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

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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 , '

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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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the next mormng Wlth droopy ey es and an Im ln the Mlddle of Nowhere feelmg I managed to wash dress and swallow a blte of breakfast I walked up our street 1n a seml COHSCIOUS state I boarded a bus took a seat and dove 1nto a book Whether It was soc1al contact wxth the other world v1a the bus or the sudden ln pact of my vacant mmd wlth knowledge v1a the text I dont know but I suddenly woke up And my astomshed eyes beheld my pleated skirt and long blue sweater mstead of our usual school unlform' Can you 1mag1ne trymg to explam that one ln the office? Neither can I Nelther could they Maryone Murphy '46 000 Our garden wlth all IIS rare fruits and vegetables -L was always my father s prlde E and joy In the summer of old a blrght 1nvaded the strawberry patch Then one day unknown to me Dad de clded to keep close observatlon of the patch Br1ght and early the bhght mvaded the garden and Dad caught If Not wlth hrs hands but wlth a movxe camera Every once m a whlle Dad shows the movle of the Human Strawberry Blight m Luczlle Lenlaard 45 O00 Mother was entertamlng one evenmg for an uncle of hers who had lust been appomted as Blshop of Melbourne and who was preparmg to sall to Australla As a sery speclal treat my younger s1ster and I were allowed to stay up after our usual bedtlme Now among the guests there u as a prrest whose very prommently bald head fascmated me for never before had I seen anvone so destltute of ha1r After some tlme of deep concentratxon on the latter subject I cautlously made my vuav over to hlm and wlth chlldlsh smcerlty asked Did the w1nd blow all your hair awav Patrzcza Murphy 45 12 It happened m the mlddle of Srxth Avenue Two small tow n g1rls were malestlcally trymg to cross the street 1n the nonchalant manner of the veterans of New Xork We Qahuh Rochester 1snt exactly brg town you knowj started to cross w1th the green l1ght and had progressed onto the m1ddle of that terrorlzmg avenue when the hght turned red Traffic resumed and bewlldered by busses and cars all about us we mstmctlvely grabbed what we thought was each other s hand When our gr1p on the hand of poor Mrster In Be tween a httle old man of a least sixty be came unbearable he lmplored Grrls please don t hold my hands so tight Moral ALWAYS look to the left and r1ght when crossxng the street lean Lawson, 4 000 Blessed w1th an over zealous tra1t of curxosrty I was qulte chrldhood days The grand chmax of my perslstent yen to find out the whvs whens and '0- 1 lx wherefores of thmgs came vshen a Protestant plavmate asked me to go to church w1th her Unknown to my Mother I accepted her 1nv1tat1on and thought th1s would be an ex c1t1ng adventure I walked down the alsle and unconcerned as 1f lt were a Cathollc Church genuflected next to a pew But thls was just the begmnlng My playmate It seems was a star member of the church cholr so when the cholr dlrec tor heard that she had brought a convert along she 1ns1sted that I be brought along to slng w1th the choxr I found myself bemg ushered down to the basement of the church and was decked out xuth a flamlng red cape and a black cap Then I made mv grand entrance 1nto the cholr loft xx elghted down by a huge hx mnal and eyes sparkhng wlth eagerness There I was an angehc PICIUIC s1ng1ng wlth such Innocent fervor ln an Epxscopahan cho1r' I ean Braucb 45 - l - 7 . . . O 4, , . . ,, . . . . . I - 7 1 1 1 ' 7 1 1 1 ' '- ' ' 1 cc ' - 37 1 ' 1 . , . - . . . O 7 , . . . Y 1 , ' 1 ' ' ' as ' - 8 - ' 11 ' ' ' 1 1 ' . . . . , H , 1 1 1 ' ' ' 1 ' 77 - 1 ' . - 7 6 . 1 It 1 453- V ' 7 , N - ' ' . .LBAEL by- - . 5 5 Q 2 . ,, It , . , , . N ' -A 'lf M h ' 'kr'- 1930, when I was four years '35 dl! 3 U13 01' mY Of Cf ln mY , ' . . . . 45 - s f 1 . 1 ' Q Q ' , , 1 1 . . . , , . U . . , I . - 1 , - H I U . . . C. . I . ' . - A , . . . , 1 1 . . 1 l 1 . . 1 ' 7 ss 97 X Y . . , , . . . Y . 0 Q V I '.L n , l 1 1 . n A 7 I v 7 1 . 1 I , ' ' 1 1 ' . 1 1 - - H I , , :H . . . . . . . I , 7 - b , - ,