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

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THE PAINE DRUG CO 24 26 EAST MAIN ST Prescrzptzon Experts Smce 1820 FOR FISH FRIES Eat CI! SPIEGEL S 1345 MT HOPE AVI: WHITNEY S DRESSES SPORTSWEAR COATS SUITS LINGERIE HOSIERY Wzll be pleased to serve you 267 MAIN ST EAST We Are Headquarters For all College Type Casual Footwear BROWN AND WHITE SADDLES LOAFERS BABY DOLLS .IESTI-IRS PUMPS D ORSEYS Jumor Footwear 44 EAST AVENUE MAIN 2160 Rochesters Only Ju wr Shoe Shop A J Hemzle, Inc Plumbmg and H eatmg 666 UNIVERSITY AVENUE Our workers will please you IS THE PLACE g g TO Go' 83 years leadershrp In traxmng youth for Busmess as a Professxon 3 months Many career courses all offerlng diplomas No previous co mercxal tralnmg required Associate Me ber of Amer can Assoclat on of Jun or Colleges Rochester BUSINESS Instltute 172 CLINTON Avr: S ROCHESTER 4 N Y Stop at STANLEY S PLACE Famous or H ots and H amburgs 11 Mlles out R1dge Rd West Open All Year N J M1ller s Son FUNERAL DIRECTOR A Home or Funeral Servzces MONROE 50 706 SOUTH AVE 60 I 9 F7 4 9 I? ... -1- , W- I i I I . l n' X . , . . . . 0 New terms in Day School begin every Q a nl- I . u u 0 'A' Q ' m i ' I ' i . lb -- ll - 9 A l n f I as f - as Il - -lv A

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the corners of h r mouth from twltchang Laura sat back 'md mxxardly smlled to her self as Jed paced rapxdlv up and down I know you re puttmg up a brave front Laura pretendmg you re happy You re proud havmg a famous son knoxxn all over for h1s books on w1ld hfe and ammals but of course you hardly ever see h1m Xou must be terrlblv lonely He comes to see me exerv evemng and IT WAS MY FIRST My very first date xvas a sad dlsllluslonment Bobble whom I had adored from a dlstance for three years fever smce kmdergartenj asked me to see Buck Rogers and the Robot Man and the thxrd mstallment of Dracula Meets the Lone Ranger wlth hxm at our neighborhood theater I was 1n eleventh heaven' For days I talked of nothmg else Fmally 1n my second best dress freshly starched my stralght hanr painfully plalted my round face rosy W1th antlcxpatxon I was ready to go I walted for Bobbxe eagerly and when he came at last I was ln the advanced stages of the heeble geebxes havmg run from wlndow to wlndow to see lf he were really commg We walked down the street wxth St1ld1Cd nonchalance drscussmg the ments of hop scotch FALLEN DIGNITY The only way to descrlbe my flrst date IS to say lf was terrlblel Posltlvelv terrlble' It wasn t a HICC mov1e date or a party It was one of those awful danc1ng school dances One of those affanrs xx here you e1ther danced wlth one boy all mght or he retlred mto the corner wlth his pals and xou were doomed to be a wxallfloxx er Naturallv I came under the last classxficatlon After spendmg the ex enmg YV1tl'l a potted palm tree xxe started home Now 1n my ln nocence no one had ever told me the boy was all day Sunday He has to work some tlme e W1th all the money he makes I don t see why Hes st1ll as fresh as ever though Told me the other day I was lookmg more and more hke that old bear of his The lmpudence' Oh well we can t have evcrythlng as I ve always sald Laura dear He contmued h1s pacmg and Laura contmued to smlle Xes she thought Scamp the cub IS now a grown bear mx boy IS a man but Jed IS st1ll the cynxc over poke the Injun when suddenly Bobble stopped short lookmg at me accusmgly Ya forgot someth1n he sald lmperatlvely What? I asked m all my mnocence The box of suckers you got for your birth day he countered Well I won t go back for them now I offered optrmlstlcally that wnthout the suckers there would be no movle He walted for me whnle I ran home cursmg all mankmd ln my thlrd grade vocab ulary I must confess I didn t enyoy the movle be cause s1tt1ng next to me was Bobble stxcklly dlsposmg of my suckers one by one Men are such brutes' Fa mens GRANT 46 supposed to escort you to the door Well we started up the walk I was runnlng to escape thls horrxble monster and he was followmg me equally as fast to get h1s gentlemanly duty over wlth In my dumb state I thought he was chasmg me so bemg a tomboy I turned around qulcltly put my size eight foot m his path and watched hlm land on h1s dlgmty at my eet That s all of the storv thats printable But do you know what I thmk the elghth wonder of the xx orld IS that I ex er had another date PFCGY Fins w 46 59 A e . . , i ' , - d as 4 ' ' 1 . SC ' 7 , 7 . , , as v - , , 7. ' 7 7 1 ' . . . . . . . , ' 7 7 - 1 v . . . 7 , . ,, . . . . 7 . 7 ' ' . - ' as r n ' ' ' 7 7 77 ct - v - . , ' cc 7 - ' ' ' 77 J . ..--.li 7 . . . , , . Cl ' 7 77 ' ' ' . . , , 7 as n ' ' U ' Cl 77 ' 77 ' ' CG , a LK 7 77 1 1 ' 0 - . n I 4 - - - Then I was mformed xn no uncertaln terms, ' 7 . 7 . n I . . . l , 7 . n . . , . ' Q 9 1 . , . . . . - . , , - 7 1 v o . . . . . , ' n . . . , 1 ' 7 Tl i ' 7 . ' ' , ' LC 77 ' , n 1 ' 7 . Ci ' 77 1 , ' V ' ' I 9 1 n Q A ' , ' ' ca ' ' n 7 1 K6 7 7 77 f - ' 1 7 , 4 , Q . n ' I i 7 , - . 7 V 7 , . . . . . ,

