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

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gar Happy keaazaa Hours FARI wx I LL To MIRCY Helen Selvnz 46 ARTICLE A CHAINIPION TELLS HER STORX Pat Hoy 46 WOMEN BOOK CHARACTERS Senzor Readers AN ANALYSIS OF LOVE Ezleen Cadogan, 46 BACKYARDS ARE REL FALING Adele Barnett 46 SEEIN THE OTHER SIDE Mary Ellen Boyle 47 ON BEING AN ONLY CHILD Margaret Tanner, 46 OH, THE LIFE OF A JOURNALIST Lorrs Allen, 46 SALESNIANSHIP PLUS Par Monahan 47 AN EVENING AT HOME Peggy Fznzgan 46 FEATURES CLASS OF 1946 PHOTOGRAPHIC REXIEXV EDITORIAL THE CRITIC SEES FICTION FIRST PARTY Sbezla Hogan 46 EADIE AND THE JUNIOR PROM Fran Grant, 46 A DANGEROUS HOBBY Betty Mae Perrzn, 49 FIRST LOYE Madelzne Grant 48 SPARKII AND THE TEACHER Shzrley Van B1ll1dTd 47 HI R FIRST CLASS IN FRENCH Mary Io Loder, 7 A WOMAN S PRIVILEGE 11IZl7107Z F ess 48 I M A LUCKY GIRL Mary Sullwan 49 THE BOY THE CUB THE CYNIC Ioan Rewbart 48 MISSION ACCONIPLISHED Ioan Carney 46 THE TRUF I IPI' Dorzs Mandel 48 A LTTTI R T0 AN ALTIIORESS Norma DePrez POETRY FIRST SIGNS OF SPRING Ezleen Cadogan 46 HIR XVAX OF THF CROCS Kay Sclnueler 47 J -0-I . ,, , , , . Y 1 4 4 T - , ouupnuq u-..o..-.uu-nq---- Q nn- , 9 'T , nananu nnquunnnnnnu ' 1 v v , 4 A T' 7 unuvunuunauq puunnu u nv 7 ! 7 , .uuu-u.p--p-u--:sunu.- 7 ' I Y T , his snnannuuannn nunna unnuau 1 Q . . , A 47' , onuunnuffnnunnuuannnannn ' I ' , ..-..n--nw-vq.-nnunqnnnununnnnnnnqn MARK AND THE RED HAT-Nancy Ford, '47 ..................... .... l v ' 7 v I , I - , ................................. X . . . , L , 1 . , 1 ..-............ . -1 ' 4 I' -I '4 .................. .. 9 , .' 9 T , uuuooo annnnnqgnnnpnnnnynnnu 7 - ' 7 A TA , 1 sl anlnu. Q nannqsuununnqnqnuo a ' 9 i T L' , Occ annuusannuu o u f 1 A 1 T' , n uuunp :anwo uooseeeqvqnqna . ' 7 4 .1 2-1 , a Q auennn O 0 nnnnnnpunnuonnneqaunp , Y , 7 4. A . I - , 46 .................. . v ' 7 , T , nuunanaoaununanuneou 1 u 1 . , . I I V I -RT t , 0 on.unnaa.u--.-'u.n.-. n n

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ERCEDES NE 19 gfih' VOL XVIII No 2 Publzsbers Students of Sui, OUR LADY of MERCY I am the Way the Truth the L1fe HIGH SCHOOL ROCHESTER, NEW YORK Edztor zn Cbzef PATRICIA HOY Buszness Manager SHEILA HOGAN Adfvertzszng Manager JOANNE HEBERLE Czrculatzon Manager THERESE O BRIEN All Carhohc Honors 1944-45 Art Edztor Edztorzal Staff NORMA DE PREZ BARBARA NORTON PEGGY FINIGAN MARY QUINN FRANCES GRANT HELEN SEIIM RITA HEBERLE JEAN SIIAEER MARY ELLEN MCCARTHY Advertzszng Staff LORIS ALLEN JANE MURPHY JOYCE ERETH JOANNE SCI-ILUETER LUCILLE HAUBN ER HELEN WALSH PATRICIA MGNIEE C zrcnlatzon Staff JoAN CARL EY IVIARY KAY SCI-IRANK COLLETTA WEBSTER I l- lfw l 'nm id' F Irst Place Honors 1945 1946 AVNE KELLY ELI IRA VULLO DOLORFS POLETTO M ARILYN WINIFIELD m M ESL l92l Ammwf' Typlsts All Amencan Honors 1945-46 MARGARET TANWER SHIRLEY GERSTNER INIADELINE REID JEAN LAwsoN Mazlzng Clerks EILEEV CADOGAN CLAIRE MAE LILL w g J U , 4 6 4,4 'I I . : . H, I. : I Iilillkiill H - fl V, I O L l -' - ' . . . . 3-' ,4!f','.x- . . s . . . . . QQ 5QqH'flw!q:.

