St Patricks High School - Shamrock Yearbook (Eau Claire, WI)

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IINCIDENVIFALS Thzs group of selected themes on mzscellaneous subjects was chosen from the Englzsh files for thzs sectzon Daughter Takes the Wheel Anna M arze Fesenmazer 39 IDING along a beautlful country road m1d sunshlne and h1lls I suddenly was lnspxred I gathered my coura e m both hands and popped thls questxon Dad w1ll you pl ase teach me now to dr1ve H s reply was at first negatne but wxth a b1t of persuasxon I finally won nun we At last my dream was golng to come true As I sl1d behlnd the wheel the queerest lma glnable sensatfon enveloped me Why were my knees playmg ta '7 Why was my heart playlng Knock' K lock' 'P I dldn t have t1me to answer Who s there? because Dad was g1v1ng me mstru txors Was I paymg atten t1on Yes D1d I haxe It stra1ght'7 Yes Oh d fferently for as I sh fted gears and engaged the clutch the c 1 se med to be performmg IIS own verslon of Rock of Ages After havlng been assured that all was well that the bolts were st1ll there I pro ceeded to try agaxn It soon became monoton ous and not unt1l the unth t1me dld It prove successful An appx oachlng llmouslne was seen about one fourth of a rmle ahead .l sudden feehng of panu, sexzed me What was I to do? Should I stop? What lf he smashed mto us '7 The dr1ver of the other vehlcle came very cautlously and as he passed I heard a rasplng VOICE yell somethlng about these out and out road hogs I shouted back that I was n t a road hog and d1d he want to mal e some- thlng of lt? For sew eral mlles all was well untll one of Farmer Brown s blue r1bbon hens had the n lsforture of vsanderxnff across the h1glm ay at the same t1me that I came along But as I sald afte1 ward what s one chlcken more O1 less? Then too there was the boy on the b1cy cle who escaped a few broken bones and a smashed blke by slx 1nches The cllmax however came later as we approached home I dldnt reallze how long a sex en passenger automoblle really IS untll I turned the corner fDad had the dent ln the door fixed the n 'ct day but the bark IS stlll gone fx om the treej The samts ln Heaven were certamly praylng hard when I drove 1 to the ydld Had I but gone one 1nch more to the rlght Dad and I the car and the gar age would have been ln the repalr shop wlth Do not Dlsturb signs on the door The next mstant all was at a standstxll Dad s hat was m the back seat h1S plpe on the floor and h1s face strangely whfte I looked none the better rather as though I d been through seven wars and any number of hurrlcanes I have no drwor s ll ense The Four Hundred Cofrmze Fzsher This Four Hundred IS not a tram I hasten to say It IS a two wheeled buggy My pal Sped and I have remodeled It putting two lwnts on the back of xt and It looks l1ke the Four Hundred We dont need any llghts on the front as we are always passlng cars on the road We named It the Four Hundred because It goes four hundred mlles an I mean four hundred feet an hour I mean four hundred feet and breaks down But Sped and I do not mxnd We wa1t tlll It has gone thl ee hundred nlnety ewht feet and then we hop out and fix We go only three nlnety elght on Satur days because we haxe to slow down to nsten to the rad1o Yes we have no radno We hsten to the advert1ser s car fContmued on Page 301 X x -,X x x ' .. . 'X - f . .. z ' - --D -A H- -A X714 - l I . . , . - , , 1 7 , . , . , . . . , - ' ' ' ' . I . . . , H , el , . ' . . ' er . c ' ' . 1' ' - I N 0 V J u . - 9 I 7 I . , .r Q ru 'H e , . Q . - 9 s . ' 9 . ' sc ' va ' I ' . Y g Q A , - ' ' 1' ' g. . . . ' . ' iK i n 9, ' 3 ' 7 I 1 1 0 0 ' ff 7 Y, ' 1 , . -. 1 . . . , C . 1 n . - , I yes. That's what I thought. I soon learned I beheve It le needless to Say that' as Yee' - . ' 7 ',1 P: 1 ' 1 e ' I Q , a ' e .-i ' .' , ' li Y, i V ' X V v I ' I I J - v ' 0 y ' , Q . - . - . . y .. x ' - . . , ' ' I I 9 1 - . -' ' A, an' a ' ' A- 1 ' ' ' C 7 . .1 . . , , 7 . ' 7 -W - -1 , L I Y ' ' I - J ,, . I ' 1 . ft. 1. 1 , . o . Y . - . M - ' . , . - 1-. -. . , . , . , .

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THE HAMROCK after the mass Guests from Ill1no1s M1nne sota Massachusetts and from all palts of WISCOHSIH attended the ceremony N1ne prlests who vsere h1s classmates at St Fran cms Semmary were present Out of town guests and members of the parlsh enjoyed a few hours w1th h1m at the banquet 1n the evenxng The hall was decora ted beautifully for the OCCBSIOH mth baskets of multlcolored dahllas chrysanthemums and roses Honorable Judge Wlckham was toast master at the banquet and the program was not lackmg wlt Among the speakers for the evenlng was John Keegan a graduate of St Patr1ck s Hlgh School Hxs words re echoed the thoughts of all If our school IS tops today Y VN' and we know It IS we hate Monslgnox Dowd to thank for he certaxnly has been behmd all of our endeavors Grade and hlgh school students recognlz ed Monslgnor Dowd s preference fol p1 ay ers A few days before the lnvestlture both schools asked that a solemn hlgh mass be read at which they mlght recelve Holy Communlon for his lntentxons It was a glft they knew he would l1ke The cooperatlon of all the unlts was de monstrated ln an unmxstakeable way 1n the parlsh on the 1nvest1ture day All worked to make the event a happy memory ln the hfe of Monslgnor Dowd It was a great day for our pastor It wx as a great day for us 21:1 il li wel' erik- as? 151' cafLlbU L'Z4 0neThin 11893 W Dolores Cgaput 37 M MMW I pray each mght one qzft From God To cheer my heart as on I plod' The uorh ea It day has proz ed Much more Than I can do o er books I pore I f God would grant me One request I uould but ask To pass His test I4 . . . . . Y . . 7 - r ' 9 vl I I W - ' ' , I 1 , - . . . U . , . . . V l - . . Q U - ' ' ' 7 1 1 y -1 - ' ' . . . . . . ' v . - V . . . . , 7 U I u I u n , ' 1 ' I . . . . , U 5 c . I ' . . , . ' - ' J . , . . . Y , aa ' 4 v . , . ay. Q K gg- , .A if-f Q. v- x jz 'WZ' S W1 ' -G - 35, 21 ,ll-, ' - , - .v 1- fx? JNKQ 4 fd 3 .iw I- X, ,- ,- 1' , f N ' . r X L, 1 . ' 1 . r 1 3 ' v , n , , , . . .

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