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

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She Hoated down the aisle xvith ease And blushed when seeing you And you marched proudly forward now, As all grooms always do Together then x ou go to be Mated in true martial style as one You know perfect happiness too And then the horrors come Something cuts right throu h your home And carries you away A huge sllver bird it seems Wants you for its prex Away, away, you go and then, You realize with pam That never your princess so dear Will you see agam Axxay away it carrles you Xou fight but why you think Never more will yoxs be Vours You re doomed and all hopes sink Would you not fight and hate this world And loin forces xx hen you meet With brother gremhns who had had A similar defeat I Please page 5 7 j Dawn on the Cflllf LGU CAN RIDE oU XVAS DESOLATE' She tried desperately to get her mind back to Caesar but she couldn t keep from th1nk1ng about the JUHIOI' Prom and well ex erx thing For a long time now shed liked Steve an axx ful lot but Steve lust xxouldnt treat her like a girl To h1m she was just the same little tomboy whom he had shoved around since she was 1n fourth grade and he went everywhere with Joan Oh well her horse Ch1ef still l1ked her even 1f that cute little chestnut mare IH the next stall did run her a close second Tomor row would be a good day to drown her troub les wh1le she was r1d1ng At the stables whom should she meet but Steve and joan Why Joan I never knew you could ride she said surprised Well I can t really but Steve IS going to teach me Isnt that lust perfectly super of him? xx as her answer So Lou watched joan cut in on the only thing that she really shared 18 By Amze Le1mo1z, 47 xv1th Steve alone and then xx ent forlornly home As lt was her custom to take a Sunday morn 1ng ride Lou usually went to the seven o clock Mass 1n order to have a good start on people xx ho rode the rented horses on the trails She xvas surprlsed vxhen she saw Steve there and even more so when he fell 1nto step with her on the wav home Why Steve arent you tlred after being up so late last night? she asked Well no reallx what I mean is that I dldn t stay very long last night because -Ioan xx as so stiff from riding yesterday that she could hardly dance Are are you gomg r1d mg: Sure don t you remember: I always do on Sunday morning Well lt s awfully nice down by the park a Would you a mmd 1f I rode along w1th you: Oh no' Id love it' She said to herself Isn t life wonderful? 7 ,Y Y 7 7 ' . . , . . ' 7 , 7 7 1 4 , . . . U . D . . , . . Q I I 7 4 , 1 , . l O 1 n u Q Y 7 D 1 . . ' , ' 7 . , . , y ' Y Q v . 7 . 7 ' x N . . Now he was captain of the basketball team -A , 1 - - , 1 1 , 1 , ' 77 , 1 9 . 1 i I 9 an , ' . . . , , I . . . . , . . . . i . H 7 cc 1 , . ' ' 71 ll ' 77 I 7 7 1 . . at ' 1 ' 8 , . , a Q n CL 7 ' ' - - - 7 , 7 , , 77 ' in , . u - ' 7 ' lu ' 1 ' ' K4 7 ' 77

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-'H Thx: ballad ns dedzcazed to those 'who fly the :hips that dxsturb the gremhm Bv- .a- Q ,4 Grcmhn s Cale af Wav I Ill! r oc Fleurs tall spms scared me not Nor dld they any flyer The hmdrance most feared by us all Were greml1n s acts so d1re They clog the props and tltkle our ears And poke holes ul the tanks Thev hve rn hopes of destroymg us Then' Joy thexr only thanks And so thlnk not of guns and bombs When you pray for me But remember what Ive told v ou here About thls enemy And vvrth these words he left her now To go back to h1s shlp A fighter prlot who had been Lee s love by thought and l1p She ambled slowly to the yard These gremhns were amazing She could not see a strong ship dle Because of pranks so amazlng She saw a tree of splendid helght Reaching to the sky And as she watched a tmx elf Shd doxvn before her ev es An elf vv1th ev es so dxm and sad She froze there ln her stand And soon the elf had perched ltself Rlght there besxde her hand Xour boy frlend great had told hls tale Noxx let me begm I would not be on mother earth If IE xx ere not for hllll WE' By Patrzcza Saunders, 45 X ou humans are a mean croxvd You thrnk of only you Back 1n my home a fluffy cloud We help each other we do Now don t you talk' just wart a whlle These earthlmgs call us gooney grems What would you do please? What would you do 1f you llved high Upon a gorgeous clear You xxere a prmce and happy too These vxere your people dear Soon would be your marrlage feast The stars were shmlng brlght The prmcess falr of love and peace Would be yours come the nxght The clouds were movmg closer now All greml1n frlends came out And even old man 1n the moon Had stopped hls sulkv pour The star beams danced and lead the march The moon beams followed late And x ou were xvaxtlng at the alsle To greet v our lover mate The xv 1nd xv as slngmg I love you The planets teased m fun And then vou saxx the prmcess fair X ou knew she xmas the one Vhth dress of star dust trlmmed xx 1th dew She sparkled peace to all She xv as x our onlx hope and xx rsh To her you gave x our all 17 .. . . V -6- yr A ' J ii! 1 S' - 1 ' ' - J R, 'fa' Q- 1. 3+ I' I . If f- 1 A . ' ' -.1-: ' Zu - . , ., f ,xv , V D 7 7 7 I ' 1 9 . , . , . , . cc 17 ',, 'v s , ' ' , I . ' . And let mes eakm iece 9 . . . . , , , 9 7, .. , . 9 7 3 v v ' , 9 1 ' 71 y I 7 9 1 4 7 , Y . . . , . . . , . . . , 7 9 ,Y ,Y V. v . Y. Y . . K , , sf - 9 9 . 3 9 ' I ' an Y A 7 ' 9 ' y' ' ,' ' 9 9 LT I ' . q , , , , fx. ' , , ' 'I 1 .

