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

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remote futures He felt hls stomach groan ln spasmodlc contortlons as NIISS Potter hlS teacher entered the room Sparkle she stated her stern YOILC seem lngly sterner I hal e somethlng I wlsh to show you Xes m gulped Sparkle HIS VOICC sounded to hlm very queer and hollow She handed hlm a plece of paper neatly folded Carefully unfoldlng lf he read the Hrst lne She s blg and bony llke a horse Who never stopped to rest The heat he felt around hls collar crept up hls neck and radlated all over hls face HIS ears tlngled and turned bflghf red There was no need to read further lt was hls wrltlng and the blg fat sprawllng letters at the bottom of the page spelled no name other than Sparkle Mc Gulre Refoldlng the paper neatly he took a deep breath and was about to hand lf back to MISS Potter when what he saw made hls gasp IH amazement Mlss Potter was actually smlllng at hlm Do you wrlte poetry often Sparkle She sald ln a VOICC that remlnded hlm of hls mother s Sparkle gulped for all sense of speech had left hlm he stood before her llke a corpse A half hour later Sparkle emerged from the school house hls speech and dlglllty regalned and ran down the road leadlng to the brook Red and Tom watchlng wlth satlsfactlon from the slde of the school saw hlm run down the road When he was out of Slghf Red removed a bundle of papers from hls pocket How many dld you take sald Tom ad dresslng hls fellow consplrator Red untled the bundle and counted the neat ly folded papers FIVC he Sald All of em are fancy stuff especlally thls one he calls The Blrds Oh boy Tom the Bolds ' Wlth thls the boys fell lnto Hts of laughter rolllng lazlly ln the school yard dust Two weeks passed ln whlch Sparkles llfe was a perpetual blush Every second day one of Sparkle s poems mlraculously found lts way way to the classroom bulletln board everv second day after removlng If Mlss Potter would glare lndlgnantly at the two gloatlng culprlts X et Sparkle wlthstood the rldlcule and even was able to smlle good naturedly along wlth the other boys and glrls for he knew that the one who really counted the one he reallv loved would stand behlnd hlm And so lt was that the followlng day a slxth poem appeared on the bulletln board She s small and wlspy llke a flower That s lust been klSSCd wlth dew Her smlles are always warm and klnd Her llps of reddest hue Her halr IS brown her face so falr X et to me her most becomlng feature ls her expresslve blg blue eyes VVho IS she: She s mv teacher It s Strange But True In lnv velns Hows the blood of allen races Strange that they IUIX so well together There s French and there s Irlsh There's never rebelllons And German and Scotch Or quarrels or fueds And not to forget the Russlan and Spanlsh But mavbe the answer 19 the way they are Though Im told It s probably less than a blended drop They re Amerlcan under the red whlte 36 and blue MARILX w VV INFIELD . ' . .4 y , . 46 - 311 . ' 1 - - 1 M . ,, Q Y .' 4 . . i . 1 1 ' ' . U 7 Q . . . - 1 37 4. ' 11 1 cc 1 ' ' 1 1 H - , ,, , Y. . . Q . . 7 ' 1 7 ' at - ' 79 . . , , , . . ' . . Y . 9 1 U , h I , . . if as as -lr as an . Q . . . , . . i 7 . . .Y ' . . , Q . . 1 . 1 1 1 1 ' 1 1 t 1 1 ' 1 . u , Q 1 as ' ' :11 1 ' ' , . t , , . . . , . . . D 1 1 5 - 1 - 5 1 1 Q . , . . 7. . . . . 1 1 - . . . , , . M . l .i...l- 9 r J . . c. . ,Q i , . . 1 1 1 1 J . . 1 ' 1. 71 ' cn ' ' 1 11

