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

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h1m The poor gulhble boy and he was so mee too He had a wonderful t1me he told us all about If the next day We danced and had loads of fun I asked her to go to the baseball game w1th me Sunday and she sald she would Gee she s wonderful Well that started out a long serxes of dates whlch ended last week No longer w1ll Walt be able to call Martha on the telephone and ask for a date No longer w1ll he worry whether or not she w1ll go out XVIIIII hxm I sort of thmk she wull though Xou see he marr1ed her last Thursday Jizz' if I 611155 llfl 5'rcm'l1 WITH APOLOGIES TO DAUDET The glrl sat on the end of her spme a mere second from fall1ng under the seat Unfolded she would have been tall th1n and p1t1fully awkward Her ha1r flew about 1n w1ld con fusion because of the ra1n She could never keep lf under control when lt ralned Her name was Cathy and she was thrrteen Today was her Hrst day at the new school It was a comparat1vely select one a small bu1ld mg wlth small classes and small desks Every thrng IS small and old fashloned here Cathy thought I feel cramped defimtely out of place She had gone from one class to the next wlth an odd expresslon on her face a mixture of despalr and defiance Now she was ln the last class before dlsmlssal French class The teacher a small t1red lookmg woman w1th a helpless express1on was trylng to gam the attentlon of the g1rls Some were t3lklI1'-I 1n groups of threes and fours whrle others were buslly domg tomorrows homework Only because Cathy abhorred quarrehng especxally wnth her father who somehow made By Mary I0 Loder, 47 her feel madequate had she Sald reslgnedly that she d go to Eatonvxlle But she had one weapon she could hate the place never make any fr1ends be a poor student She smxled She d already made a good start When two g1rls had asked her about her former school she rephed coldly It was com pletels d1Eerent from th1s She had lt all plan ned ln her mmd She d pretend to do her home work and then get faxlure grades Oh xt was really clever how she d work lf all out Sharply dlSm1SS3l bell clanged m on her reverle She stood up wlth the others conven tlonally scooped up her books and walked determmedlv out lookmg neither to the left nor the rlght The llttle Ifrench teacher keenly sens1t1ve looked a httle more t1red as Cathy left the room But her helpless express1on was gone There was purpose m the steady gaze that followed Cathys ganglmg form down the dark corrldor A Thought A rule slngs A choked mufiled cry Another gold star ln a w1ndow 38 ROSEMARY LEVERLNL - Q 1 , c To 3 ' me ' . , . . v , . . . . . . ' 7 , . . , . 1 33 , . . 0 0 7 1 1 . v - . , . 1 1 ' - ' 1 1 l. . . , . . . . . 7 ' , 1 - ca - 1 1 . . - 7 . . ,, . .- 1 . ' - - as , ' - 1 , n '- Q ' . . - . ,, Y V . - - 1 , 1 - 1 an ' . 9 ' . , ' 11 , . ' ' ' . 1 1 1 ' 1 ' - 1 1 ' I ' . 1 1 1 ' 1 ' s. , . . . . , - . , . 1 4 . . . . 1 1 . I 1 .

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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 . . - . . . . . , .. , ,

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-if Pegs thought ber dream: 'were about to come true but :be badn t counted on the cennpedes and born rimmed glasses Mr- bxt exaggerated a b1t fantasuc but then, 1sn t the l1fe of any teen ager Sunday May 6 1946 Dear Dnary Th1S w1ll have to be short because I m about ready to drop Nothmg specral happened to day We overslept and had to go to the eleven 0 clock Mass oh yes and If poured ram wh1ch meant that I couldnt wear my new spr1ng bonnet Connle and Sue went to see Cornel Wdde at the Palace but I couldn t go because I left my homework t1ll the last mmute When w1ll I ever get over bemg such a procrastmatora CBecause you lead such a sheltered l1fe I m1ght as well tell you that a procrastmator IS one who keeps puttmg thmgs off t1ll the next txme J Monday May 7th D1 honey Youll never guess what I heard at school today' Penny Carpenter told me that a new boy 1S go1ng to move 1n next door She got the news from Judy Halloran and Im so exc1ted tlunk of lf r1ght next door to me' Judy sa1d hxs name IS Ronme Hamllton and that the last tlme she saw h1m he had blond wavy ha1r But, of course that was some UIUC ago because they went to grammar school together and he moved away when Judy was about eleven I can just PICIUFC h1m s hall' IS probably even blonder and wavxer now an oh I Just know I won t sleep a wlnk ton1ght' Tuesday May 8th Dlary It must be all over school about Ronme be cause everyone I meet says, Has he asked vou for a date yet: or Don t be so mysterlous Pegs tell us more Just thmk how 1tll be when he really moves m I told Mom about everythmg and she sa1d that maybe I d finally learn how to act like a lady Now what d1d she mean by a statement l1ke that? Wednesday May 9th You know Dlary I learned a lot today F rrst of all we had a proposmon 111 geometry that was actually log1cal In fact It may even be of use to me III the future Then too I found out that Dott1e Ell1s won t be able to go to the Senlor Ball because she hasn t a formal of any k1nd When I th1nk of how I teased Mom for that plald taffeta the week before the Jun1or Prom I could cry If only I could do somethlng for Dott1e w1thout offendmg her Maybe th1s IS what S1ster meant 1n Rel1g1on the other day about waking up Thursday May 10th Dear Dxary lm the most mlserable glrl IH the whole world ton1ght Nobody loves me My Latm translatlon was all wrong and S1ster looked daggers at me IH Enghsh when I trled to slgnal to Ruth that Ronnle hadnt moved 1n yet Then to top lt all off J1mm1e wont let me wear h1s checked shlrt to the roller skating party Monday nxght lust because I donated h1s old comlc books to the paper drlve Llttle brothers are slmply obnoxlousl HIS old shlrt probably wouldn t fit me anyway C I keep tell 1ng myself J Frndav May 11th Th1s IS lf D1' The number one day of my llfe has hnally arr1ved A huge mov1ng van A Wamzzu s P1111 lege AND SHE DOES HAVE ONE By Marzovz F ess EQ' L,-gg: I 39 7 1 , . ' Q - , - , - 77 an 1 ' 1 1 ' 9 ', 1 ' L6 YDS 79 ' ' 7 - I , . 1 1 ' ' ' 1 1 ' . ' 0 , . , . . . 1 1 1 , . . 1 1 ' - 1 - 1 , . , - 1 1 . . . - - , . . . , , . 1 . . H . . ,, . . , . , - . 1 3 1 7 CC ' 7! , . . 1 - . . . . . , . , . . . a s o I 5 A a I I l 1 - 1 1 u 11 ' ' ' 1 . . . . - , . ' 1 . . . , - 1 1 . . . . hl 5 ' 9 d , , , . . . . Q . . , 1 1 7 , - . 5 1 7 A .- - , , U . . . . 1 1 r -3, . ,tg --. .W .. ,X 1- . Q: 1 ,.. '11 , 1. L ' ,48 E ' J 1 H l I