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

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FRANCIS E. BURNS New York Life Insurance Company Bus M 'n 14116 Re Gle 2642 42 EAST AVENUE Congratulatlons and Best W1ShCS to the Class of 1946 EDWARD E HAUBNER SARTO W STALLKNECHT The best 1n quahty The best 1n SCI'V1CC DOERNER S BEVERACES Culve 4017 C l 3136W P y t Leo A LeW1s Steward VALLEY ECHO CATERERS Rec pt Ch hadLdgeS ppe 751 BROWNCROFT BOULEVARD GLATZ S MARKET Flnest of Meats Home Made Sausage 708 JOSEPH AVE E t bl h d 891 . al s. n. 7 r u ver - N 0 art oo large or too small for ' 9 Clambakes-Picnics-Lunches-Bridge Parties e ions- urc n o u rs 7 4. s a is e 1 7

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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

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THE LANCE OF LONGINUS Anus BARNETT 46 SPRING STYLE SHOW HELEN WALSH 46 ICE FOLLIES FRANGRAN1' 46 Dynamrc loyal Longnnus a brave Roman Centurlan battles to see clearly the rehgrous and moral mysterles confrontmg hrm throughout hrs lrfe F lrsthand mformatlon IS hrs for the story based on tradxtlon takes place at the time of Our Lord s Passxon and Death Hrs tender srde 1S revealed m hrs dealrngs wxth MRICIUS hrs young asslstant, and Our Blessed Mother whrle h1s stubbomnass IS shown m hrs entangle ments w1th the jewish people and hls rlval Flavlnus Sabmus Worth wh1le readmg for anyone rs mdeed The Lance of Longmus by Prmce Hubertus E W Edwards and Sons Sprmg F estrval of Fash1on hlghlrghted sprmg fashlon trends for the whole famrly from httle slster on to grandmother The Fasluon Show held m the Seneca Ball Room was for the benefit of the Crlppled Chrldren of Rochester After the war tlme styles the released sllhouette p0SSCSS1I'lg freedom and fullness wlth a lady l1ke look were recelved wrth sighs of oh s and ah s Coats dresses su1ts mrllmery and accessorles were shov n wh1le Margaret L Wh1rtle asslstant merchandlse manager at Edwards de scrlbed them The men xx ere also 1ncluded Casual clothlng IS the prom ment factor rn masculme attrre from the oldest to the youngest Candy cottons delrghtful ra1ncoats w1th matchmg hats rn 1ce cream soda colors to brlghten anv ramv day butcher lmen dresses as well as shorty coat and sult for the small fry were hlghllghted To ex erv one s surprrse the much worn dungarees and plald shlrts were hovxn The newest thmgs 1n stvle are the soft lmes created by dropped shoulders lantern sleeves full at the top and tlght at the wusr push up sleeves peplums flared back coats and much fuller slurts Along the mllllnery lme are dashlng hats trlmmed with darmg rrb bulky yewelry of all descrlptnons are lrmellghted The surrex bag ln brlght colors adds something new to the hand bag department A typlcal 1946 brldal party cllmaxed the show xuth the brrde wear mg whrte brocade wlth Hngertlp vell and brldesmards m plnl and blue ben alme 'wlth dropped shoulder and brllowmg skirts The tenth annrversan performance of Shlpstad and johnson s Original Ice Follxes was acclalmed by enthuslastlc sl atmg fans when the ICC troupe was presented 1n the Buffalo Memorral Stadlum early thrs year Hlghllghtmg the program of vaued features was the opemng number Nocturne Thls celestlal ballet xx as a favorite with lts graceful ballet: skaters colorful costummg appealmg muslc and the multl colored spothghts flashmg on sprnmng wx hlrhng skaters punctuated novx and then wlth burlesque and comedy performers as Harris Legg Hemre Brock Rubs and Bobbv Maxson and Phylhs Iegg who comblned sltrll laughs and beauty The seventy Ice Folhettes featured m a precrslon routme succeeded IH couplm spllt second tlmlng wxth grace and rhythm Thrs well rounded program entertamed a capacxty crowd for two and one half hours shovs mg the results of the lon rehearsals necessarv to present such a spectacular extravaganza on rce 55' 7 1 . 9 By ' 1 , l 1 ' 1 , . . . . . 7 . . , . . . . . , - 1 - ' . . . . ,s . ,, , 9 9 V , . . . . . 1 By . . ' . ' 1 , . - . . . . , , , c . p 1 n ' 1 1 1 1 v ' 1 1 ' ' I 7 . u . I - , ..... . , , 3 X 1 ' ' cr 97 ' ' , - , . Q . - ' , , , 5 , . 'I v 7 . L. 1 l - 1 1 ' H - N - bons, flowers and yards of veiling. Shoulder bags are still in style, while . . . 4 . . ,, r,, . U: . V. . . . . C7 . 1, . v y . 1 , . I By . ' . . Y . y . . . .. . , 1 ' LK A - 11 y i ' ,' ' n K - , ' ' - 1 Q 1 1 ' . T . . . 7 . . 7 . M . 1. , , , x A. , l 71 ,l , X -Y 1 1 1 , f' 1- 7 . , , . . ,Y - 1 - 1 . . U . - . . . ' U . - r' rr 1 D ' -