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

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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

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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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dxd look a l1ttle l1ke the m1ss1ng lmk vo1ced my exalted opmxon and that xx as my great mxstake Because at that preclse moment a young mterne stepped 1nto the room and nalvelv remarked I thmk she looks yust llke you 'Nhss Fmngan Margaret Fmlgarz, 46 000 Dld you ex er hear m the early sprmgtlme the steadv drone of a furnace blower 5 and become dxsgusted vs 1th S..-f' 4, the monotonous hum drum NVell just that happened to keep from hear1ng that steady nolse I had to thmk of somethmg qulck Hence I strolled around 1n our back yard and lmgered m front of a b1g beautxful pussy wlllow bush Alas brlght ldea popped mto my demented excuse for a bram So I started strlpmg the lovelv furry PUSSICS from the bush and stuffed two or three 1nto each ear All I can say IS that I drdn t hear much agam untll three days later when I finally told mother of the mcxdent and she trotted me off to Doctor Brown who extracted one httle pussv from my left ear and two of them from my rlght one Edna Kress 45 GGG Bemg a very mtelhgent chlld faged fourj my mother alwavs let me mform peddlers of her absence Of course we both crossed our fingers when we entered mto such a grlevous s n One day after assurmg the salesman that my mother wasnt at home I yust happened to eve h1s basket an Nlother' I cr1ed but this ones got popcorn balls' Arm Dertmger 45' 000 The lake wmd xx as softly blow mg through the open wmdou of ms bedroom bearmg strams of dreamv muslc from a nearbv partv The four plece orchestra that was rendermg IIS SCIVICCS for the occasion lulled me gradu ally to sleep weary as I was from a day of strenuous beach fun But suddenly I awoke xx 1th a lolt to find myself standmg r1g1d m the mlddle of my bed I xx as nonplussed untfl the obuous ex planatlon came to me on wmgs of song The orchestra had struck up a new tune The Star Spangled Banner Barbara N orton, '46 0-0-0 When my mother s eldest daughter fguess whoij xx as begmnmg to learn the value -1' 1? of money she was gn en a 5 :'i'1?Z. xx h1Ch to buy a sucker On one of her first VISIIS to Sunday Mass when the collectxon plate was passed her mother pressed a few pennles into her hand to drop 1nto the basket The usher who was passmg the collectxon plate mlght have been th1nk1ng What a de mure ch1ld when the tmy hand dropped the coppers m but he was rudely mterrupted by Mama' he dxdn t gxve me any suckers' Ioyce Harrzs 45 4506 About slx years ago I made an unforgettable faux pas I had always strlven to put my best foot forward wlth my cousms They went to the Unxversxty and I yearned to be m that class I especlally admxred Walt smce he was the eldest and most collegfate When Walt remote and unattamable ap peared m a splend1d whlte basketball sweater I naturally became CXC1fCd I praxsed my hero and scrut1n1zed the gorgeous yellow and blue college seal wlth 1ts strange I atm vc ords Outdomg myself IH an effort to express mv admlratlon upon seemg the motto Melxora I asked ID awed breathlessness And Walt what does malaria mean: Helen Uebel, 45 60-0 After bemg out late one school nlght, If was an ordeal for me to tear myself from mv Beauty Rest mattress an txme for school ll . . . U . . . .,, I , V ' ' ' , , cc 11 , . ' 1 Y U . V Q . . V W . Y. . 1 - - ' ' ' ' 77 ' LC ' 77 , A . . - - 7 . as 7? . . V I 1 , gig ld , fix.-s . . Z' .gl :,' Y ,, ' ' - P T S335 1 ' ' h 5 . -af , 1 Y W J, ::-- , 1 1 1 Q --Y 4 A W, me ID the spring of my fourth year, and to penny once in a while with .:-,gf - . . . . , Y . b - T A ' 7 7 V 7 7 . . . . a ' . L u I , . . . . . . ,, ' . 1 at 1 1 ' . . ,, . - 1 . . , . . . 7 7 ' cc ' 1 - 77 1 1 - - . . , , ' - 7 . ' . , 7 . ' , . h 66 ' ' 77 ' 7 ' . . 1 . - 1 Y I 1 I 1 7 '1 . ' . ' , . . . , . . . . V , J . ' d LL' 77 ' ' ' I CC ' 7 77 ' ' ' U ' 73 7 ' 7 7 7 1 , ' - , . LC K ' 7 77 , . 7 Y .Y , '