Canastota High School - Toot Yearbook (Canastota, NY)

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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

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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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IK THE TOOT CLASS PROPHECY Are you Madam Lulu who sees all, knows all about old schoolmates?” Yes, and for only a quarter, too.” I graduated from Canastota High School in 1939—just 10 years ago to- day— and I thought it was about time to find out what the rest of the class is doing.” All right. Now don’t speak and 1 will try to contact them in the crys- tal—ah! here they come. Why, Sir! You just can’t imagine what that class of yours has done!” “Dcn’t let me guess! Tell me!’ Evidently they couldn’t stand being separated for they nave established a little city of their own. It has a num- ber for a name. It is not quite Clear yet. I see a three and a nine! Of course! Thirty-nine”. The mayor of Thirty Nine is a young woman. Her name seems to be Rose. Rose Raiti, whose private secretary is Miss Mari- etta Corl. Among the prominent citi- zens is the well-known bank presi- dent, Mr. Jarvis Dew with his army of secretaries, Minnie Sgroi, Marie DeAngelus and Rose DeFraneisco. A few have gained national, if not inter- national fame such as Howard Glea- son and Warren Johnson, civil engin- eers; James Dorrance, airplane de- signer and the ‘Jacqiinary Band’ com- posed mostly of John Molinari and Rodney Jaquay. It seems that they couldn’t agree whose band it would be so they compromised on a composite name. They are now playing in their own cabaret. Theodore Mero, the famous agent, having recognized the peculiar talents of Rose Iannone and Iona Drain, has made it possible for them to appear with the Jacqiinary Band in a twin dancing act. This cab- aret seems to be very well put to- gether. There is a cute cigarette girl Pat Wallace and Aletha Yorton runs a lively hat-checking business. The bouncer, Charles Moore also has a lively business. The band broadcasts over station WARD, owned and op- erated by David Ward. They have a singer with the band too. His name is Dominick Gatto. The local college holds many emi- nent persons. There is the president. Miss Mary Frances Stahler, whose ef- ficient secretary is Margaret Lumbra- zo. A member of the faculty who has made himself famous is Prof. Robert Chaffee, who must overrate the brill- iance of his pupils, for he has to ans- wer all his baffling questions himself. Physical education is well taken care of by Mary Jane Albanese and Charles Ponticello, the football coach, while June Wood teaches English. Others who have made names for themselves are: Herbert Leneker, the one man newspaper; Vincent Setticase, chief of police; Herbert Wilde, justice of the peace; William Tanner, fire chief; the minister Lelana Whippie and his wife, Patricia Clarke; Martha Caldwell and her gas station; Alex Fiore, a free-lance dancer; Frances Scheid, with her home for orphans is called ‘Mother Scheid; Marion Lehner’s opera house where Jennie Ponticello sells tickets to operas star- ring Hesper Hoyt and Ted Schirmer; James Rinando, the professional pug- ilist; James DeGaspari, who edits ar. exclusive sports newspaper; Mollia Bcnaventura and Gertrude Danes), who operate a large general hospital, with Jessie Grilli as dietitian. Pauline Balducci takes care of children while their parents shop in Harriet We;- mer’s department store; Isabelle Wright has inherited a large fortune, is a well known philanthropist and has hired Agnes Whitmeyer for her private secretary; Kathryn Eppolito owns a tearoom, Rudolph Albanese a large grocery store; Michael Perretta’s pride and joy is a private cafe; Mar- jorie Nichols is the owner of a res- taurant; Claire Scanlon employs Eliz- abeth Mott, Catherine Paone and Frances Loguidice in her beauty sa- lon. Virginia Allen is employed by Gerard LeBianc to attract customers to his ice cream parlor. Almon New's trucks deliver fruit to the wives in the residential section, among whom are the former Evelyn Hilts, Helen Cordell, Eloise Case, and Hilda Al- banese. Lillian Benishek has a lease on the corner of Main and East Main streets so that she can paint pictures of passersby. Her best customer is Gerald Wakefield, because he is al- ways having himself painted with his latest swordfish catch—I don’t see anyone else. I must have covered them all.” “Thank you for the information. 1 am going to find the city of Thirtv Nine right now! Goodbye!” —LILLIAN BENISHEK —ALEXANDER FIORE