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

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THOMAS HOLAHAN CGMPANY IIC 164 LCWIS Street Stone 6445 6446 General Construetlon FOR EVERYTHING THAT S NEW AND UP TO DATE FOR THE STAGE Experts should be called A J HOFF END 81 SUN 1394 Mt Hope Avenue Monroe 654 9 I . 7 0 o

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M E E T Y Q U EAR the music watch the feet fly, smell the good food AT TEEN TOWN SUN FILLED . , . . . -1 I 7 ' . ' . , . . . 9 1 - . , 1 , . - 9 I ' ll ' 77 ll 1, 1 - . . . . , . Y . . . - . , n . . ' . , 7 J Y . 7 - ' - 1 , . . . . . I . . . ' , , ,Q ' ' ' as 1 - 9 17 F U N F I L L E CHOOL,S almost out! Vacations almost upon us. Stretching out v . . . . , . . . , ' s - - 7 1 ' 7 . . . , . , . Q ' ' - . . , , . i 7 . . , . 7 1 K ' ' ' V ' . - 1 0 1 - 1 i . 1 - Q 1 s 9 - . . . . . . x . H ti 9 7 Q , M . . ' . 7 ' D 5 7 1 . ' ' 1 - 7 - 7 - 1 ' robe It IS apphcable to varlous phases of womanhood We can be trlm m our speech our charity our thoughts and deslres ln our every action our every expres snon We can have a heart that s m good order for everyone D D T damty decorous and trim Three letters representing three words that prove deadly to bad manners but act as a preservatlve of womans dlgnxty see the fun' Where? Why at a Teen Town a Cathohc Teen Town Of course you dont have to call It a Teen Town You can dub it a Juke joint or a Coke Club anv fun suggestmg names, alhteratlve or otherwlse lf you want to be different But basxcally If w1ll be the same a place of teen agers to get together Here you will find Cathohc boys and girls enjoylng clean fun out of danger Where can you find such an organlzatxoni In almost any well populated c1ty except Rochester Except Rochester And we must thmk first before we blame that on the other fellow If such a place were organized m our fair clty would we voung and old chlld and adult be ready to back lt up? Would we care enough for our teen agers9 Vvould we stop talkmg about juvenlle delinquency and start acting? Would we be wilhng to spend nme and effort and money? If so perhaps xx could d1spense with the common saying Rochester where there s no place to go' before each NICFCIAH are two glorlous out of this world months mmus books or teacher s looks For summer especially thrs peace ful one of 46 1S a tlme for us teenagers to grow Xes develop physically and mentally But yust a moment NICFCIHIIS 1snt there somethmg weve forgotten IH our enthuslasml How about our moral growth thls summer After all we know that the development of our souls spiritually IS much more important than the growth of our body and mmd Therefore let us be consclous of our souls growth thls summer as We don our bathing togs to acquire that heavenly tan at the beach Is that bathing sult the modest kmd God would be happy to see us wear? Let us recall its growth as we choose our pals pals that will lead us toward God not away from Hlm and as we select our recreatlon wholesome lust plam good fun fun that keeps us close to God Whatever our lelsure be thls summer llerclans make sure its good clean fun For if lt 1s we can say with just prxde at the close of this summer My soul has grou n I have learned to love God more Now to start the season out rlght we the class of 46 wish you a wholesome fun filled sun filled hour filled summer a Cathol1c girls summer 43

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-df joumalmn amgmnentr are seldom ar adventurous ar tbxr one but plucky Lon: 'wouldn t :ay dxe Q9- fe Oh the ,Cafe of zz jnurnah I EEP wxthm the marrow of my make up a Ilfllld yet persever1ng desrre to become a your nahst has nourlshed ltself 1nto a substantial exlstence It was a slow and pamful process and d1d not occur overmght As a matter of fact It had to be encouraged at tunes by some adventuresome effort on my part One of these was my 1nterv1ew wlth Woody Herman W1th the adventures of Madge Vaughn, 41 a former Mercian who had obtamed an mter view from Tommy Dorsey st1ll rmgmg in my ears I went to the Pohceman s Ball determmed to get a few moments wxth Woody himself It was exther the mtervxew or the th1rd quarterly exam I selected the xntervlew When we arrived my escort and I we first made an attempt to fam1l1ar1ze ourselves wlth the surround1ng territory decxdmg finally that peared to be play1ng a clarinet, was Woody Herman surrounded by a sohd wall of 1m penetrable humanlty Never havmg been a football star B111 proved rather useless along that lme so we set our mmds UCk1Ilg on a stra tegxc approach Near by was Peggy F1n1gan who offered timely but helpless suggestions Suddenly the bleachers loomed before me with an 1nv1t1ng appearance I popped my head under It was dark Peggy do you have a flashlight? Im afraid of spxdersl She dldn t have one Hopmg to make the best of a rather dell cate s1tuat1on B111 and I crawled under the bleachers When we reached the other end we decxded not to go out that moment due to the proxlmxty of the two young gentlemen stand mg Just outside After a whlle smce they de- clmed to let us make our exit privately we did so pubhcly causing a rather stupxfied Well on their part accompamed by a slightly dumb By Lam Allen, 46 founded stare Drsregardmg them we went behmd a huge curtam back of the bandstand where Woodys band was takmg an mter mrssxon There be sat calmly sxppmg a coke not more then ten feet away wholly unap proachable The manager was shovmg every body away and smce we were among the everybodles we were also among the shoved We retreated to the dance floor danced for approximately four bars gave rt up as a varn endeavor and tried to thmk of another plan After an hours concentrat1on I suddenly wondered whom I knew that could get me to Woody Just as suddenly the answer came, Officer Jensen' Thereupon we plagued every policeman who had the mlsfortune to come m s1ght, untll we found Officer Jensen m the cloak room whlch he wrote a note to the officer at the bandstand asklng him to take me to Mr Her man As good as the plan was, Im afrald we rel1ed a blt too much on the aputude of said ofiicer When I took the note to h1m he handed xt to the manager thmkmg It was Just a scrap of paper on whnch I wanted an auto graph The manager who by th1s tlme had become lement enough to permlt Woody to sign the papers began to take It to lum Read nt' I pleaded loud enough for hlm to hear Read lt' He nonchalantly glanced over the page and walked back shaking lus head wlth a firm No' Though I put all the dramat1c ab1l1ty I possessed ln my publrcatlon, he remalned stead fast Farlure agam was chalked down We plunged back mto the churning human sea down to Officer Jensen who suggested that we see Chief Copenhagen I gulped and with Bxll spearheading the advance, trudged off When we found the chief and explamed our 45 4 , , u ,Q ,j 0 0 , ,I x N K J ' 3 Q , ' 9 1 . . , . ' 7 Cl I! 7 1 ' 1 , . . , . , . 7 , . ' ' H . U . , , . . . , . . . n the man in the far, dxstant comer who ap- Together we hxt upon a plan of actlon by , . . - , . . . - . . , . , . . . . - , , ' 7 ' 7 GK . . ' 7 ' 45 ' 17 . ' , . . ' 79 U ' 77 ' 9 . , .- , . . . - - - as n - - - , . . . . . . , . 7 , 1 ' 7 - ' ' u 77 ' ' 9 9 1 '