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

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Illurrrltcd by SSIXI-5. IXIRCHPR -I-8 My ,flflrf I Zlnfargvffublc Hlzaracfer JUST A PLEASANT LITTLE LADX L'sL11x1 XIOSI unforgettable eharaeters, 1111110 IS not famous She 15 a l1ttle grav halred ladx xx ho l1as I'lClIl1C1 xx r1tten hoolxs, 11or trax eled 111 fhma But to tl1ose xx ho l1axe been fortunate e11ough to knoxx her, she l1a5 become u11for gettable, to them tl115 dear ladx IS 1111111ortal Nlarv began l1fe on her fathers fnm 111 1880 She1nar11tdattxx entx foul lllll tl1rougl1 the x c 1rs xx as lxept busx xx1tl1 tl1e pranks and enexgxf of slx ehlldren At tl1e pleasant age of Hftx, 5he entertnned tl1ougl1ts of tl1e peace ful hfe ahead, xx1tl1 four thlldren 1n1r11ed and tl1e others husx xx 1th their oxxn 1ntere5t5, 'Xlarxf xx ould now l1axe the lelsure t1111e to enlov l1er groxxn up fan11lx and f11ends But suddenlx, a daugl1ter 111 l1xx d1ed, and 1111111ed1atelx g1x111g up all xx and loxe to her son a11d lll9 txx o bables VV1th 1ll tl1e xx 1'sll0l'll and understandmg of 1 Q1ll1LllU0fl1Cl plus tl1e loxe and tue of 1 mother, Mxrx brought up tl1e txxo Llllld1Cl1 Nlanx xx ele the eool11e pa1t1es l1eld 1I'1 tl1e sun11x back x ard, or 'lllllblllg games IH the attle plax roo111 011 ra111x daxs and she 11ex C1 seemed to Illlllfl tl1e muddx footp11nts o11 hu spnl hng floors, xx hen elubs xx ere 111eet111g Then came teen age, bolsterous a11d l1appx And as x oungsters xx1ll, tl1e txxo began to no tlee the lox able xx ax s of Gram Her llillllt of xx11t111g IIOICS to lCl1IlI1Kl huself of SOIIIC taslt to be do11e thex 1111 111to them all ox Cl the 1ouse, L1llQl0LCl or ELIIII etlln hght a11d otl1ers Tl1e xx IX sl1e xxould saxe odd shaped potatoes and ht tl1e111 out xx 1th tootl1 pltlx legs to pl0XlllC fun lllil l111gI1te1 fol t1e 111 s xx I0 IICX Cl fntxx too old to enxox IC 16 J BV I ntrzcm lf0llZ1f7L1lI 47 ,A ff' see J X X X swarm' f 'XIX ly game der1x ed fro111 l1er x1x 1d 1mag1nat1on And at mght, xx l1en everx one xx as telllng fun11x sto11es at dlnner Nlarv xx ould steal IUIO tl1e llXll'lQ,' room grab a Catlwlzc Comfzei and loolt at the Joke seetlon Then 5l1e xx ould szunter out and reel off the best storx of the exen1ng Th1s xx ent on for some t1111e llllfll sl1e xx as found out, and noxx xx henexer Nlarx tells a yolxc, sl1e IS aeeused of steal111g lt fron1 tl1e Cmtlvolzc Coznzw Xlarx hked to smg and xx as alxvaxs plilxlllg up parts of popular songs on tl1e 11d1o But her L0l1IlJ1I1i1fl0I1S