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

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crawled under the covers In the next room jocv s llght was on A thought occurred to me I sat up m bed joey ' I called Dld you put the cat out X es y our hlghness Dld y ou put the llghts out downstairs Xes your hlghness In fact your hlghness lm very put out about the whole thmg 000 Suddenlv I was sxttmg up ln bed l1sten1ng It w as very very dark Somethmg had ayvak ened me I stramed my ears Xes' There If was agam' A dull thud llke hke a Qgulpj body fallmg to the floor Somehow I scram bled out of bed pulled on my bathrobe and shppers and made mv wav 1nto the hall Another nolse' A regular thump thump thump Oh of course How stupld of me' just my heart J J Joey' joey' I sa1d m a stage whxsper as I stood over his bed At the same tlme I gently shook hmm He murmured somethmg turned over and contmued h1s lnterrupted slumber There was another famt nonse from downstalrs I abandoned gentleness joey' Wake up' joey' Theres somebody downstalrs' A burgular Joey' joey' Ugh' Huh? Wh what? Wh Yes joey Whatchawanti joey theres somebody downstal Aw youre crazy' Sh h h h' Not so loud' There zs' You re hearm thmgs' But And then we heard xt Someone was play mg the plano' I dldn t know w hat yyas bemg played but I accompamed the mus1c wnth several screams whxch must have reached hxgh C Joey fell out of bed and landed wnth a bang The mysterious mUSlCl3n contmued to play unperturbed Oh J .I JOCY' Xly courageous brother plcked hlmself up and walked to the head of the stalrs I follow ed meekly contcntedly and qu1te far behmd hlm VVe both llstened spcllbound to the dls cordant melody Fmallv I spoke There s no s s such thmg as a ghost joey A long pause oey Huh? There ISD t I know lf joey youll have to go doyyn there and sec what It IS 111 haye to' X yes You re the oldest Older joev Of of all the tlmes to thlnk of grammar' And you re a boy practically a man and II s your duty The man IS supposed to take care of the woman m t1me of danger No answer You re you re not afrald are you N n no' Well well Im gomg arent I Slowly he started down the steps For a mmute I stood at the top lrresolutely Walt joey' Im commg too I don t want to stay up here alone We reached the bottom of the stalrs and started across the hall A board squeaked yust hke Inner Sanctum joey stopped Go go on joey The plano s ln the I1VlI1g room you know Y yeah Agam we started The mus1c contmued joey' stood 1n the doorway now Sh shall I turn the hghts on he quavered Y yes I scarcely breathed Then the room was Hooded wlth llght The music stopped I blmked joey bl1nked We both blmked agam There on the plano stood Mousey caught m the act of pacmg up and down the kevs I sank down m the nearest chaxr Mousey made h1s way to mv lap and began to purr Weakly I handed hlm to Joey who dCpOS1CCd hxm outslde the front door thought vou put him out I managed to accuse For once joev was at a loss for a good replv IId1d too Lets go to bed I suggested wearlly Let s sa1d oev il , L1 9 1 77 . , ' , . I . . - Y Y u a - nj I7 at Y 19 x ll ' , -11 M '7 - . ' . . I 1 71 . it ' 66 7 7 77 . 7 , ' H . v . - -.11 It , ' 77 - . ' Al Y v . u Y H v . , 9 . ' 1 - 9 . . ,, 1 ' 11 ' '. ' ta 9 , 19 as ' , 91 , .' ' ' ' ' xc 9 91 1 9 ' ' V ' lc 77 7 ' 7 1 ' . Y . H . . ,, ' I -1 . H , ',-, I 7 a 9 - . , . ' ' 17 9 I - . . Y 1 1 . I ' . ' as 9 9 ' :19 . , v . ' so 77 . , . . - - , , . st - 1 - 1 :11 . 9 9 - st 77 ' ' ' . , 1 ' ' ' as ' 1 ' 1 ' 1 9 - 9 ' . . . H . t . 1 l ' . . , , at 9 ' v u q 1 ' ' ' 77 me ' 1 1 ' ' . , . . ' , . as - , 77 yy . . . . , . as 97 44 ,, 9 ' ' - u 17 , , , . Y ' I . . as 1 - 77 , , rs! A 1 ' ' , in sc . ' 311 U - - - D ' ' in u 73 , . rs 1 ' 1 ' 19 at 11 ' . . . ,- . . . . . . , v v . 1 . u C I 1 1 ' , . 4 , ' ' 9 7 u 1 . 9 ' 1 H , - - I I acl ' 11 , 1 A ' 4 . . , V Y ' ' at ' 71 . 1 . , ' ' 9 ' ' ' . . ' ac 1, 19 Y ' 7 ' ' 1 1 ' - 1 1 ' . ' , sa 9 77 ' J ' . ' . ., 1 . .

