Our Lady of Mercy High School - Mercedian Yearbook (Cincinnati, OH)

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u T Cfcm WIT Fully realizing the nearness of Graduation and thus the end of their vivid high school careers, the Seniors 0f ,41 do reluctantly but atiiectionately endow their successors with the ensuing gifts. It is their principal wish that their friends will accept and revere these endowments with faithful memories of the present graduating class. To the Iuniors they will their honorable title of Seniors and their books, for better or for worse. T0 the Sophomores they will the strange new pleASures and privileges of being upperclassmen. To the Freshmen they will the gradually acquired high standard in dignity and poise accompanied with a zestful charm and humor, Thelma Berling wills t0 D'largaret B'launtel her intense delight in doing long shorthand exercises, and to Barbara Kottenbrook her partiality t0 nuni- forms Rose Blankerneyer wills to lean McAllister her keen Latin sense, and t0 quriel Temming her ability to keep the Senior Class-room in the pink of perfection Betty Beckerstette wills t0 Katherine Cluxton her thoughtfulness in bring- ing soap and towel every weekrcourtesy of Beckerstette, Inc, and t0 Esther Diesel her nightly habit of removing all of her jewelry before retiring. XVho says one Cannot part with jewelry? Ieanette Bockerstette wills to Martha Peter the grand and glorious trSenior feeling, and t0 Rita Osborne her bowling averageeplus 300 Points. Nlargaret Braurl Wills t0 Dorothy Stacey her knack with small Children tKnackl KnackU, and to Evelyn Tieke her curly tresses. Long may they wave! I Virginia Bruser wills to Margaret Schwein her art in approaching coin . hoardersf, and t0 Rita Smyth her ability to annoy almost everyone around l her. Shame on herl Marie Connor wills t0 Betty Lou Fisher her skillful technique at riding a bicycle, and to Mary Ellen Geiger her ability to follow when dancing.U A tone and a two and a three! h'lartha Jane Cooper wills to Ruth Kohake her ability to skate like Sonja Heniefon thin ice , and to .Mary Jane Lang her gracefulness in falling off Blerry-GO-Rounds. Gertrude Eckhoff wills to Elizabeth Feeley her iiK.P.J1 duty in Home Hygiene tcleaning thermometersl and to Angela Gruter her coveted position on the Chimes and lVIercedian as the Assistant Business Manager. Lois Ehlers wills to Marian Neumann her beautiful long cruise to the Fijii Islands, and t0 Dolores Mider four inches of her height. Marian Findley wills to Martha Humbert her punctuality in arriving fifteen minutes late for school, and to Mary Ellen Geiger her solemn disposi- tionein socialized procedure classes. LLI I l. Page 20 f;

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I SYLVlA THOMAS Entertaining. laclmdaisi- cal ! boasts that Isaac Walton has nothing on her as an angler. studious, understanding p0s5e5se5 a winning personality. ETHEL TOELKE RUBY Tonxms Friendly, jovial be1ieveS in spreading sunshine. BETTY MAE WILMES Effusive, refreshing charms all with her drab matic ability. HELEN ZOBAY Congenial. gay has discovered the lost art Embr0idering. Page 19

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Dlary Jane Gerbus Wills to Camille D'Iilazzo her ability to giggie at the most inopportune times, and t0 Shirley B'Ieiners her Queenie hair-do. Janet Hamblin wills to Nlary Catherine Peters her long fingernails, which have a habit of piercing students' fragile arms, and to Marian Neumann her skill in Latin. Veni, Vidi, Vinci! l. Catherine Herb wills to Rita Braun her fondness for getting up early to come to school tMay Rita never have an alarm clock as tinny as hersD, and t0 Betty Bolte her love for promenading, which has dubbed her an American W'alker at heart. Betty Jane Herbert wills t0 Nlargaret Allender, red and fair, her inchna- tion to giggle without knowing what she,s giggling about, and to Ruth Brauch her ability to do setting up exercises at ten in the morning. Blary Lee Holmes wills t0 Irene Nteyer her turmoil of mind Hover the mike ewhich caused her to call the radio announcer Nlaam throughout the entire program, anti t0 Corrine Pastore her red eyes and Hthat lonesome feeling she experienced in the Senior Class Play. Juanita Kuelenborg wills t0 Cecelia Hoar her rapidity in taking short- hand notes, and to Edith Hartman her extreme timidity. Blushl Blush! Rosemary Lampe wills to Virginia Lehman her ambition to set up pins in bowling alleys and to Nlary Lionette her love for riding on the reddest of fire enginest Vera Lentz wills to Ruth Lauck her ability to coax ads from business men, and to Jean NKCAHister her great ambition to become another KICatherine Berling, Thelma Littner wills to Jane Wernke her fondness for science tVVould that she and Louis Pasteur also became kindred spiritsD, and t0 Dorothy Kemphues her ability to be convincing as one of the weird sisters in Macbeth. Lorraine Plannes wills t0 Dorothy Latham her weakness for large and expensive handbags, and to Marian Kenny her ambition to make scrapbooks of Clark Gables and Frank McCormicks. Jessie Milazzo wills to Mary McLaughlin her great speed in going to short- hand C'Flash Milazzo they call herL and to Margaret Mauntel her ability to arrive in the Cafeteria first, to secure that HPause Which refreshes? Betty Miller wills to Dolores Mider her ability to originate her own dance steps, and to Katherine VVaIters her desire to have a complete wardrobe of sport ClothESein which to swaggerU around. Ruth Miller wills to Mary Jane Lang her ability to act as a Wandering Mental Case Ufs just risecond naturett to herl and to Nlary Toll her blond hair which never seems to grow. Rita Neumann wills t0 Rita Braun her genius at designing her own ensem- bles, and to Viola Peter her desire to be another Arthur Murray.u Helen Osterday Wills t0 Nlary Ann Koch her deep love for the theater, and to Janice Kuechenmeister her position at the microphone at bingo. Betty Overbecke wills to Nlarilyn Keller her Dillinger personality ex- emplified in the Class Play, and to Susanne VVersching her love of the gm tesquel Iadie Pagano wills to Daryl Heim her magic power in threading bobbins, and t0 Lois Hahnel her love for tripping the light fantastic.H Ruth Pana wills t0 Lillian Espach her love for gay, colored sweaters, and saddles shoes, and to Mary Toll her office of Vice-Presidency of the fifty-twof, Page .91