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

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THOUGHTS 0N STAHDUST As I sit by my window and gaze at the sky, I muse on the stars that are twinkling on high Do they get in trouble? As much as I? Oh I really don t think that such lovely things could Sznce God looked on them once and found them good But then there occurs to be thzs lzttle thought Could they shzne a bat brzghter than they had been taught? And dazzle thezr frzends so they couldn t be sought? They re guzlty of settzng a lot of us dreammg And what are they up to when they re not glearmng? They certaznly keep rmghty questzonable hours, They re fatr weather frzends dzsappear wtth the showers Stars you re such delzghtful thzngs You prompt such gay zmagznzngs These aren t my thoughts they re a mght tn spring s MY DAD I thznk so much of you dear Dad Words I cannot say Ipray that God wzll keep you ll And close to me each day You scold me when I need zt You correct me when I m wrong But you also try to make my lzfe One glad sweet song You re so generous and so thoughtful So krnd to me and true The ery thought of loszn you Indeed makes me feel blue I beg Our Blessed Lady To keep you always near She knows how much I need you For me you re very dear THE 0THER FELLA As Dad came out of our house last nzght I-Ie heard rousing nozses ofa ight Ioe fled but to the back I ran To hzde behznd a garbage can In the garbage can reflected once mor e A beautzful black eye raw and sore 'll y knuckle brutsed a tear zn my shzrt Gosh how my eye hurt' Oh gee now I ll catch heck And lookzt my pants they re a wrec Sure nuff I was found And my whzppzng v,as mzghty sound But later as zn my bed I lay To Hom I heard Dad say Don t feel bad about zt Dell 1 I ou should see the other fella PEGGY STACK 46 REFLECTIUNS I looked back at you when you were a chzld Whzle fazrytales danced round your head And smzled as I heard others call you wzld For I saw you asleep tn your bed You grew up very fast and when szxteen or so You had changed to a cute lzttle trzck H ow you squzrmed and rushed as you dressed for a beau And your date dresses I helped to ptck Then there were ttmes when you d szt there and cry I couldn t quzte make you out You d look up at me and ask me why And what love was really about I ve seen you as no other ever shall see And now that your grown up and gone That your heart was both good and strong Vow you re helpzng a natzon that needs to be ree You re a nurse and you ve answered a call And I m as proud as any parent would be Tho I m just the mzrror on your old bedroom wall Fxwcss REAGAV 47 AND THEN CAME SPRING 11 other Nature softly Uncozers the blanket of snort. From her tzny drovsy rhzldren IV ho ve been sleepmg all wmter below She softly breathes the breath of Sprzng Upon thezr sleepy heads And one by one they all awake Slowly from then ezrthly beds oxxw Xlumn 4 jrn DORSCHHD 47 41 ! 7 ! ' H 77, ! Y . . , , . . . 7 , . 3 IC ' 37 ' ' ' , . . . , . . D ! ,. , - , . -. - . , , . Y 1 9 7 . . , ' J ' H J ' , ' y , - 7 ' I, as ' ' 77 K, . .' K . V , . y . 7 I Y . , , . , . .1 v I ' g , 1 . o , I 9 7 ' 7 v , . 7 SHIRLEY X AECKFL, 147 Ive known all along as you looked at me I v , n 1 K I ' lc 1 A 1 9 -- ' A A . 7 ,. , , u u , v. l I u f- , ' v ' 1 , v ' 9 . , . 9 , ' - y , , , , ' A v kj , .. , V ' 1 ' lv' I 1 ' 7 , ' cc A 7 ' ' L v 1 V rs .H ', . , . , I . . . ,. . . ' - . - 7

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B C COSTICH 81 SONS INC 211 HAYWARD AX ENUE CULVER 700 701 702 Storage Wovzng Packmg C ratmg Long Dzstance Haulmg Rzggmg E rectm g H envy Haulzng Machmery M ovmg Truck Mounted Crane Sermce MORRALL STUDIO Portrarture of Quolzty FOR SITTING APPOINTMENT PHONE 5169 HOTEL SENECA MEZZANINE FLOOR 0 czal Photographers or OUR LADY OF MERCY HIGH SCHOOL 1945 O O , C X - I Ui' f