I repeated them after her F1nally mother verv proud of her great accompl1sh ment called my father on the phone She told me to come to the phone and tell daddy what I had learned Very excxtedlv I blurted out Daddy me can sav I' Dorothy Walsh 45 0049 When I was s1x vears old my mother start ed me ln school A few days later she IH qu1red how I l1ked school I replled I l1ke If okav but d1d you know that Sxster hasn t taken her hat off yet? Margaret Heberger 45 Q Q Q It happened on the second of March a day the Flmgans w1ll never forget Dad came out to the house to take me to the hospltal to see my new l1ttle s1ster Well now I wasn t pCCt1I1g an extra ord1nar1lv beautxful one ut I wasn t prepared for what I saw I can t scrlbe my first 1mpress1on accurately but s e 7 '46 I'-yn .b . flu, ff 4 'I I . .I ' s ' , it l ' , - - - , 1 f ' ' ' , . u 4 a 1 ' I a il . . . . ,, , . ,, . 1 1 - ' - - V cc ' ' 1 77 ' 1 , , 1 1 1 0 , - , . . . , ' 7 7 7 7 . . . , , ' . ' ' cs 11 ' cc 77 ' S ' ' .' , , I- - K . . I. - . . . X xy . - I X I , . 7- , l 4 'T' ' . I One summer day, mother sat L - 3 :I - 7 1 1' - -ar , , . . , 1 GL 77 l ' . . . H . l 7 .. V. ,, . 1 . . , . . . . 7 , - . , . , ' . 7 , - an , 77 9 . 9 . ' , 7 1 u 7 7 . , ' , . . , I , - . . , , , . . , , - 1 , ' , . U . . . 7 , 7 ' 7 77 . 1 v 7 7 R ' . ' 1 I u 7 , ' ' ' ' ' ex 1 1 1 ' 9 1 - ' 7 1 b ' 1 ' 7 7 - . de- . Q 9 h