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

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Memo les. . . ,4 auglz. . . ,4 Czar. . . REALLY don t thmk Ill be reveal1ng famlly secrets when I tell you all th1s You know I find that when somethmg happens 1ts nrce at the trme but If IS much more fun remember mg about lf the laugh IS much better too Thats the way If IS when I look through the famlly album Tlmes fi1es 1ts true but you always have the memorles The first part of thls album I of course never experlenced because at that trme Pa was courtm Ma That first lO01C there IS mv father He was ln the last war and thats Mom waltmg at the gate They were thousands of mlles apart then but lt wasn t long before the armistlce was sxgned and the boys came marchmg home 1nclud1ng Dad They had a bxg parade m Washmgton Cthat s where they come fromj stralght down Pennsylvania Awe nue and Mom managed to snap that plcture of After all that excltement had settled down somewhat Dad took Mom canoemg on Sun day aftemoons rn the park You notice she rs also paddling the canoe' There were davs at the beach too when bathlng suits were a product of F rankensteln s 1mag1nat1on See that snap there? Mom has let down her han' to dry and xts really long You know they wore pomps and bangs too ln those days so we really arent so orlgmal Finally the wedding picture' The brlde IS all ln whlte and the groom ln the appropriate morning sunt If I do say so myself they make a very charmmg couple And so lf was that they took a trlp to New York Here rt ls' The prlze plcture of the whole album and the best laugh of all You remem ber mv speakmg just recently of a charmmg couple? Here they are agaln but lookmg far from charmmg ID fact, more alarmmg A LEAFING THROUGH THE FAMILY ALBUM By Betsy Sblesmger, 45 fedora adorns Dad s head better st1ll practlc ally swallows hrs head up and mom has on a verv very low walsted dress of a horrible plard material Q 0 0 Isn t that a cute baby even though he IS bald and hasnt any teeth? Thats B111 He made his appearance on May 3rd 1924 and was a mlSChlCf maker rlght from the begmmng so these next few pages are the boy hlmself 1n actlon The cart m that picture came rn very handy at trmes You see the people up the street had mee whmte stones rn thelr drrve way and B111 took an awful lrkmg to whlte stones so up the street he went pullmg the cart and gathering up some stones Back he d travel but he never got very far elther Mom would d1scover h1m or the lady up the street 000 Three years have elapsed as I thumb my way through the next few pages and guess what I have arrlved I was yust the opposlte from B111 Im told I had lots of ha1r and never crled except when I had a really good reason B111 s pushmg me rn the baby carriage or at least attemptlng xt It doesnt take long to grow up Ive heard Mom say Its even shorter 1n a photograph album Whx Bxll s on h1s way to school here and here hes looklng very solemn because hes made hrs First Holy Communlon Ive gone to school too but summers more fun so Mom had a party for me See those are all the nelghborhood gang YVIHKCI was alu axs fun The fat snou man Daddy made for us and the slldes too 0 0 o Can you xmagme that B111 IS graduating al ready' He looks rather scholarly wxth that 43 7 ' 9 s 1 ' ' v . . , . . . . ,9 3 1 - , . . , . 1 . . . . , - , , . . , , . . ' 9 9 9 9 . . ,, . . ' 3 , vs as ' an ' ' ' ' ' 1 , v ' . . , H ,, ,, . . . . . - , , , . . . . . . . . , . . . , . - 1 General Pershing on his horse. , , - , . , . . , . , . , , . , , . , . . . 0 9 ' ' ' ll 9 - 7 n 7 9 . , , - LS as ' , ' , ' 7 1 9 9 ' . 7 ' , . . . , . , . . . . . . , ' 9 . . , ' 9 . . , ' ' v y v- 7 , 1 ,, , . I 1 Q 1 4 . 9 ' 1 ' '

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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

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