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

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Kmg and Queen of Belgium Then back to the States they came to leave more broken records m thenr wake True SYVllTlIH1I1g was thexr love but nevertheless expert as they were xt was stzll a tough grmd to stay on top to keep out domg theu' own rec ords EYC1lIlIlg and colorful was the llfe they led extensxve tras el encouragmg promlsmg swlmmers like the xoung johnny Wlesmuller and as ever smashmg records But finally Charlotte s heart was snatched by a young newspaper man and the tvs o u ere mar rred The team of Boyle and Ble1btrey was spht 1n favor of the great career of marnage But where IS thls great Champlon now and what h ppened to her you ask Well her mar rled mme IS Mrs Henry Clune the mother of four sons two of them twlns She IS now l1v1ng 1n Scottsvllle New York supervxsmg her home Has she gnven up her swlmmmg career? Indeed not' Mrs Clune IS now svum mmg rnstructor at the Genesee Valley Club and every week mana es to swxm her regular half mxle So lf you re lookmg for romance travel excltement color and fame and zf you have the ab1l1ty Champlonshxp swlmmmg IS lust the career for you If you doubt my word I guarantee Mrs Henry Clune fnee Charlotte Bovlej would change your mmd Last Nlght s It snowed last nlght The sxlencmg chunks of deep plled wool Drowned out passmg cars and watchful dogs And steeped the whole world In the stlllness of ant1c1pat1on The glowlng street lamps hooded 1n vs hlte Cast thelr hgh s dlmlv through the mos mg screen Frlendly trees their protecting arms out stretched ox er 8 Her Way of the Cross She was so small and frazl and sweet And when they played thezr eyes would meet Those eyes that sought to make thzngs fun Although for hzm there was no sun When the other chzldren romped and shouted And our lzttlc darlzn C7 zed and pouted Up he d jump and try hzs best T o mal I 67 srmle that was hzs test And sometzmes when the weather was bad They d szt znszde and 'watt for Dad And when he d come, he d be so gay They d thznk zt was a sunny day Often the hours dragged so slowly by That I d pray to God to make them And though I knew He heard my prayer I sometzmes thought zt wasn t fan That she alone should bear such pazn For hzm eternal goal to gazn For blzndness zs a dreadful plzght And overcomzng zt a fight Especzally for a seven year old To whom realzty s so cold And though she lzfved her days quzte gravely She always bore her burden bravely And all that remazns of a chzld of sefven Is a seezng eye dog and an angel zn heaven KAY SCHEULER 47 Snowfall Wore thxck overcoats of the ermme from above Thls mormng we woke to a sparklmg world That ghstened and shone m the bright ravs of the sun Thus brlsk crackling alr playfully slapped at our faces As vs e crunched through the drifts of the deep pnled snow FRANCFS GR xx r ' , ' cc 97 . - Y . . V , , . , - . o - , .L I , - 9 . . V - . , . , ! 7 . . .. 'V ' U, ,' , ' , fs J . . . , - ' , , r 1 . a . 1 pq -7 1- ,I l , , .L . - . . 7 l ' V 7 7 v F , . . . , . . 7 . . , , ' 7 . . . , , , . . ' 7 3 ' 2 - , - fly- L . , , ' ' a u , :- n u p , w , , 1 . a c , . y - . . . . . 7 , 7 7 3' o ' 9 u . , s ' , . . Q . ' Q on , I 1 0 u u n ' , . . 7 . , . . I ' 7 - . ' v . ' 7 ' 9 - 9 7 9 A 1 ' L ' . , ' a r I , '

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-if The outstandmg career of a champxon .vwzmmer I5 presented ar encouragement to would be record rmasbers Bv- Ehampzvn Cell Her Sin y HBE UU you pant as you wearxlw l1ft your drrppmg body out of the pool Gosh but consldermg my meagre seventeen years that 1snt so bad Well while you re gettmg your second wmd may I tell you the story of another famous swimmer: Havxng been influenced by some of her fellow sw1mmers Charlotte Boyle was finally persuaded to enter the amateur swrmmmg races held at Brrghton Beach near New York Motrvated by dire fear the young seventeen year old l1terally swam for her l1fe At last she reached the fimsh lrne only to find no one near her but a l1ne of swlmmers behmd her Thmkmg another race was bemg swum she asked a nearby reporter who had won the race Incredulously the newsman stared agape at the g1rl who had just came wlthm two seconds of the worlds record predlctmg that one day the young swlmmer would be a champ1on There was another rmpressed spectator at Brrghton Beach that day too He was the famous swlmmmg coach Lou1s De B Handley who lost no t1me 1nv1t1ng M1ss Boyle to swlm for h1m at the Natlonal Womens Llfesavmg League where he coached After a lapse of 1nd1f'ference Charlotte Boyle finally presented herself to Coach Handley who began to rev1se completely her amateur stroke He trred to teach the young swxmmer the conventional four beat crawl but adhermg to her record of astomshlng feats she couldnt learn the four beat crawl but mstead the SIX beat crawl Now the latter of these two crawls was contended to be physxcally lmpOSSlblC by experts but Coach Handley proved otherw1se through h1s protege Charlotte Boyle Under rlgorous mstructxon from Coach Handley a champion was finally pohshed and PERSONAL INTERVIEW By Pat Hoy, 46 ready to conquer exrstmg records One after another was conquered until the score rose to over 50 natronal and rnternatlonal swlmmrng champlonshlps accredited to Charlotte Boyle Dur1ng her champ1on swxmmmg career Charlotte Boyle met Ethelda Blerbtrey To gether the two constxtuted an unsurpassable team For three years every record was held exclusively bv the two speedsters no one beatmg them but each other Crmcs were at a loss to pronounce the better of the two for as soon as a dec1s1on had been made the other teammate would conquer two or three more records So laurels were equally shared by the two After swlmmmg m Honolulus Centenary Celebration where they were presented to the Duke of Kent and Pr1nce of Wales the record smashers Boyle and Blenbtrey declded that Honolulu was a swimmer s haven so there they would remam But the Amerlcan Olympic Commlttee had other plans for the 1llustr1ous team whrch finally persuaded the two to rep resent the U S at the 1920 Olympic games to be held at Antwerp Speclal mstructxons ln marchrng were gnven the representatives pre paratory to the maugural parade Each con testant clad in a speclal umform strode brlskly 1nto the flag bedecked stadxum at Antwerp to stand at attentron faclng the kings box, as released doves bearmg whlte streamers flew to the kmg s box hovered there for a few mo ments then flew off Then the tense grueling games began the strenuous beats seml finals and finals through which the Ameneans emerged the proud prxze possessors Cllmaxmg therr European sojourn lt was the honor of Charlotte Boyle and Ethelda Blelb trey to swxm rn a prlvate exhrbxtlon before the 7 1 1 7 cs ,, . , . . . ' 1 . ' . . H y V . - 1 1 - 1 11 ' 1 ' ' ' ' . , - cs - 97 ' ' ' ' 9 . 0 - I 7 , . , 1 , . . 1 - 1 , . . , . . . . , . 1 , . . . . 1 1 1 . . . , - 1 , . 1 ' ' . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . 1 ' ' . . . . . 1 1 . . . . . , . . . , . - 1 1 ' 1 1 1 ' . , . , 0 '- . , , . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