of xx ords and tunes xx ere so r1d1eu lous that her attempts at So11ata and Open tl1e Door Rlehard ll rolled IIIIO one xxere greeted bv sl1out5 of laughter I fllllllx sl1e D lxnoxxs l1oxx they enyox ed l1er 1111s we N E K clnuh she lox ed to laugh and malxe others laugh xx 1th her TllCS6 xx ere her xx ax s, a11d tl1ex 111e1nt GllIILllIIl 111d sl1e meant home And l1er l1o111e xx as a eltadel of 51nee1e hosp1t1htx , one xx hose xx eleome mat 1 1d11ted tl1e xx armth that relgned XXlfl11I1 1t5 doors lNoxx Klux 1S 51xtx sex en and the grand Ll1llKllCI1 ne 1e1dx fo1 eolle TC Il1e x CITS haxe p1ssed but Klux hls remuned xoung Her h111 15 11 l1ttle grax er and l1e1 ex es a 1tte broxx ner but tl1e l1appx laugl1, tl1e songs, and tl1e storles stlll go o11 Thus she groxxs older xxlth the lJCQ0lIIlI1Q Qfl'lLCfllllI1CSS tl1at alxx 1xs ILLOIIIPIIIILS a11d redetts tl1e belutx of 1 l1eart full of unselhsh dexot1on Pexh 1ps tl11s sto1x of saerlhte and loxe 18 I10t llI1llSll1l but to 111e If IS somethmg and some one sptt11l 111d lllIf0IgCI'fllJlC for I xx IS one of those 01 1I1ClLllllLl1CI'l 1 1 ' , i , ' , T L I I ' I f 1 , , A ' 2 1 1. 1 ' . 7 . ' Y vc, l fl - C ' 5 4 L , A K . . L 1 1. 5 ' 1 ' H-' , 1 1 . ' ' I ' 1 v - 1 m r CL' r ll - 1 ' - v 5 L 1 ' K s I . ' , I A Y . . v I M 1' .1 1 1 ' .'- ,fuk . I. 1 . 'j 1 . ' X 5? '. ' ' 1 1 U' I ' .1 ' 1 Tix fbflu 1 .' K . 2 ' I - l x f-by ' , .' . . . U V. Q N . sl-Qpqk fq ,A . u , , 5 4 1 4 'X 4 . ' .. i 47 V. 5.11.1 I J, , A 1 v . .x A . 1 .I X at X1., . 1 . ' ' I X as 11 ' ' ' 1 f ' rxx Xl X 1, 5 1 1 v . I E. I xxx - K gt 7 . 77 a ' - ' f 1 ,, 'fr -' N W ' ' I , ' - , , 1- x I . . ' - , . - . 1 L - ' I X I. - l v 4 L ' 'K 7 ' v' K s,11.. .V ' f 1 v ' 1 'B-- hope of leisure or peace, Marx' offered a ll0IlIC takes illld perhaps made tl1e111 on purpose-for Y 14 4 '. I 4 l S. ,l Y 4 l 4 ' 1 7- Y' 1 1 . ' g 1 '. . ' ' ' 1 v' 1 .., . , 7 .4 , I bi V .7 1 77 I , L 1 , . . . . . . . . 1 . 1 j ' C, ' ' ' ' . 131 ' ' 5 '1 , Y ' 4 lc r. bl 1 I . - - v y Q, l, v 7 ' ' . Y v v Q , Y A - Y . 4. Y Y- Y - 5 ,'1'i- '1 1Y' gf ' . .1 1 1 44 , .'7 , . ' , . . , . . , . . , ' Y . 1 H - ' ' . 1 1 ' ' 1 ' r l' l l C- 'T -1 l T. T gl T 1 L .T L 5 ssl 1 ' H , , , SR 77 ' ' 4 i ' , ,. 'A' ' l .l 1 l ' 'f .l 4.I ' 'l ' ' l ' '4 I 1 4 I2 I I h. , H .1 L-. .711 . H . ., 2 . 1. 05,11 'L. 1 'I I ' , 1 1 .' 1 1 - .' 1 , ' S ' L- J - l ' ' Ll' ' 'l 1 1 kt ' ' l '-i ' 'ln 1 ' 1 5 ' '1 5 HI' 1-.V .I 1 . D. . , . ' ., 5. , D- -1 . - .

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