St Mary of the Mount High School - St Mary Yearbook (Pittsburgh, PA)

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Cffiaaa glzofzgeckty . . . Good evening! This is your First Nighter bidding you welcome and inviting you to come along with us down Broadway, toward the Metropolitan Opera House, where tonight the talented young baritone, Allan McDonald, will make his debut. We cannot justly say, however, that Mr. McDonald's performance is the only reason for the swarm of traffic that has Officer David Murphy in a dither, ar' the orchestra will be conducted tonight by the famous musician Donald Badaracco. Here comes our taxi! And we are surprised to find it being hacked by our old friend, joe Lucot, President of the Blue Sc White Cab Service Company. As we drive along, amid the bright and glittering lights, we happen to glance to our left in time to see a crowd gathered before the Cortes Cozy Kitchen, which boasts of the new vitaminized pancakes. An interested onlooker we recognize to be Mary Margaret Kerwin, whose three children are fascinated by the ability of the pro- prietress to flip pancakes. What's this we now see to our right? Could it be our own Happy O'Toole and Alice Wurtz starring in the Daffy Follies of 1958 at the New Paladium owned by Lou DiPerna. We've heard that Lou has just recently sold to Bill Latsko- the eminent financier, his Club Grandview, where the famous dancer Weary Lynch got his start. Weary and his sister, LaVerne, are visiting from Hollywood, where they just appeared in Producer Jim Derrick's latest film, Twinkle Toes. On both sides, before us and behind us, the streets are lined with the sensa- tional new automobiles designed by Jim Vlha and Bill Ryan. Driving one of these cars and going in the same direction as we, is Congressman Howard Whetzel, who is celebrating his tremendous victory in regard to compulsory Military Training. With him is Dorothy Meyer authoress of Dotty's Dainty Dishes, a new cook book, and also the famous scientists, Bernard Warsnak and Mary Ann Capo, who recently blew the roof from their laboratory while perfecting a certain bubble gum ingredient. Fortunately, no one was injured, but things were certainly gummed up for sometime. Going on to the next block, we find the elaborate Dance Studio of Margie Basilone and johnny Titz, that boasts of such prominent pupils as Ralph Nardi, owner of Garbaldi's Spaghetti Home, and Ray Schopp, whose butcher shops are found in most of the leading cities of the U. S. As we pass the Carnegie Lecture Hall, we notice that one of tomorrow's speakers will be Marie Naccarelli, discussing The Evils of Truancy g another will be julia McGraw lecturing on the benefits derived from truck-drivers' unions. The third speaker on the triple billing will be Patrick Manion, whose topic will be Work-just a Money Making Scheme.

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'TEN DOLLARS FOR THE HIGHEST AVERAGE IIN LATIN-FOUR YEARS Founded by the St. Mary of the Mount Alumni Assoc Mffrited by-Mary Ann Capo HmmrahleMwztion-Donaltl Vcrnau. Audrey Black Dorothy Meyer. Eclwzird Krctz. TEN DOLLARS FOR PROFICIENCY IN TYPEWRITING Founded by the St. Mary of the Mount Alumni Assoc tllvrilwl by--Shirley Ann Carroll Honorable Men!ion-Roseniztric Cafaro. LztVerne Lynch Shirley Fcvo. Edith Hornyak. SCHOLARSHIPS- Mary jane Kelly-Duquesne University. Allan McDonald-4 Year-St. Vincent's. Mary Ann Capo-Mount Mercy. james Derrick-Columhia University Scholarship. Hurry O I'oole-PALADIN JEW'EL-Conferred b Ex Y ccutivc Board, C.S.M.C. for Outstanding Mission WVork of the year. Bernard Y'Vursnztk-4 year full scholarship to George town University.

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NVe finally arrive at the Opera House and at no more opportune moment for we are met by a host of familiar faces. It looks as though not one member of the Class of '48 was too busy, or too famous to help an old classmate step onto the first rung in the ladder of success. NVe are greeted by Robert Bruce Deberson, who has just graduated from the Leo Studeny School of Technological Advancement, where he was the hrst man to ever receive a D.O.P.E. degree-Doctor of Pinball Ethics. A gay hello is heard and we turn to find Eddie Hornyak, Rosie Cafaro, Mary lNIcTighe, Dolores Barone, and Rita D. Heckman, all of whom have just hurried over after their regular good-night tussels with their children. A streamlined limousine draws up to the curb, a chauffeur opens the door and out steps the wealthy Audrey Durkin, proprietress of the Swanky Dress Shoppe. Wfith her is Carol Cunningham, who has made quite a name for herself as owner of the Lassie Dog Kennels. Next we see joan Sughrue who has really come up in the world since she started modeling shoes with six-inch heels for Littles. Sauntering by is Mary jane Kelly who has just completed work on her revised edition of the book of etiquette. By a lucky coincidence the Association of Successful Nurses of America is holding their annual convention in town this week and here comes the bus from the hotel! As the Nurses descend from the bus we recognize Pat Lynch, Audree Weinheimer, Pat Dissen, joan Carroll, Eileen Brown, Dorothy Hurney, who have all done a great deal for the cause of humanity by helping to relieve the suffering of the unforunate. While there is still much going on in the lobby of the opera house we are reminded by the head usherette, Dorothy Guenther, that the performance is about to begin. As we all move swiftly to our seats our eyes glance over the crowd and we recognize many who are outstanding, not only in name today, but in our memories of high school days. Shirley Ann Carroll is sitting to our left, looking very charming, and we are not at all surprised when we hear that she is private secretary to Joseph Lackner, distinguished president of the renowned factory that produces Lackner's Chocolate Covered Dog Biscuits. In the Press Box, we recognize William Hughes, newspaper editor, deeply engrossed in conversation with Clifford Hudson, sports writer. We understand that they have both done a marvelous job in the field of journalism. Slipping into his place next to us is Bill Thompson, who has just returned from a business trip to Alaska Where he has been engaged in selling refrigerators to the Eskimos. We spot another group of socially prominent persons among whom are Maureen Gibbons, famous designer and seamstress, Jeanne Malloy, a successful secretary to Andrew Rockamellong Lois Adams, well-known social Worker, Pat Geis and Shirley Fevo, writers of that popular soap opera Loves and Adventures in Jungle Town.