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

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-if Eadiefwas a pretty rad apple until Ruthie .vet ber wzse and Scotty gaue ber incentiwe is 5ad1e and the ,Yun 0 Pm FRESHMEN NOT INVITED dont want to appear smug but after all you really have to admit that I dzd have a lot to do w1th Eadles popularity And even though she zs my big sister C23 months older to be exactj I have to confess that it wasn t too easy at that It all began about a month ago As soon as the date of Central Highs junior Prom was announced I fairly had kittens I was mdig nant because being a freshman I couldn t go I remember that day very clearly As I came in from school I slammed the back door so hard that the dishes rattled 1n the cupboards Heavens Ruthie be careful my mother warned in that special patient tone of VOICC she always used for me I cant help it Mums I fumed pecking her on the cheek as I dumped my books on the table Im so furious I could tear the whole door down with my two hands, I said biting into a large sugary doughnut for you after school? Mums asked with a decided twinkle in her exe No IIS worse than that I replied lndig nantlv Then Eadie came in from the llY1!'1ff room where she had apparently heard my ranting What s the matter Wlth you she asked dis dainfully Did thev mn out of lemon cokes at the Bird s Nest? Or didn t they play your favorite Benny Goodman record? Xou know whats the matter I howled The junior Prom I can t see what that has to do with all this fuss opinionated mv innocent mother Well we re having a Junior Prom at school and its to be from nine til one semi formal Ed Ryan is going to plav and fresh men aren t allowed to go That in a nutshell 10 By Fran Gram 46 is the reason for my temporary 1nsan1ty Can you blame me? I finished in what I hoped was a pathetic tone There must be a good reason Ruthie, why freshmen arent allowed Eadies a junior perhaps she can explain It We turned to Eadie expectantly Well I dont exactly know myself she said slowly, but I suppose I could ask some one You dont know? I asked amazed at her ignorance It s your very own prom and you don t know anything about itl' I could hardly believe my ears Could it be possible that Eadie my very own sister, and a Junlor wasn t going? The look of dawnmg realization that was spreading over my face must have bothered her because Eadie turned around and walked back into the living room Stupified I sank into a chair hardly even noticing that a spindle hit me right in the serious thinking in my fourteen year old l1fe Several doughnuts and about an hour later I arrived at a course of action having decided definitely that my sister was in a well worn rut So with a determmed look I sauntered into the living room and turned on the radio full blast to my favorite record program The ear split ting notes of Louis Prima s trumpet shattered the silence of the room and had the desired effects on Eadie who was elbow deep in Cicero translation She rose a full ten inches off her chair Murmurmg my apologies I turned the radio down but it was st1ll an 1m possibilitv for Eadie to study there Go away pest she muttered through clenched teeth so Mums wouldn t hear I-In en t you anything to do besides bother ing me? , ' P 1 . T... 1 Q 7 7 , . 7 . . 7 1 ' . . ,, . . . . , . . . . . ,A . . y , , , . ,, . . .- ' ' 77 , . . . , . ' 7 ' Cl 7 77 7 7 . . u . . - . ,, - , ' , 7 77 , , U 7 77 . . , ' ' GK 7 Z . , . . , H . ,, . . . . 1 9 1 ' 7 , . Cl 7 ' . 77 ' ' 7 7 7 7 Cl 7 - n . 1 . ,, . . . . 7 7 7 What is it this time? Didn't johnny wait middle of my spine. Then I did the most ,, . . . . . . . . . 17 U , H . , ,, . . . - . . . . 7 7 7 D 1 9 If 7 ' :77 ' - ' - ' - . ,, . . . . , 1 , T 1 , o o . ,, . - . ' 9 cc 7 9 as ' ' ' 7 7 ' Ci ' 77 ' ' ' . . , ,, , . . . . . . , - ,, . . . . .. . 84, 7 I' ' U ' 77 7 , 7 7 . , . , . . , n , , - n . . - M 7 , . . 9 , 1 f ' 7 ' ' 77 . , , .

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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 ...

