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

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1111551011 he told us he was helpless since the manager had sent word to h1m to keep the people away from the band during the mter m1ss1on However he too offered a plan During the last part of h1s number I was to slft mto the crowd dlrectly ln front of the bandstand and when Woody had reached the climax of the plece I was to yes swoon The plan was certainly umque but a llttle drastic and we dec1ded not to use It At th1s pomt things looked very dxscour agmg unt1l Ofiicer Jensen promised that he hun self would take me to Woody lf I would Walt unt11 he got out of the cloak room at twelve thlrty B1ll knit h1s eyebrows Tlns presented a problem we had come double datmg 111 an other boys car and that boy had to leave at eleven fifty Naturally with hmm would go the car When we finally dec1ded to walt, B111 of fered a fervent prayer of thanks to God for The problem now was to determine what to do w1th our t1me We wasted no effort on dancmg durmg the forty five minutes that were left We knew that such an attempt would be futlle 1f not dxsastrous havmg al ready trxed lt several tlmes Since we were st1ll somewhat dubious as to whether or not Officer Jensen would actually get to Woody Herman we tried to dev1se st1ll another means such as starmg at him whlle he was d1rect1ng the band until he utlmately broke down Once I succeeded in catchmg h1s eye and he no doubt perplexed by the hostile determined look on my face returned my stare for an uncomfortable moment It dldnt help the situatlon Then Blll concluded that we were hungry and we went downstairs to spend the last fifteen mmutes eatmg hot dogs slightly the worse for rawness There we stood looking like two people who had never seen a chair 1n their l1ves and were endeavormg to hold up the wall Finally the crucial moment arrlved We met Ofiicer Jensen and he proceeded to lead us at the pace of a race horse through the shghtly dxmmlshmg crowd For a moment my feet yearned to be ln the1r barefoot days once more but one look at the hammenng legs around me made me reloxce that this wlsh was not real1zed When we reached the band whlch was once more takmg an 1nterm1ss1on Officer jen sen after talklng wlth the other pollceman for a few seconds went right over to Woody Herman, with me at h1s heels and gave the thousand dollar mtroductlon Mr Herman Id l1ke you to meet M1ss Lorls Allen She s from a very select school for glI'lS here in Rochester Cnote plugj and she would like to obtam an lntervlew How do you do rumbled my hero How do you do I trembled Officer Jensen quietly slipped away and we were left alone I was standmg there w1th Woody Herman on the first rung of mv long ladder to future success My entlre hfe hung ln the balance and what was my first colossal question? Mr Herman how d1d you happen to get the name Woody? Well he rephed my parents named me Woodrow To An Open Field Haven of lovelmess Are you the power Greens and blues That makes all things grow5 Who was the art1st That blended these hues? Soft breezes blowing O er my realm, Bright sun caressing What supreme captam Subyects below Is at YOUI' helm? joAN CARNEY. 47 9 - . Q , . . , . , , , V - - t . . . g ' 1 , - . . - I , 1 n s 0 , . . 1 ' , I , . . . 7 . . 0 1 Y the Rochester Transit Corporation. .. , . ' . . . , ' 1 - 1 I 9 o ,, ' Cl Yi . . . . - , , 9 9 u 11 , . . . , D u 1 1 . i . 1 ll ' 1 1 ' ' 4 11 , . - , I4 17 ' cc - 7 1 c a U 7 , . ! . . 7 , .

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-qi Katy blushed furiously at the faux pa: of ber famzly but Pete brought ber out of ber embarrassment 'when he came to dinner liv- Y finger nanls were all gone so I had begun fidgetmg wxth the one and only curl on top of my head when the doorbell rang In a flash I ran the full length of our l1v1ng room and snatched a last look ln the mxrror As 1f If would help' My kxd brother who was watchmg my actlons gr1nned from ear to ear and remarked as only a brother can do Two bxts 1ts Pete Flsher You never dash around like that for anyone else L1sten johnny Barnes I re mlnded h1m If seems to me we had an agree ment whereby for the sum of thrrty Hve cents plus tax you were to remove yourself from my slght from 5 untrl 10 o clock It IS now 5 05 so scram m' As johnny reluctantly retreated to h1s bed room I walked casually to the door Yes t eyes Then If all began Why hadn t I warned the famlly about makmg a good lmpresslonl Now there was johnny Che dndnt seem to mmd losmg 35 centsj 1n lus dungarees and Mother 1n her oldest house dress Oh how could Pete ever know that nt was a swell famlly under neath After Pete had become comfortable ln our for guests only cha1r johnny perched at h1s feet, sent forth a volley of questxons Pete do you thmk R1dgewood has any chance to w1n m the Trl State? johnny I xnterrupted wxll you please johnny w1th an a1r of semorxty ignored me Say Pete I hear the new professor 1n the Enghsh Department IS qu1te a character Whv that little In my mlnd johnny was suifermg a mental death Johnny darlmg I thmk Mother wants you to help her wlth the Whatever It was, he wasn t mterested III the shghtest and made no attempt to lude lf He would have contmued on for hours but h1s supply of questxons ran dry so he pohtely wlth drew from the room The worst was yet to come Dad was late gettmg home When he finally dld arrxve he mslsted It was hlS prlvrlege to change lus clothes before dmner A man cant even hve m comfort m h1s own home he pleaded unt1l I relented After what seemed hke an eternlty he reappeared attlred 1n h1s s1tt1ng around pants an old sport sh1rt shppers and a look of contentment upon h1s face He planted a belated klss on my forehead and sm1led at Pete Well young man Ive heard qu1te a bxt about you You d better hve up to my expectatlons Pete returned the smlle and loosened h1s collar Dlnner was ready so we went 1nto the dmmg room Mother appomted herself Guardlan Angel over Pete and at regular mtervals passed all the food on the table to hxm Come on Pete have some roast pork and peas You haven t eaten enough to keep a b1rd al1ve she scolded I laughed to myself because I knew one thmg was certaln Pete wouldnt go home hungry About the rmddle of the meal, thmgs began to pop agam johnny tipped over has glass of mxlk, qmte accldentally Everyone came to the . . . Jmaluckygzrl. . . WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? By Mary Sullwan 49 Y M , . . . H . . 7 1 ' JY I . u , n 1 9 , . . . - 7 . Ki ' ' 7 , - 0 7, U 'f H . . . . . . . , . ' 1 1 ' . . ,,. . , - Q Q - Cl 1 ' ' ' ' , as ' . . , . 9 ' Q . , , , - , . . . . . - ' 7 ' 9 9 , . . , 1 - was Pete with hxs black brush cut and blue . ' ' IC 7 ' 7 ' 1 7 . . . , . ' ' 77 . , . . ' 7 . . . . . at 77 ' ' . , ' ' 1 - as U . , 1 1 . . Y ' . . . ,, ' 11 i - . , c u , LL 77 ' KG ' 77 1 1 - 1 ' ' U . . . 1 1 . . . ,, . . . CC ' 77 ' ' ' ' i in 7 0 , 0' ' 7 , 49