Canastota High School - Toot Yearbook (Canastota, NY)

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20 THE TOOT CLASS We, the class of 1941 of Canastota High •School, being of sound mind and body (most- ly body), and practically out of debt, feel we are safe in hereby publishing this, our last will and testament, and bequeath our fond- est possessions to the following: To all Junior drivers—a siphon, because of the increased price in gas. To Nona Severance—Yola Tuller’s jitterbug tendencies. To Eddie Marchetti—Some of Don Robison’s unexcitable ways. To Martha Maxwell—Some of the carefree characteristics of Helen Ely. To Connie Zumbo—An electric dishwasher so that she can get back to Glee Club re- hearsal on time. To Betty Kent—Betty Maine’s ability to “catch on” quickly. To Frederick Farr—Some of Tony Maula’s “wake up and live” medicine. To Stanley Sweet—A suit of armor or a par- achute for his spills. To Virginia Mazzoli—Anna Laura Lake leaves a few inches of her height. To Jane Farnam—Frances Setticase wills her vitality. To Prof.—We leave a book entitled “Ten Easy Lessons On How To Master The Piano” written by Mrs. Prof, thru the persuasion of the Glee Club members. To Shirley Sorci—Mary Ellen’s way of talk- ing herself out of scrapes. To Eddie LeBlanc—Don Phipp’s car so that he can use a steering wheel instead of his educated thumb. To Charles Berry—Jack Caldwell leaves his self-assurance. To Clifford Cramp—We leave a brand new Superman suit thru the generosity of the Force Breakfast Cereal Co. (plus five box tops.) To Everyone—The seniors leave the delicious gum posted under the desks to be chewed for digestion’s sake after lunch. WILL To Virginia Ely—Mike Buda leaves his driv- ing license. To Elaine Acker—Ruth Simmond’s quiet ways. To Sammy and Florence—Docky and Vema leave their place as watchmen of the study hall after school. To Miss Clines—A new motor for her twelve cyclinder fan. To Jack Skaden—Dippy’s unceasing gift of gab. To all that will next year struggle with American History—we, the class of ’41, leave the task of soaking in Muzzey’s works and our hopes that you will be more successful than we were. To Carmella Aquino—Phyllis Woolsey’s abil- ity to wring money from unsuspecting victims. (For the sake of the class, nat- urally.) To Phil Ackerman—Tony Eppolito’s place on the football team. To Miss Daniels and Mrs. Smith—We leave a ten cent sales slip redeemable at Per- rin’s Drugstore for a bromo after gradu- ation. To Tommy McNally—Robert Wilde leaves his glasses and ability to look studious. To the faculty—we leave a Moore, Haskell and Barott insurance policy that there will never be another class like ours. To Dick Cronk—An index system to file a- way his women. To Pete Ellis—some little girl to make him feel big (Like Jo.) Bob Mero—Frank Morano leaves his way with the women. To Mr. McLean—The phone number of Mr. Keene, tracer of lost persons, to help him track down the missing culprits. To Sammy Giufre—a few of Annie More- croft’s three buck words. To Bob Gatto—Duffy leaves a copy of the “Age of Innocence,” and a 10k gold halo. (Continued on Page 25)

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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

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THE TOOT 21 JUNIOR CLASS According to custom, we began this school year by electing officers: President, Antonetta Lisi; Vice President, Arthur N. Ellis; Secretary, Virginia Krieke; Treasurer, Dutton Stearns. We led a rather uneventful existence from then until October, when a gala celebra- tion was held in honor of Hallowe’en, the commemoration of all saints and martyrs. This holiday is of very ancient origin, first having been celebrated by the old Romans in respect for Pomona, the goddess of fruit trees. As we were minus fruit trees at the time of our festival, the juniors came forth with a rather unique substitute—a food booth, supplied with various types of food plus the main attraction of the evening, the doughnuts and cider! As we are on the whole somewhat of a studious class, we were content to abandon almost all social ideas until the outstanding event of the year took place—our “Junior Prom,” of which Arthur Ellis was general chairman. The theme of the decorations was “spring” with colors of blue and gold. It is reported to have been a great success. There will, of course be the annual Jun- ior and Senior Picnic to top off the commence- ment activities during the latter part of June. According to tradition this will take place at Owasco Lake. Our class has been a very happy and contented one after three such glorious years of high school, which could not have been possible without the willing and inspiring as- sistance of our two advisors, Miss Powers and Miss Heller. —SHIRLEY RUBIN Deppoliti: “I have killed your cat but I have come to replace it.” Old Lady: “Very well, but do you think you can catch mice?”