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No I repl1ed blandly and beat out a wlcked boogie base 1n the a1r on an lmagxnary plano Oh you re 1mposs1ble she fumed as she prcked up her books and stalked out of the room Sausfled I dashed over to the phone and dlaled johnny Parks number johnny IS my fall guy because he slmply adores me though he wouldnt admlt lt for anythmg He knows Im not 1n the habxt of callmg boys so he had a hard nme understand 1ng who I was and what I wanted I finally conv1nced hxm my mtentlons were honorable and outhned my plan to get Eadle a date for the jumor Prom At approvnmately seven thlrty that evenmg the doorbell rang W1th a Iwonder who that can be look on my face I left the stacks of dr1pp1ng d1shes 1n front of me to answer If As I had expected It was johnny and the boy hed Sald he would brlng but whose face I couldn t see IU the d1m hght here I sa1d loudly for the benefit of my parents and practxcally pulled the two boys mto the house Then I recognlzed Johnnys compan1on He was Scotty Harrls the most popular boy 1n the Semor class I couldnt beheve my eyes here was th1s magmficent speclmen of manhood rxght 1n my house and for Eadlel But what would he thlnk when he saw her sad apple Ead1e Lewlsi Determ1ned to make the best of an IITIPOSSI ble s1tuat1on I covered over my utter dxsmay wlth a forced galety that completely baflled Johnny I left the two boys 1n a stramed con versat1on wxth my parents and went upstalrs to get Eadle to coach her She wasn t the least b1t lnterested 1n commg down so I was forced to drag her from an essay she was wrxtmg on Present Day Soc1al Problems Only when I promnsed to wlpe d1shes for her for two weeks and threw IH twenty five cents besldes was she Wllllng to do as I asked I conv1nced here that she was terrxbly washed out lookrng and was a bxt encouraged when she asked rf she could use my llpstlck Whlle she was glngerly applylng th1s I fastened a strmg of pearls around her neck and pulled her su eater down over her hlps a llttle more When she had combed her haxr she was an entxrely dlfferent person I felt a ray of hope enter my dlscouraged soul Hur nedly I explalned who Scotty was and that she was to entertam hum and for heavens sake to be mce to hxm smce every grrl 111 school was after hxm whether she was aware of h1m or not What do you thxnk I am rude or some thlng Ill at least be pohte to the boy Wlth trepldatlon I gently pushed Eadle down the staxrs 1n front of me and mtroduced her to Scotty Hello he sa1d 11'l a pleased masculme vo1ce that sent shlvers dancmg up the backs of the glrls at school whenever they heard It H how do you do: asked a weak vo1ce that I scarcely recogxuzed as that of my slster Mother and Daddy lookmg hke v1ct1ms of shock left the room m a daze starmg at thelr changed daughter Johnny and I began to dance and I was pleased to see Scotty ask Eadle but she flushed and shook her head and jomed her and then I nearly dled of sheer horror Eadxe sat there look1ng hke the annmated verslon of the prmcesses I used to read about 1n faxry tales her blg brown eyes lusterous Wlfh excxtement her face radxant wrth an 111 ner warmth It wasnt hard to tell that she had fallen hard for Scotty and I was pleased as punch to thank my llttle scheme had worked out so well I walted to see the effect of her charms on Scotty but she rumed everyth1ng by launchmg 1nto a dxssertatxon on Avogadro s Law I desperately trxed to slgnal her to stop but she pa1d no attentxon to me and went r1ght on talk1ng Scotty squlrmed uncom fortably not saymg a word My hopes deflated hke a punctured balloon The rest of the even1ng passed just as chsmally and I could see the relxeved look on Scottys face when johnny fat my msrstencej sug gested that they had better leave When the door had closed behmd them Eadxe burst 1nto tears I managed to soothe her carefully ex plammg the whys and wherefores of gettlng a man And wonder of wonders she promlsed to turn ox er a brand new leaf ln an attempt to recapture Scotty 11 U ,, . , , 7 . 7 7 7 ' Cl 7 ' ' 77 ' ' 7 7 7 . 7 7 ' 7 7 ' 1 ' ' GL ' - , - , - - - - v - ra , r . ' 7 1 ' 1 1 v I u . it ,, l 1 1 u u H 7 7 s . - 1 it - ,, . 1 ' L6 - - - ' ' ,, . . . . ' ' 1 s ' 7 7 , . , . . 7 7 , . . . . ' 9 Why, johnny Parks! Imagine seeing you walked over to the sofa. Perplexed, Scotty 7,1 . 7 , . . . , . . . . ' 7 ' 1 . . , . . . ' 7 - , - . . . , , . ' 9 , - Q . . 7 . , . . . . . . , U , , - ' . . , 7 , n- , . . . - . . . . , s . 0 it 4 ,, s I n . ' Q , . . . , - . , l I 1 . - . , . , . . Q 7 - . 9 . D , , . 7 7 Y .