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THREE GREAT FUELS LEHICII VALLEI COAL ROCHESTER GAS AND ELECTRIC COKE ATLANTIC FUEL OILS In Post war days we mute your palronage SCHWALB COAL AND OIL CO G A DERTINCER Preszdenz FERDIINAIND BUEDINGEN CO I HIGH GRADE MACHIINE AND BENCH MADE BOXES DIE CIJTTIING STAMPING PRINTIING 244 ST PAUL STOINE 6420 BURKE S FRIENDLY SERVICE MOBILOIL MOBIL GAS NEW MOBIL BATTERY Open Evenings and Sunday Congratulatlons and BeStW1SheS to the CLASS OF 1945 REDEKER BROS 2154 EAST MAIN STREET CORNER OF GLIDE AND BUFFALO RD Stow Appliances Heating GENESEE 4362 Azr Comlztzonzng 50 I II I I II I I 10: I AI I I I J ., I I I Y I 0 . I T .. , I . I H, .. I 'I , l . M. I I I ,Z ,I I I I 1 I I I I I ' I' . . I I X! I -. I I

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07' PRINTING l at ls guaranteed to please every artzstzc eye come to LAKE VIEW PRINTING CO 144 NORTH STREET STONE 2164 In war tIme and all tunes or DAIRY PRODUCTS KUNZER ELLINWOOD NC A Mzlk Depend Upon New Store 38 EAST AVENUE EVERYTHING for the JUNIOR DRESSES COATS SUITS QPORTSVI EAR LINGERIE HATS J E THOMPSON 38 EAST AVENUE GIRLS Of the Senlor ClaSS o 45 e you lc I profess that offers Permanent Employment Interestmg Work Pleasant AsSocIatIonS Opportunmes P rt orF ll Tune W rh Wo ld yo luke t t our Lon D ta ce OfI'ce ca MISS MCGRATH LIAIN 9800 FXTENSION 3 NEW YORK TEI FPIIONE C0 LoNc DISTANCE OFFICE KEEP YOUR CAR I LIKE NEW SCC CHARLIE REACAN Servzce Manager CENTRAL CHEVROLET 200 EIIST AVENUE STONE 463 Mercy Unzforms are best when cleaned at GEIN ERAL DRY CLEANERS 1053 East Mam Culver 2172 W e call and Delwer 52 I I I I I I , r I . I I I - I I f h I I I I I - I I , I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I I ' I . I 9 I I 0 I I . I ' I ' -I ' I . I I 0 ' I 0 I to I T I I I I I I J --ELI IL I I I I M if-f.,..,,I I bi, ,,,,, I I I I I I I l I I I I 0 . f , I I I I. I I I Ar interes I ina I I I I , ion I I I I I I I I I I T I I I I ' I I I ' ' I , , , I I I a u ' 0 ' I I ' I I I I u u ' ovisi 2 I I g is n 1 . I I . zz Q I I I , , . . 01 I A I ' I I .I J I I u I I I I