Canastota High School - Toot Yearbook (Canastota, NY)

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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”.

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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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THE TOOT 17 CLASS ALPHABET A—is for Albanese, Hilda, Rudy and Mary Jane, These three no doubt, will some day find fame. B—is for Bonaventura, Benishek and also Balducci, Success for them is our only prophecy. 0— is for Cordell, Case, Corl, Caldwell and Clarke, In the history of C. H. S. they leave their mark. B—is for Danesi, DiAngelis, DeFrancisco, Digaspari, Drain and Dew, Their smiles are many, their frowns very few. E—is for Eppolito whom we all know, A trick or two this world she’ll show. E—is for Fiore “the popcorn man”, A very bright future for him we plan. G—is for Gatto, Grilli and Gleason, so tall, Good luck and best wishes we give to them all. H—is for Hoyt and Hilts, two senior girls, We know a bright future for them unfurls. 1— is for Iannone, one of our class, The goal of “Achievement” no doubt she will pass. •I—is for Jaquay and Johnson too, We hope their success is great, their troubles few. K—is for Kindness, which we all have shared, From our high school faculty who got us prepared. L— is for LeBlanc, Lehner, Lumbrazo and Leneker, All on the staff of the “Toot” this year. M—is for Molinari, Moore, Mott and Mero, As good sports they rank high, as pessimists, zero. N—is for Nichols and also New, Among good sports they rank too. O—is for Oak, and we all know, “Great oaks from little acorns grow.” I'—is for Paone, Peretta and Ponticello too, Members of the senior class good and true Q—is for “quiz”, which we all hated, For from these tests our marks were rated. K—is for Rinando and Raiti, two of our classmates, As friends of ours, they also rate. S—is for Scanlon, Schirmer, Setticase, Simmons, Stahler and Sche!d, We know success for them will not be denied. T—is for Tanner, who is very athletic Success for him is very prophetic. U—is for unit which in turn stands for one, We’ve stuck together in all that we’ve done. V—is for Victory, which we now possess, After four short years in C. H. S. W—is for Wallace, Whitmeyer, Wilde, Ward, Weimer, Whipple and Wood, Success they desire and attain they should. X—stands for something which is hard to make rhyme, You can guess what it is when you have time. Y—is for Yorton, at the end of our alphabet, A great future for her we know is set. Z—stands for zealous, which we’ve all tried to be, We’ll all get to the top, just wait and see. —JUNE WOOD