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-if If you re too grown up zf you 'ue never seen a fairy if you don r Izelzeve rrmmal: talk then you 'won t enjoy JANIE Sus 'ms Blzsrssr Gnu. Bv- ,fzzmc Sue the Easiest Gzrl. . . H H H H yroyryn just what I wanted exclaimed Janie Sue wide eyed with excite ment as she clutched the furry little toy bunnv close to her eight year old heart Hes so beautiful Ill Just love him all to death May I please take him to bed with me I promise I won t squash him YVell Iguess so dear smiled Mrs Allen janie Sues mother And now I think its time for you to be in bed Come along dear And so according to the usual procedure jinie Sue was snugly tucked 1n her little white bed wi n her new white bunny there to await the arrival of the sand man Mommy softly closed the door and now all was quiet Gnlght l1ttle bunny Ill see you 1n the ress Scarcely had the words fallen off Janie Sue s lips when two pink ears perked up over the sheet and a saucy cotton tail began to twitch Before I say good night Janie Sue I d like to know if you re really as pleased with me as you sayf vou are Lp sat janie Sue with a start now very much awake Could it be oh no she must be dreaming and yet it sounded as if Bunny was actually talking With that Bunny hopped out onto the blanket X es it was true Bunny had talked Bunny had hopped Bunny was alwe' 'Needless to say Janie Sue was astonished Her first impulse was to call Mommle but no she d wait and let Bunny do the talking Whats the matter Janie Sue dont you like me Aren t vou going to answer my ques tions For the first time in her eight years Janie Sue was speechless All she could do was nod By Patrzcza Hoy 46 her head and stare completely amazed at w hat she beheld She rubbed her eyes once twice and even a third time Yes she was awake it was true She had a talking bunny I can see by your eyes Janie Sue that you reallv do like me and Im very glad began Bunny You see they told me that you were a very good l1ttle girl but I guess I lust had to find out for myself For the first time since this amazing event started to happen Janie Sue found her voice Who whos they she questioned still quite breathless Oh Princess Dew Drop the fairv of good ness and Prince Twinkle Toes the elfin of happiness answered the furry l1ttle animal and they were so pleased with your conduct that they wanted to give vou a very very speclal reward They called a conference and thought and thought and thought Finally Dew Drop suggested a little toy plavmate for you in the form of an animal and then Twinkle Toes thought of the idea of making the tov talk and walk So to make it eyctra special they added that the toy was to speak only to vou so that vou d have a very special secret all vour own shared only by the fairies the ely es and you and me So Twinkle Toes gathered to gether his elfin workers and under his and Dew Drops direction thev made me all for vou So here I am There now what do you think of that: Oh Bunny Im not lust dreaming and it IS true cried the ecstatic Janie Sue Im so happy and grateful to Dew Drop and Tw mkle Toes Isn t it w onderfull It s just too good to be true' W ell I m glad that you re pleased any yy av Janie Sue And Im sure that Dew Drop and 19 , . , . . , 7 I ' If If ' I . . , 7 . ' , y 71 Y , ' ' ' I I I , , , M 1 ' I ' N ' 1 i ' , - a 5 U Y . ' v ' . . ' as i. ' D 7 ' ' N ' 7 , , 77 . r u , ' 7 ' 77 GC . . , 66 77 ' ' ' ' 7 7 7 ' 7 ' 7 GS ' ' 7 77 . , . , . , ' ' ' ' cz , 1 as ' 4 . - . , g 75: - - . . L , , ' , cc ' ' - , I , , ' - I .. , N , . . , . . ,, R . . , , . , . morning, sighed the curly headed little mist- You see, you've been such a good little girl I i . , . , v H . . , .. . i ' 9 1 , - . 77 ' ' Y ' ' 1 - T n 'r . , . . , 1 n n n u , 'Y 1 e . . . , V . v l , . . S Y K 9 ,I - ' , ,. I i , . . , y , . . v . . , -7 T ' ' ' 77 1. , . . . Y . U , . . . 7 7 7 1 ' ' - 77 ' ' ' ac a ' 7 7 SC 7 ' 7 7 7 7 7 , , Q . F , . Y V - Q 1 , . V , . ' ,:77 U u 77 . . . y . M , , , V V , 1 a 9 , ' . 1 v V- 1 A I