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

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THE BUILDING SEASON IS JUST AROUND THE CORNER REMIND I LLOYD LILL RALPH M LILL GENERAL CONSTRUCTION Culve 114.4- BRAHLER GENESEE MILK CO The Home of uahty Dalry Products 7415 PENFIELD ROAD HILLSIDE 2812 IT S A PLEASURE TO SERVE YOU HOTEL HOTEL HOTEL HOTEL CADILLAC EASTMAN HAYWARD POWERS HOTEL RTCHFORD HOTEL ROCHESTER HOTEL SENECA HOTEL SHERATON Rochester Hotel ASSOCIHIIOH

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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 . . . ,, . . . . , . . . . , . . . . . . . ., , .

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Chg Hflfg 5555- coNcEkTs Books STYLE SHOWS OPERAS ROCHESTER PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA EILEEN CADOGAN AL SMITH AMERICAN JOANNE HEBERLE 46 Hxghhghtmg the wmter concert season Leonard Bernstem con ducted the Rochester Phxlharmomc Orchestra assxsted by the Male Chorus of the Rochester Orator1cal Socnety and Romollo dn Spxnto tenor solo1st The program was devoted to muslc msplred by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe s rmmortal tragedles Faust and Egmont Leonard Bernstem agam presented a new arrangement m symphomc programs, conductmg only two preces and dxspensnng wlth promenade mtermls- sron The Overture to Goethe s Tragedy Egmont fOp 84j by Ludwxg von Beethoven fumrshed the appropnate first number The three move ments named after Goethe s characters Faust, Gretchen, and Mephx stopheles are built on themes mtroduced and developed throughout the plece wlthout tellmg a story The Male Chorus concluded the symphony m the chorus Alles Verganghche CAII Tlungs TIBHSIIOYYD ln an effectlve combmatlon theme Frank Graham ln h1s popular blography reveals how truly Amerlcan and Catholxc AI Smlth was The Happy Warrror spent h1s l1fe domg good for others less fortunate than he Hrs generosnty rxghteousness and enthuslasm make hlm another of Amerlca s unforgettable men We secure mformal ghmpses of hlm as-a l1ttle lad whose mam ln terest was not school but the rlvers docks and the fire house on James Street as a self sacnficmg youth who gave up h1s schoolmg to help support h1s famrly after the death of h1s father Pol1t1cs played a large part m h1s mature l1fe Then we see hrm as a zealous assemblyman nn Albany for twelve years as a llberal governor of New York State as a candxdate for presxdency ln 1928 strugglmg agamst Herbert Hoover and after lus fallure as a brave man who gathered together h1s famlly to remmd them of the prayer they had learned when they were chlldren Thy Wnll Be Done 53 0 7 . . . . . , 3 9 I By . . . , 7 ' ' LC I! CL 1, , 46 . . . .' 7 H il ' , . I 1 9 ' 7 ' KG ., . ,, . . . . . . of organ, chorus and full orchestra with tenor soloist in the Gretchen , , . . . . , . ,, . ,, . . . By . . . . ' 1 , . . , , . I 7 7 . ,, . 7 17