Canastota High School - Toot Yearbook (Canastota, NY)

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18 THE TOOT CLASS PROPHECY The place is Broadway, the year 1955. Two beautiful women are chatting together. Their faces are familiar and. .yes, it’s Betty Maine, the Hollywood star, and Frances Set- ticase who has just gone to New York from Clockville. Betty: My dear, it’s been simply ages since I’ve seen you. Do tell me what you’re doing in New York? Frances: Well, I told Don I simply had to have some new clothes, and since the farm is prospering this year, he told me to come to New York and order some clothes. I’ve discovered the most wonderful place to get clothes, .it’s Madame Lanzafami’s. Ruth Simmonds waited on me, and she said that Anna Laura Lake and Evelyn Uhlig are two of the best models Madame Lanzafami has. Then I dropped in to see Mayor Borgognoni; I don’t know how that man does it. .Mayor of New York, editor of the New York Times and the greatest tenor in the Metropolitan Opera. And they say he’s going to manage Roosevelt’s campaign for the presidency next fall. Betty: I talked to Frozie Lombardi, .you know she’s one of New York’s outstanding women lawyers, .and she said there was too much anti eighth-term sentiment for Roose- velt to possibly succeed. But tell me, have you seen my latest picture. You simply must. . . . it’s the best I’ve done yet. Mero and Shumard are producing it, and Annie Morecroft wrote the scenario. Tony Maula plays opposite to me. .he’s Hollywood’s latest find. Frances: And have you just come from Hollywood ? Betty: Yes, I felt I simply had to hear Mary Ellen Argersinger’s concert. Peter Lo- pitz has a wonderful job as her booking a- gent. .1 understand he even got Jack Cald- well, the famous radio engineer, to broad- cast her concert. Frances: One of the things I mustn’t fail to do is visit Frank Morano. He’s one of New York’s most successful bankers, .and the only handsome one. They say New York’s debutantes fall all over each other every time they see him. But tell me about your trip from the west. Betty: I met so many of our old class- mates that I’m just dying to tell you about. In the Middle West, I went past a thousand- acre farm that is owned by Robert Wilde and his partner John Dorris, and Katherine Dorris runs a tourist home near by. Then I ran up to Chicago to see Dr. Claude Stowell. Barbara Gleason, his laboratory technician, told me that Doris Durfee is the supervisor of nurses in Chicago’s largest hospital. She said too, that LaVerna Fox is employed as a commercial artist in Chicago. Jo Ponticello is the head of the language department of the University of Chicago, and Rita LeBlanc is one of her best French pro- fessors. Ruth DeVaul teaches Latin there. Frances: Did you stop at any of the Tornabene Restaurants? You know Rosina and Alfrieda started out as waitresses, and now they own a whole chain of restaurants. Margaret Haynes and Elizabeth Hood are two of their waitresses in Syracuse, and Flor- ence Brown is the cashier. I hear that Helen Ely has a job as secretary to Tony Giufre, who is being promoted to sales manager in General Motors. Louis Verno is the head of actuarial department of an insurance com- pany. Betty: And did you know that Donald Robison operates one of the most fashionable dude ranches in California? Carmella Rinan- do and Yola Tuller worked there for a while but they were both carried off into matri- mony by some Hollywood actors. I often meet Albert Deppoliti at Robison’s. He has a good job at the Mero and Shumard Stud- ios. Anna Fusillo is the secretary to Hamil- ton Mero and Betty Whipple works for Hoi-