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-if For day: Patty had dreamt about ber very firrt party But 'when the great day carme ib- fftffft U15 Hrs! Party S.: WOULD THE DAY EVER COME r was the day of the party That was Patty s first thought when she felt her mother s gentle hand agalnst her cheek and heard the famthar words Its seven 0 clock Patty dear Oh Mommy I can t walt unul afternoon' Yesterday you couldn t walt untll th1s mornmg Patty but you hved through xt some how Mrs Rourke rephed Mommy IS very practxcal left the room Pmctzcal was a x new word but she hke xt It was quxte an addmon to the vocabulary of a ten year old The mornlng sun shone m through the one wmdow nn the llttle room It was a beautl ful day for Marles party A beautlful beautrful day' Patty became a httle mtox1cated wxth the antncnpa non of the good txme whrch lay before her It was to be her first real party Her first real party wxth games and presents and 1ce cream and cake All the glrls rn the fifth grade had been 1nv1ted And Patty was beslde herself wlth joy She had been 1nv1ted to other partxes but the mvrtatlons had never been accepted Not that Patty dxshked partles Oh, mdeed not' Every day of her l1fe she had longed for and dreamed about the day when she would go to one But partles were expensxve There was the present for the httle hostess and there was a new dress to be bought for Patty s dresses were all slmple and useful affairs whxch would never do for a blrthday party And the Rourkes had a hard enough time makmg ends meet with seven chlldren to feed and clothe There was nothmg left for the purchase of luxurles By Sbezla Hogan 46 So Patty who was a sunny httle soul by nature havxng been mdoctrmated wlth the ldeas of savmg and economlzxng ever smce she could remember understood when her mother explamed about the party sxtuatlon and cheer fully accepted her fate It was hard to see a group of playmates start out for a good t1me whxle she was left behlnd It was even harder when the fun was over for then the party was dlscussed But Patty never complamed And now nt seemed as lf her pauence was to be rewarded For Mane Patty s speclal frlend, was havxng a blrthday party whxch promlsed to be a gala affalr Patty was mvxted W 'W' of course and Patty deserved the best ume posslble That IS why Patty was so expectant this happy sprmg mornmg That IS why the sun seemed even brlghter than usual The mornmg hours dld seem long for Patty slnce Mrs Rourke hastened them w1th the assignment of some memal household tasks wh1ch kept her daughter busy However Patty often found time to run upstairs for a refresh mg peek at THE NEW DRESS THE NEW DRESS hung m Patty s closet It was a snmple but pretty little affalr colored flowers upon a whnte background But to Patty lt was ful fillment of years of longmg In xt lay the eprtome of her dreams And at last the momentous hour arrxved It was a quarter to two and Patty m full array 5 E at V I ' 7 7 I . , - , , . . . . , . . . , . , ' ' CC 1 1 1 1 1 11 ' ' - Cl 1 ' 1 1 ' - n ' 1 1 3 Q' - f .J 44 v ,-E gl l 17 ' Q 1 ! . , - - , 'F , tc . - n - 9 - . . thought Patty, as her mother - 'U V ,- and rediscussed for many days. . ' ns, Q ' . , . . . 1 , o I . f I ' . . X :: .' . . 0 0 '- ' 9- hi I . . . ' ' I J ' I dv L. , 1 1 ' Q T ' . as as as as as 4 . . . . , u c o a . . ' 1 c , u ' ' - . , . 1 ' ' , . . . ' ' ' 1 U U 1 K l . . - I - 1 . 1