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-if Mark 'was begimzing to doubt his own senses, but a rurprzse cleared up bzs doubt: Hr- s Mark Stewart put away the remamxng papers on h1s desk, he glanced at l11S watch and remembered that he had an engagement w1th hrs wrfe at a downtown restaurant Here 1C was 1956 they had been marrred ten years Today they were to celebrate s1nce one doesn t hate a tenth anmversary every day Havmg made reservatlons for lunch he assured hun self that he had plenty of txme As he entered the elevator he spoke to a few passengers wrth whom he regularly rode up and down Mark wasn t a nervous man but he was conscxous of a young girl standmg besrde hlm and starmv at hrm She was attractlve of medrum hewht wlth Jet black halr but zt was The self same red hat wlth the green feather was commg out of the door Yes, rt was the exact same glrl Hat m hand he polltely stepped asxde to let her pass but she showed no sxgns of recognmon Stxll bewrldered he turned to the clerk and ordered two gardenlas Wlth the box ln his hand Mark made hrs way up the street Sxnce lf was but a short dlstance and he had tlme to spare he decided to Wall to the restaurant Treadmg slowly up the street he began to wmdow shop along the way At once h1s at tentlon was drawn to a uruque dlsplay Stop pmg to admrre the wmdow, he saw the re flectlon of that same glrl, red hat and all At Mark zz d the Kal Hof By Nancy Ford, 47 the pert red hat w1th the green feather that caught hrs eye As the elevator came to a halt at the ma1n floor, Mark stepped asrde to let the young mxss pass She acknowledged lt w 1th a smlle Mark watched her as she passed out the door to a waxtmg taxi Reachmg the street he made h1s way down the steps to the uptown subwav After much nulhnff and crowdmg he was safely seated Then he breathed a Slgh of relief that he was on hrs way but aboxe ll on tlme As the sub neared hrs statnon he arose to get off and was astounded for there across from lum was the same girl w nth the red hat and the green feather Pau mg for a moment he recalled that New Y ork rsn t as bxg as most people thmk Mark pushed up the ramp lnto 4-1th Street to 10m the bustlmv crowds As he walked up the street he spled a nearby florlst shop and declded upon some flowers for the occasion The traffic wrs hustlmg and honklng as durln any other rush hour Fmally he reached the shop and as he started to enter he stopped th1s pomt he thought that he was begmnmg to have hallucmatlons He thought perhaps xt was lus mlnd He turned to make sure and there she was, just as before As she drsappeared rn the crowds he walked up the street more briskly than before Fmally he reached the restaurant strll very much puzzled but more than wlllrng to forget the entlre matter Once ln the lobby he sat down to awalt the arrlval of lus wlfe He was glad he had made a reservauon as there were quxte a few people wartrng for tables Glancmg through the dmers he saw the mysterious grrl once agam Her ensemble was as before but th1s tnme she had a smale on her face as she brushed past hlm Trembllnv he reached for the evenmg paper not to read lt but to escape the chance of seelng another red hat with a green feather Opemng the paper to the first page he was stunned at what he read 1n bold type' Dlonne Quln tuplets V xslt New York on Twenty FITSC Bnrthdav Slowlv he put the paper down and began to chuckle to hlmself 9 . . , . . . ' 1 g . . . , . 7. V . . . . . . . . 1 ' 1 ' . 9 9 1 - Y , . . o , 1 o ' 9 , ' D 7 ' 1 7 . . . . ' Q ' - 4, . . 5 V A u Q D ' 9 . Y ' A . . . , tl., s .. , . - 9 C. . ., , . 'Y , V.., . . . . r 4 . D , . . . V r . . D . . . . . H . . 2. . Q' . ' Q - - aa , , . 1. u 4 , , . gr ...