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

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diploma Don t you thmk Mom and Dad look proud? Through no fault of my own I broke mv arm but nt was fun being waited on I dont look too unhappy do I5 Not to let my brother outdo me I too showed that grammar school didn t phase me See the dlploma 1n my hand rn that snap But educatxon stops yust for the summer and thus wlth B111 startmg h1s senior year I find myself a lowly green freshman at Mercy Oh' those were the days when a date was not a mirage and there was plenty of butter and gas for all but December 7th came along and with lt came war Q 4.1 Q Days were the same that first year Thats a gang of us m front of the audltorlum We were awfully s1lly fVVhat d1d I sayij These last few pages are speclal occaslons Now that film IS so scarce we save it for these times Stlll cuttlng up B111 s dressed up like Hitler m thls snap shot taken when he was a frosh at Holy Cross I wrote dlstractmg letters that year saying we didnt miss him when we really dnd Mom and Dad took these next pictures at the camp our gang went to for several sum mers The camp dlrectors referred to us as those Rochester girls I always hated KP but did plenty of lt July 4th will always be a memory day xn this album You see Blll enlrsted m the Au' Cadets and thats the day he left That picture IS the last we have of him mn CIVVICS but there are yust loads of hmm ID uniform After that great day he was commissioned he got a couple of days leave and surprised the whole famlly by not letting us know We all posed with him the last day he was home I-Ie s our Pm Up Boy -0 -0 4? And so I have come to the last pictures IH the famrly album Theres room here for more and that means more memories They say hlstory repeats ltself It would be wonderful if the next plctures we put IU were of a Vic tory Parade down Mann Street Rochester New York -if The next txme you 'wut the country youll have sometbzng strange to do after reading thu tale lb- Uza Zag ad af the l6'lack Snake . . Usnnsc the shmv brown braids over her shoulder wlth an impatient gesture Mary sk1pped down the stone steps of the red farm house and onto the path leading to the barns Her eight year old mmd had been firmly made up smce the nlght before when for the first time she had l1stened xuth strained ears and wide opened mouth to the tale of the Black Snake She could hear the voice of her father low and my sternous even now If you should take a horsehaxr and tie xt to one of the tall green By Patrzcza Monahan, 47 rushes IH a small creek one day you would dlscover a swlrlmg water snake ln place of x our long black horsehaxr Mary shivered but her courage d1d not fall nor dld she change her plans She knew that horsehalrs were a common slght on the farm She reached the barn and seemg a halr yust 1ns1de the door she grabbed lt and hurried away ln fear of being called for an errand and too she was beginning to lose her nerve Running swlftly she reached the top of the I Please page 631 45 . , . . . , . . - 1 . . 1 . . . . , . , . . u ' 11 , , . . . . , . . . . . - - ' 1 . . . . . , . 1 1 ' . . . H. . ,, , . . . . . 1 . . 1 . . . . . . . , . V 1 ss ' 11 . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . , . . . . . . , - 1 1 . .. , O 9 . . 7 F 1 . . . .1 1 1 . - y . ,, . 9 ' - 1 , . . . V. . . . 1 1 ' . U . . . . . 1 17 - ' , ' 1 1 . . . 1 1 1 1 ' 7 . Y H . . 1 - 1 . . .

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MAKE YOURSELF SECURE BY SEEING US RA CE 234 GRANITE BUILDING LU S DKECOIC MN Hundreds 0 Coats b W f from whlch to make 1 l A N nb an Excellent Chozce SHAFER CO Furs An unexcelled collectlon of beautlful durable furs that dramatlcally lllustrate f ashlon s latest trends They re all here ready for your selectlon 51 EAST AVENUE Wm F and S Geo SHAFER Formerly Presldent and Vlce Preszdent of MENG 8: SHAFER OXFORD PRESS Prmters of The uzll 1941 1945 PC1965 Weekly and llonthly Publzcatzons Books Catalogues 56599 Glenwood 2336 408 LAKEVIEW PARK 44 C O, O H 11, 1,10 A I E -- , , ISI. 1 J . 1 I 7. ff A l N AI' ral Xl it 11147 f A 5 'Sic - 4 1 . ,, . ,hw .' !,':J . Q as i R : l g 1 1 r F 1 R r 1 4 J - - l . , l 1 I l . . . . l 1 . .h . 1 1

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Coca Cola belongs ROCHESTER COCA COLA BOTTLING CORPORATION CONGRATULATIONS T0 THE CLASS OF 1945 JOHN W MATTLE YOU CAN T TELL WHAT S COOKIN IN OUR NEW KITCHEN' t89E tA d Cooer fy P JA'VI15 ROCHESTER GAS 81 ELECTRIC EXT TIME BUY PURE QUILL GASOLINE AND MOTOR OIL Gasolauo and Oil SOLD AT 155 HACUE ST 280 EXCHANGE ST 85 STONEWOOD Avi: 4-4-4 CONKEY Avi: 400 STATE ST 191 MT Home Aus 380 W MAIN ST Cuu ER AND HLMBOLDT 195 E MAIN ST A Ro he ter 0 ed C mpa y - 1 1 Q Drink n.'1,.Q..,. .nm Rm.-Ai1.w,L A Ol COIYANY IV . - U 7 7 9 See the new kitchen with the ventilated range at the R. C. 81 E. Showroom a as venue. No grease, no grime, no cooking O Or. l in summer, heat-Saving in winter, and Cleaner he ear around. O en for inspection daily from I . I . O P. M. C . . J n I o 4 K a V T . . c s wn 0 n '