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-'EQ Red and Tom thought they 'were Putting Sparkle on the spot but Mus Porter turned the table: liv- Sparkle and flz each 1' By Sbzrley Van Bzllzard 47 She s blg and bony llke a horse Who never stopped to rest One foot lt polnts out to the east The other to the west Her legs go out and conle together A knockln at the knees Her arms then braneh out from her sldes Llke llmbs branch out on trees She has a button for her mouth A plckle for a nose Her halr comes off rlght wlth her hat When er a west wlnd blows Two dark hollows mark the eyes A medltatlve frown crossed the face of the youthful poet Dropplng the worn pencll to brush a rumpled mop of brown halr from hls eyes wlth h1S chubby dlrty hand he gazed thoughtfully at the famlllar scene about hlnl Falllng first upon the meanderlng brook rlp pllng ecstatlcally hlS eyes then lazlly sklmmed the masslve multl colored green carpet com placentlv coverlng the hllls and vales border lng lt The from n faded and regalnlng the stubbv lnstrument he wrote Two dark hollows mark the eyes Of thls strange and gruesome creature A rare and unbellevable Slghf Who IS lt: It s my teacher A broad xy holesome smlle spread slowly across hls face as he reread hlS work wlth satlsfactlon Then ln fat sprawling letters I slgned hlS name Sparkle McGulre June 3 1946 Sparkle whlstled softlv whlle foldlng care fully hls latest poem I-Ie placed ll and hls pencll ln hls pocket rose and walked C011 tentedls along the bank of the brook The shapeless faded overalls draped themselves haphazardlx over Sparkle s bumps and curx es wlth the half rolled up half rolled down pant legs and bare feet completlng a perfect plcture of a typleal carefree boy of eleven EXClCCd yelps and excesslve wlggllng an nounced the arrlval of Bumps Sparkle s dog Bumps was a throughbred mongrel HIS fur coal black wlth spots of brown and whlte marklngs on hls heels and forepaws was soft and sllky from regular vlgorous brushlngs by master Sparkle Hls soft brown eyes keen and alert were fixed attentlvely on Sparkle as he neared hls secret cave Bumps walted anxlously whlle he removed a large stone from the floor of the cave reveallng a box contalnlng a neat plle of paper Sparkle put hls latest composl tlon lnto the box and carefully replaced the stone Takmg up hls school books was Sparkle s slgnal to Bumps that a day of hookey was over and together they ran down the path that wx ould lead them to home and supper Slssst' Red' He s gone At thls call the figures of two boys emerged from the underbrush and entered Sparkle s cave Hey Tom a short chubby lad wlth brlght red halr called here s the stone Red started to llft the stone and Tom quickly came to hls SldC wlth a helplng hand It was easllv removed and there before them was revealed Sparkle s darkest secret IS poetry Oh boy exclalmed Red hl5 hlgh pltched WOICC even more squeekv IH hls excltement, Oh box' Oh h h boy ' Sparkle squlrmed wearllv ln hl5 seat as the last of the class passed through the classroom door to the outer world leavlng school behlnd them tlll the next day to them the remotest of 35' ' ' CL !! l Q l . 0' . I . . , 7 ,Q . . . - .. , - - - - 1 1 y I . . ,. . 0 v Q , ' L4 n 'v , . . , Q . . . , ' 1 . . . 1 1 1 ' 1 7 , . . . . . . . . . . . , . .. x . ., . s 7 ' ' ' CC ' 7 71 , - - a u u . U . - . , 1 . . ., Y . . 9 9 , ' ' ll 57 ' ' . . . , , , ' L6 1 I7 , . . . , . . . ' , . Q Y ., . , ' . '. . . . h . . . 1 . 4 U v,, . . . . . , . ., TC , , '- . . . . . . . . .- 1 7 7 . SL yi ,1 Y . ' . . lv an lr 1 . . 9 9 ' , , ' Q u 7 7 1 v I, Y ' v . 7 ' .7