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-if She 'was certamly a smooth number m ber s-zrafwbefvy foam dress George 'was lucky bzs buddy knefw ber so 'well Bv- Jlfllsszau Arm ,vlzslzed ICKS Garden of Eatm was as usual brlmmmg over w1th energetlc hlgh schoolers The towns only jumor Nlte Club had bu1lt 1ts popular1ty on ICS cokes hamburgs and smooth orchestra Randy Shade and h1s Twelve Shadows No one who was anyone 1n the older teen crowd mxssed a Saturday Sw1ng at the Garden The muslc was ectoplasmlc and as George and I came m the Sxlhouettes the versatlle vocallsts, were gracefully swaymg and softly s1ng1ng Don Done D1ed the newest negro sp1r1tual of tomorrow A l1ttle self consclously fas who wouldn t be after sheddmg Sgt strlpes for p1n SIIIIPCS, we surveyed the s1tuat1on Ua huh' All the old gang and several radxant and promlsmg new femme faces I turned to George Gone' Lookmg over the colorful and happy couples on the dance floor my eye caught a sl1m youthful brunette I knew her and llked her t1nkl1ng name Merrljune Pretty sweet' I thought as she swlrled gracefully round the fioor 1n a flarmg pmk creatxon that remxnded me of the foam on a strawberry soda One of the new faces wlth a brlght smrle that spelled personahty The stag lme seemed mclmed to rope her ID but one partlcular figure ranked a prxorlty George' just before taps Cpardon an ex G IJ George asked me to tear myself away from my objectlve a short attractlve redhead Re luctantly I approached hxm look1ng longmgly over my shoulder jack George lnterrupted my aesthetlc thoughts You sald you knew Merrnune She seems so sweet, young and naxve Is she always so unaffected: Bemg an authorlty on your home town I thought I d get your op1n1on She s one m a mlllxon George Lots of pep By Ioan Carney, 46 funny but not silly thoughtful and a good sport I tease Merrnune unmerclfully but she always has a clever comeback and a smlle Not many people see her temper but I ll vouch for 1t VV hen justly aroused the sparks really Hy Now I know Say you seem to know her qunte well jack What cooks? Dont you remember my talkmg about home especlally Meru when we were back on Mmdanaoi Seemg you re my buddy George Ill gxve you a SPCCIBI break Wxth her permlssxon you can take my kid sister home tonlght He d1d WHAT A DATE' It was two days after Easter on a beautxful spring mght whlch seemed to be ldeal for a first date The a1r was Hlled wnth the expect ln the room sat my relatives thexr faces brlght wnth hope There was Granny Gramp and Dad all breathlessly waltmg And Mother had been sewmg long and hard on my clothes Anyone could see the look of keen ant1c1pa t10n on thelr countenances especlally Dads Through h1s mmd ran a jumble of thoughts as he nervously waxted W1ll she be beautnfull when wxll the date get here? After all th1s IS my chtld s most lmportant moment one long to be remembered Then there came through the qulet sprmg n1 hts au' a scream' The relatxves yumped Then a door at the end of the room opened and there I was w1th my man for the evenmg Yes I had kept the most xmportant date of my llfe I had come 1nto the world on April 10th m 28 And holdmg me tenderly ln h1s arms for all my relatmves to see was the first man m my lxfe and my first date the Doctor MARY QLINN 46 61 ' at as , Y 9 Q Q 7 7 7 7 . . , , . . . . . . . . , 7 7 ' Ll . . , . . . ,, , . . Cl 7 ' ' LS - as ' - 7 ' H ' 77 ' ' ' 7 SG 77 7 7 ' . . , . . . , . . . S, . ,, . . . . 7 7 . . . ,, n n , ' . , ...ll . , - 7 7 I - ancy of so momentous an event as th1s. Yes, . . .. ,L ,, , ' 9 ' 1 1 . . . . . , , . . . . , . , , , T - ' 7 ' ll 77 . . . , i . . .U , . - . . . D ' , h , . . . , . sc as ' ' - - - , - H . .. , , , , 1 ' - ' ' . . 7 ' ' 77 7 ' Q' . cc 9 - ' ' , 7 7 ' 7 A 7