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

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LIBERTY TOOL AND DIE CORPORATION The Best ln ualzty and Service Best Wishes to Sisters and Pupils of Our Lady of Mercy High School AFFERDICK ANTIQUE SHOP

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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

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sad reahzatlon that Pete dxdn t have a napkin Dad had two Here my boy he chuckled as he handed Pete the unused one you need thls more than I do I felt l1ke crawllng under my plate and dymg I managed to suffer through the rest of the mea After helpmg Mother with the dlshes we went lnto the lnvmg room Tlus was a b1g rmstake' Dad comered the poor boy and they both became mvolved rn a thorough dlscus sron on the Atomlc Bomb About 10 00 Mother came nn Would you two hke to go down to the store and get some 1ce cream? Pete answered for both of us Sure Mrs Barnes we d love to I was glad for the opportunity to do a httle explauung However Pete s vo1ce was the first to break the s1lence You know Kathy I thmk your Mother IS one of the kmdest persons Ive ever met And your Dad rs so good natured My father dled when I was only ten He even had a good word for johmmy He ll outgrow that age I guess I never notlced what a swell family I have Yes Pete was rnght I was a lucky g1rl a very lucky grrl -wif That cold clammy feelmg that accompames most fin: jobs fazled to conquer the determmatzon of this youthful 'wage earner as you 'will agree Bv- Salc ma ER hands felt cold and clammy her knees trembled and her vo1ce had sunk to a shaken whlsper Is thls a llne from a chxlhng Inner Sanctum program? No' Its just an accurate descrrpnon of my first day at Slbley Lmdsay and Curr It all began last june Havmg reached the r1pe old age of slxteen I declded xt was tlme I carved a place for myself rn the world and became a wage earner so I set out to become a sales clerk After two days at classes ln whxch I leamed how to make out fifteen different sales checks and what not to say to a dxssatxsfied customer I was ready The world outslde was bright and cheerful when I reached my counter 1n the Art Depart ment In the few remammg mrnutes before the store opened I vamly trled to memorlze the prlces and classlficatlons Then I saw my first customer approachmg Surely she didn t want to buy anything' But she did I promptly for got everythmg I had leamed and would have gladly crawled under the counter 1f I had thought I would fit She asked a questxon and through my lap- 27111 By Pat M onahan, 47 numbed bram I heard someone answer Was xt IP It was Then my vo1ce had not entlrely left me' It seems my first customer C111 always remember her by that namej wanted to pur chase enough rose colored yam to make a slze four sweater As she explained the measure ments and detalls I l1stened mtelhgently I bravely concluded There seems to be an awful lot of yarn rn one of those bunches fl meant skems J Wouldn t yust one be enough? Horr1fied my first customer shrleked One' Why my dear grrl I had planned on twelve at the very least' She stalked away returnmg a few mmutes later to announce The kmttmg mstructor sand sxxteen skems I made out the sales check Cwlth only three erasuresj and presented the wrapped package brlghtly addmg Thank you madam She left Feehng a httle drzzy from my recent accomphshment, I sat down on a stool behmd the counter At that moment anyone would have had dlfficulty convlncmg me how Slbleys had been able to struggle along untll Pat Monahan had become a sales clerk 51 , , , , . , . , . u 77 sc 1 11 1 1 1 ' 1 1 U . Q . . . . , . 77 ' ' ' ' . 1 Q ' U ' - ' 1 1 . . , 1, . - . - - - ' 79 . . . . as 1 4 1 79 , . . . 7 , - . - as ' u U ' 7 . . , . I 7 H H , . ' 11 ' ' ' ' GC Y! 7 ca 77 1 ' . . , 1 n I - . . . . . . . . M , . ' ' 79 ' as 1 ' , . ' ' 77 ' CL 77 ' - 1 . . H . 1 - 1 1 ' ' 97 . . . 1 - 1 . . H . . . 1 1 . . . . ,, ' . - 1 . . . . . H 1 1 1 . . . ,, . . . . , . . . . , . . . . . . . ., , .