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

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Zjlzafegmplz are Crzeky IF YOU DONT KNOW THE NAMES HE LETTER was on the hall table KV3lfll'1g' for me when I arr1ved home from school It was an ordlnarv looklng envelope wlth the word Free pr1nted 1n the corner where one usually finds a stamp but If wasnt an ord1nary letter as lf served as an 1ntroduct1on to Greg B1ll who llVCd across the street now Pfc W1ll1am McKee USM C wrote to me occa s1onally or as he put lf whenever there wasnt anvthmg else to d Th1s letter sounded much as usual yuth h1s Im fine Hope you are well The chow gets no better fast etc I was just about to glVC up 1n d1sgust when I not1ced a postscrlpt Greg W1ll1ams a pal of m1ne IS lonely w1th no one to wr1te to so I suggested that he m1ght YVI'llfC to you I knew vou wouldn t care Know1ng B1ll as I do I knew he d1dnt care even 1f I d1d just the same I wondered about tbls Greg W1ll1ams and why he couldn t find h1s own correspondents Gregs first letter arr1ved a few days later It was rather n1ce manag1ng to be pol1te 1n formal funny and fr1endly all at the same t1me He asked perm1ss1on to cont1nue wr1t 1ng d1d I prefer Harry james to Guy Lom bardo and finally m1ght he have one of my PICIUICS I was afraid of that last quest1on as I know lm no beauty lust one of those g1rls of med 1um he1ght and we1ght havmg red ha1r not the r1ght k1nd of red elther and eyes on the greenlsh s1de Csome comb1nat1onJ Am blessed w1th freckles scattered h1ther and yon on my not so da1nty nose and wh1ch com pletely spo1l any dramat1c effect I mlght otherwlse achxeve But he wanted a p1cture so I sent h1m one th1nk1ng Oh what the heck I might as well scare h1m now as later' By Mary Ellen Boyle 47 Nature had done her best but I was defimtely one of her off moments I haunted the mall box all that next week but 1n va1n Sherry I sald to myself you ve scared h1m and my ego went down a m1le However I was wrong He wrote that he had been sh1pped to another post and had to Walt an opportumty to thank me for my letter and photograph Cno commentj Enclosed I found a p1cture of Greg and h1s reg1ment He sa1d that he was fifth from the left of what I wondered as he had neglected to ment1on wh1ch row So Judgmg by the p1cture I had my cholce of lst Grandpop who was bald 2nd B1ll Yes they were 1n the same reg1ment 3rd Someone who defimtely could be no one else but the sergeant s pet and who undoubt edly had been Mothers and teachers lnttle precrous 4th and last the tallest n1cest thmg S S Csmce S1natra'J As my luck IS notably bad I knew Mama s Boy was my correspondent But It could have been worse as h1s letters cont1nued to be frrendly full of news so unl1ke B1lls and he soon seemed l1ke one of the gang S much so that 1f I falled to get a letter each week I worr1ed Mamas boy or not I l1ked h1m We had d1scovered we enjoyed the same thmgs football he had been on h1s hlgh schools team Cbut only when Mama wasnt lookmg Ibetj dancmg h1k1ng and popp1ng corn 1n front of the fireplace etc Earlv 1n December he wrote that he and B1ll had furloughs com1ng up over the hol1 days and that he was acceptmg B1ll s 1nv1ta t1on to ChflStm3S at the McKees home Furthermore the boys alreadv had tlckets for The Chr1stmas dance and would I please go wx 1th h1m? Would I go YVITII me not dream mg of anythlng else for weeks' Most of the fPleare page 611 47 7 3 7 7 I 1 1 , ' 4 - 1 77 . 1 - as 77 - ' ' ' as 11 ' 11 1 1 1 - 1 1 . , . ,, . - , , - 1 1 1 1 , . . . ' . , . . H . . . 1 1 1 ' 1 - 11 - ' I O. , ,' ' cc 1 ' , . - ' 1 1 ,, . . . . 1 - 1 1 - Q - 1 1 H . . . . - 1 1 . . , 1 1 - - 1 1 1 cc' 11 ' 77 ' n 1 '- W , . . , , . . . , , . . . . . . . U , . , , . . . , ,, - - 1 1 ' ' ' ' 7. 1 Q W 1 1 ' ' 0 1 1 . . . . . - , - . - , 1 Q' 1 ' 7 7 1 - - 1 1 1 F 1 1 1 1 , . . - 1 ' 1 ' 1 - . 1 CL ' 77 ' ' ' ' ' 1 ' ' - - 1 . . . . , . . - V - 1 9 . 1 n u 1 s u 5 ' 1 1- .. . , . . . . . U Y . . 1 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 '

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