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-if If you bave a brother tbxs xr just the :tory for brm to read ir- Secm f c' 0 her Side By Mary Ellen Boyle, 47 xo you ever stop to reallze that boys go through hrst date worrles and that some trmes they make sxlly mxstakes too? Take Walt for an example and all the commotlon he caused wlth h1s first date By way of preface my brother IS tall and very good looklng non but there was a trme when he wasn t He was tall yes-but h1s face had the same uncertam qualxty hrs volce had I guess Mother was the first to notxce the change that came over Walt the first week of school Hls appetite waned he ate hardly enough to keep a b1rd ahve provlded the blrd was an elephant and Mother worrxed CMoth ers are hke thatj Then too hrs face took on the contented look of a cow Somethmg was defimtely wrong' Hes not the bashful type It was love he explamed Her name was Martha and she sat ful Soon the whole famxly knew yust how wonderful she was Wlth Walt around lt soon became Martha sand th1s or Martha would never do that Know what I mean: It was as xf the needle were stuck and all that would come out was Martha I guess I got xt most of all At the trme I was a mere elghth grader and I could do nothmg to please Walt Martha would never do anythmg Id do She was a Lady Of course that held 1mpl1cat1ons When the Prom came If was no surprlse to anyone that Walt wanted to ask Martha He wasnt sure she would go wlth hlm but he declded to ask her anyway He wasn t too sure of the way to ask a girl to a dance so ln desperatlon he came to me for advxce After assurmg h1m that glrls really don t care how you asl them to go out yust as long as you do ask them he felt better Wxth a look of determmatxon he went to the phone and called her number CHe had memorized xt the day he met her just IH case J Worst luck' The l1ne wasnt busy and she answered the telephone herself He was caught Hello Martha thxs IS Walt Why Walter how nlce of you to call She had a soft babynsh WOICC CQu1te by acc1dent I managed to be on the extenslon up stairs J How have you been? Well VValt I really haven t changed much slnce you saw me IH school th1s afternoon Oh yes ha ha well the reason I called was was to Yes Walt? W alt stopped Sllence Walt are you stlll there? Martha w1ll Yes Walt? Martha w1ll you go to the Prom wlth me' Why Walt I d love to go What txme shall I be readyi Tune Oh tnme Well Ill let vou know ln school tomorrow All mght goodbye Goodbye Martha He hung up He turned to Nlother elated It was over and she was gomg' Only lt wasnt over' Gettlng VValt started out correctly on hxs first date had 1ust begun He cornered Mother one mght and asked her how he should act what he should say when he called for her thmgs like that I never thought boys went IH much for Emlly Post but they do I suffered my share too When ever there was dance music on tl'e radxo I would have to dance wxth Walt whnle he tried his new dance steps on me and I do mean on me Fmally the bug mght came As he stood there Xiother and Dad gnvmg h1m last mmute m structlons I couldnt help but feel sorry for 37 . , 2 , 0 , 1 7 D - - - Q H' . H ' - Q Q l . 1 1 0 ' GL ' ' as 9 1 ' ' ' at ' , 77 . , . I 9 1 1 1 I ' . - 7 . . . Q 7 , . Q . . , . ' ' ' ' ll ar ' KL 1 , 7 V .' . ' - . ' . 77 ' ' U Y . . ' 1 9 9 . . - . . -. -,, ' ll 17 , . ' , . . . , ,. . , , . . ' CL - 7, . , . ' GL ' 77 n , W 7 Cl 77 . , . ' Cl ' ' 77 next to him in English class. She was wonder- There it was out-I could tell he was relieved. l . . H , , . . . . ,, ll ' ' L77 ll L6 ' : - ' 7 ' . . , i 77 . yr ' cz ' ,. , '77 KC 77 ' C6 77 - , l . . I 4 . - , D . . , . , . Q no 1 ' ' Q l I . . u 7 .l . , I , . . . . , n , . . . . . . i Q u h. H I . , . X , V ' .- , . . . A Q . . - . . . . . , .. , ,