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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-if If you haven t a kxd brother you bezzer .vkxp :bu :tory lav- ,Alo ewlfhj y AND A BURGLAR ARRIVES T ALL BBG W Frlday afternoon as I arrlved home from school It was warm so I carrled my books 1n one arm and my coat over the other I ran up the steps and xx as just turnmg the door knob when I heard someone call H1 Jeannle' My heart skrpped a beat as I recogmzed the VOICC of the handsome masculme 1dol of the nelghborhood Qulckly I turned around to greet hlm H1 Glenn' W1ll you be home tonlght jeannle Lets see I responded hesltatmg a httle on purpose I guess so Ill call you up There s somethlng I want to talk to you about So long So long' I watched hlm walk down the street Golly he must want a date' I exclalmed to the maple tree 1n the front yard Wow' Turnlng I went through the doorway on the run A moment later I found myself sprawled on the floor w1th my coat and books for company Havlng collected my senses I arose wlth as much dlgnlty as posslble under the clrcumstances only to find Joey my twelve year old brother regardmg me from the end of the hall D1d you have a nice trlpl he lnquxred SOIICIEOUSIY Who put the chaxr ln front of the door I demanded vuth a glltter 1n mv eve Would you llke to hate me plck up your books jeanmel No' I thundered Don t you ew en speak to me Gee 1tll be hard to be here alone with you all evemng and not talk joseph the Herm1t thevll be call1ng me pretty soon By Sbezla Hogan Joey remarked polntedly Why: Hasnt your luglmess notxced any thlng unusual around here Now that you mentlon If joev a desul tory atmosphere does seem to pervade the place I condescended haughtlly just then mother put ln an appearance Oh jean Im glad you re home early Aunt Ellen IS very 1ll and I must go to her at once Xour father IS attendlng that meetnng ln Buffalo but he ll be home tomorrow after noon Can you and joey manage t1ll then Oh sure mom I assured her YVell be all rlght Good I must hurry to catch that tram Dont stav up too late xull you chlldrena Joey come and help me wlth th1s sultcase joey surveyed the floor httered wlth books and papers and then glanced at me Thlngs are plCklI1g up aren t they he 1nqu1red Somehow we struggled through the eve n1ng Of course I had to endure both sly d1gs and outrlght lnsults at the expense of the d1n ner XVl'1ICl'1 I so carefully prepared But Mou sey the young and playful cat appreclated my efforts and d1d full Justlce to the remains of the repast The telephone rang yust about bedtime Un fortunately joey happened to be nearer to If than I Up he jumped and down he fell os er a footstool' I was really wery klnd about If Noblv I refralned from laughmv although I considered lf a yust reprlsal for the mcldent of the chalr I s1mply xx alked sedatelv across the room and plcked up the receiver wlthout a mlshap It was Glenn and he dzd want a date I must admlt I was a l1ttle late for bed On the whole I felt yxearv but happv as I 49 , . I ' '46 7 I I l , u - u 11 . , - 1 as 1 - - , ' 7 - - 377 an ' ' ' . 1 , 1 an - ' 77 , . - - 77 - 1 1 ' - cc 1 , 1 - 1 1 ' u - 77 r ' ' ' 1 - ' cc ' . - N77 ' 7 1 f 9 cc 1 77 - ' - ' 377 1 1' ' ' 44 1, L4 11 sc 1 - - 1 1 1 ' an 1 1 ' ' 79 11 H ' cc 11 , , - , , , 1 ,' ' - , 1 1 - . . . 1 ,, . , - GG 77 ' ' ' 1 ' 9 ' as 77 H ' - 1 9 ' , v . . , :H . . , , . . ' 1 - , - , , 1 1 1 Ll ' ' - 11 - - ' ' - . , - 1 1 cc ' ' :71 ' ' 1 ' 1 V. . . Y ' - 9 . . ' ' H Y , , . . . I ' . av , H . . . . . . , . cc .77 ' an 1 y 7 . A ' U - , , . . H . . . 46 ' 1 ,' ' , ' , . ' tc ' ' ' 77 1 - 17 , , 1 1 . .