Canastota High School - Toot Yearbook (Canastota, NY)

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THE TOOT 15 CLASS OFFICERS President...............-..............................BRUCE JARVIS DEW Vice President...........................................JOHN MOLINARI Secretary........................ -.....................-....JUNE WOOD Treasurer................................................„. HESPER HOYT CLASS HONORS MARY FRANCES STAHLER VALEDICTORIAN “A good mind possesses a good fort- une.” National Thespians ’37, ’38, ’39, ‘‘Sec- ond Childhood”, ’36, “The Patsy”, ’37, “Spring Fever”, Student Director of “Sparkin’” ’38, Glee Club '36, ’37, ’33, ’39, K. E. Club ’38, ’39, Press Club ’37, ’38, Spring Reverie ’37, Junior Prom and Senior Ball Committee, Vice President of Sophomore Class. HERBERT W. LENEKER SALUTATORIAN “Nothing is hard to the willing mind.” Editor of “Toot”, Editor of We, The Pupils”, ’38, '39, Press Club ’37, ’38, ’39, Vice President of Junior Class, Salutatorian of Senior Class, Reporter, National Thespians, “Second Child- hood”, “Patsy”, Press Club Play ’33, ’39, “Sunset by Slanskey”, Chairman of Ticket Committee of Junior Prom. HONOR STUDENTS Mary Frances Stahler Herbert Leneker Lillian Beneshek Marietta Corl Herbert W’ikle June W’ood Gerard LeBlanc Isabelle Wright Warren Johnson Michael Perretta Hesper Hoyt Rose DeFrancisco Rose Raiti Howard Gleason William Tanner 24% of the graduating class are on the honor roll.

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14 THE TOOT POPULARITY CONTEST Most Attractive Girl ... Margie Nichols Handsomest Boy ..........Jarvis Dev Most Popular Girl, Mary Jane Albanese Most Popular Boy .......Jarvis Dew Best Dancer, Girl ....Elia Albanese Best Dancer, Boy ..........T. Guifre Most Intelligent Girl ....M. F. Stahler Most Intelligent Boy Herbert Leneker Most Personality Girl M. J. Albanese Most Personality Boy ....Jarvis Dew Best Sport, Girl, Mary Jane Albanese Best Sport, Boy ........Jug Digaspari Best Girl Athlete, Mary Jane Albanese Best Boy Athlete ..........Almon New Most Studious Girl ........Rose Raiti Most Studious Boy .......Bud Gleason Most Likely To Succeed, Girl M. F. Stahler Most Likely To Succeed, Boy Herbert Leneker Teacher’s Pet, Girl ... Lillian Benishek Teacher’s Pet, Boy Robert Chaffee Biggest Flirt, Girl ....Elaine Acker Biggest Flirt, Boy ...............Bud Hall Biggest Chiseler, Girl ... Elaine Acker Biggest Chiseler, Boy ...i. Bud Hall Best Actress ..................Margie Nichois Best Actor ...........Warren Johnson Prettiest Hair, Girl ....Hesper Hoyt Prettiest Hair, Boy ...Frank Morano Prettiest Smile, Girl Mollie Bonaventura Prettiest Smile, Boy ....Frank Morano Best Taste in Clothes, Girl Margaret Lumbrazo Best Taste in Clothes, Boy Vincent Setticase Most Outstanding Freshman John Bogardus Most Outstanding Sophomore Charles Borgognoni Most Outstanding Junior Lorna Weimer Most Outstanding Senior Vincent Setticase Favorite Radio Comedian Favorite Orchestra ....... Favorite Actor ........... Favorite Actress.......... Favorite Radio Program Favorite Color ........... .Jack Benny .. .Artie Shaw Errol Flynn Hedy LeMarr Lone Ranger ............Red CLASS MOTTO “Non scholae sed vitae discimus.” “We learn not for school, but for life.” CLASS COLORS Purple and Gold CLASS FLOWER Forget-me-not

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16 THE TOOT CLASS WILL We, the senior class of 1939 being mentally deficient and physically decrepit, hereby draw up and make known this, our last will and testament. To Bill Stearns—a framed picture of the boys in the C. H. S.—H. C. to keep him from getting lonesome in his senior year. To Frances Setticase—Pat Wallace leaves her faith. To Mary Ellen Agersinger—Hesper Hoyt leaves her warbling ability. To Jack Caldwell—Herbert Leneker leaves his modesty. To Pete Ellis, Dick Cronk and John Bogardus—we leave C. H. S. (When they’re done with it the W. P. A. will have a new project.) To Bud Hall—Jarvis Dew leaves his lady-killing ability. To Jo Ponticello and Pete Ellis—Tillie and Bud leave their fidelity. To any girl who thinks she can qualify—Mary Jane Albanese leaves her qualities which have made her one of the outstanding girls of C. H. S. To Miss Powers—Somebody to take Coxie’s place in her Latin classes. To Lorna Weimer—Marjorie Nichols leaves her title as best looking girl. To Don Robinson—Alex Fiore leaves his tap dancing ability. To any three juniors—Whipple leaves his position as the left side of the foot- ball team. To Virginia Ely—A sweetheart pin whose initials will be V. E. and M. P. To Mrs. Fudesco—A box of Aspirin tablets tor the headaches that the class of 1939 have given her for the last four years. To Frances and Yola—Pat Wallace and Mary Jane Albanese leave the chain of friendship that binds them together. To the Juniors—We leave our seats in study hall and also our books. To Incoming Freshmen—The brilliance of our brain trust Herbert Leneker and Mary Frances Stahler. To Albert Pugliano—Ted Mero leaves his women-hating tendencies. To Stanley Sweet—An index system to file away his women. To Bill Maloney—A muffler to quiet his second period sneezes. To Rusty Henderson—Robert Chaffee leaves his filibustering ability. To Bob Snyder—A road map of Madison County so that in the future he won’t park in the fields. To Virginia Foley—All the boy friends she wants at any time. To Philip Hamlin—An inexhaustible supply of gum. To Pinky Schmidt—Any winning athletic combination. To A1 New—We leave a P. G. course to enable him to be near Elaine for another year. To Jack Skaden— Rudy Albanese leaves his popularity with boys and girls alike. To John Ezzo—Warren Johnson leaves his jitterbug tendencies. To Charles Ponticello—James Digaspari leaves his jovial smile and good nature. To Marjorie Tufts—Molly Bonaventura leaves her quiet ways. To Betty Maine—Vinny Setticase leaves his memories. To Donald Dew—John Molinari leaves his cookie-duster. We appoint as our executors William Wallace Ostrynski and Meade Hedg- lon, this 24th day of June, 1939. Witnesses: 1. Bonzo Yarnell 2. Jackie Hurd. THE SENIOR CLASS BY WARREN JOHNSON CLASS SEAL: Cannot be shown as at present it is temporarily (we hope) residing at Ike’s Emporium for Collateral Loans (Hock Shop to you) to provide money to pay for the Toot”.