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THE TOOT 17 CLASS ALPHABET is for Argersinger so sweet and so fair. Her musical knowledge she learned all by ear. is for Borgognoni. Brown and Buda a threesome, Their courtesy and honesty is as bright as the sun. is for Caldwell who works hard every day So that in C. H. S. he will not have to stay. is for Deppoliti, DeVaul, the Dorris’ and Durfee who soon, Will graduate and therefore leave us in June. is for Ely and Eppolito too, They cherish the dreams which we hope will come true. is for Fox and a sly one is she. And Fusillo, a songstress as ever could be. is for Gleason, and honors if you please— But Giufre will pass with a squeeze. is for Hall, Hood and Haynes, you see, Successful some day, we all hope you will be. stands for Intelligence, and one of the best, Is the Class of ’41, may they be blessed. stands for Jealousy and I proudly state, That here in C. H. S. it is out-of-date. stands for Knowledge which we all need. To go out in this world and come through in Che lead. is for Lake. Lanzafami, LeBlanc, Loguidice, Lombardi, Lopitz, and see— On the bottom of this page you will find me. is for Maine, Maula, Mero, Morano and Morecroft, Some of our brightest pupils; what do you say, Prof? is for Nimble to which we confess, Can seldom be seen in C. H. S. stands for Onyx—take the color you like, But make sure you’ll remember the red, blue and white. is for Perretta, Phipps and Ponticello who rule, That study is essential—though it does seem cruel. stands for Quiz—a questioning of pupil or class, Here is the hope that we will always pass. is for Rinando, all dimples and smiles, Which certainly has Robison running for miles. is for Scali, Setticase and Sgroi, Followed by Shumard, Simmonds, Stowell, and could that be Myrna Loy? is for the Tornabenes’ and Tuller, polite and serene. And for Tornatore who says exactly what he means. is for Uhlig, a swell majorette Lucky is the girl if her place she can get. is for Verno our mathematician, Some day he’ll be a great politician. is for Whipple, Wilde and Woolsey, with whom we hare had fun, And we’ll miss the smiles they had for everyone. stands for “Xmas” with joy and great cheer. And our greatest hopes for the Seniors of the coming year. stands for Yesterday that can never be undone. So let us be serious—yet, let’s have our fun. stands for Zest” we’ve had our whirl and our thrill Thank you. dear faculty, for helping us climb that hill. —MOLLY LIOCIARDELLO

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THE TOOT 19 den Shumard. I also met Phyllis Woolsey who is a matron of a California reform school. But tell me about Canastota. Are many of our old class-mates still there? Frances: Well, Joe Tornatore owns a five hundred acre muck farm and Tony Ep- polito is his night watchman and Mary Sgroi and Rose Perretta run the High Classe Beau- ty Shoppe there. Bud Hall now owns his own machine shop in Syracuse. Mike Buda and Frank Loguidice own a chain of theatres and Molly Licciardello is their secretary. Jenny Scab sells tickets which are more expensive than ever. But you must come down and visit me some time, and we can have a long talk about the good old days in C. H.S. —ANNIE MORECROFT POPULARITY CONTEST BOYS GIRLS Most Popular ........................Charles Borgognoni Jo Ponticello Best Looking ........................Frank Morano Carmella Rinando Best Dancer..........................Bob Gatto Barbara Gleason School Clown.........................David Hoyt Genevieve Olcott Most Personality.....................Charles Borgognoni Frances Setticase Best Disposition.....................Albert Deppoliti Nancy Panebianco Best Dressed.........................Paul Bruno Frances Setticase Teacher’s Pet .......................Clifford Cramp Antoinette Lisi Brightest Pupil......................Edward Marchetti Lucy Licciardello Noisiest Pupil.......................Charles Borgognoni Annie Morecroft Best Sport...........................Albert Deppoliti Annie Morecroft Best Athlete ........................Ernest Cretaro Alice Lindley Most Likely To Succeed...............Charles Borgognoni Annie Morecroft Best Actor—Actress...................Bob Mero Shirley Sorci Friendliest..........................Charles Borgognoni Doris Durfee Playboy—Debutante ...................Dick Cronk Virginia Foley Sleepiest Pupil .....................Charles Sammons Jane Farnum Most Bashful.........................Charles Berry Mary Sgroi Most Dignified ......................lohn Dorris Barbara Gleason Prettiest Smile .....................Frank Morano Rose Perretta Prettiest Eyes.......................Don Phipps Betty Sutton Prettiest Hair.......................Frank Morano Estelle D’Amico Strongest . „,.......................Phil Ackerman Martha Caldwell Biggest Flirt........................John Ezzo Joanne Fusillo Outstanding Senior ..................Charles Borgognoni Annie Morecroft Outstanding Junior...................Pete Ellis Virginia Ely Outstanding Sophomore ...............David Hoyt Connie Zumbo Outstanding Freshman.................Tony Borgognoni Dorothy Preston