Canastota High School - Toot Yearbook (Canastota, NY)

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THE TOOT ;9 N 0 P Q R S T U V w X Y Z Class Alphabet is for Sam, our class president He to us was surely sent. :s for the Orchestra, the fiddles and brasses— Made up of both lads and lasses. is for Dorothy and Santina so full of art, Their lives should be a great big lark. is for Questions — which cause many a tear— Pome day we’ll answer them without fear. is for Dewey one of the team— He will always win esteem. Also for Rapasadi, Russitano and Relyea Hood things of them people will say. is for Schmidt, Seabrook and the Smiths, two Their gains will be many their troubles few, Also for the Sgrois, Stagnitti and Spencer To them for help we will always refer. Also for Stevens, Stearns and Stokes, They have always been mighty good folks, is for Tactics and Michael Tornatore The combination most certainly will raise the score. is for Usefulness that every class should possess— After four short years in C. H. S. is for Vecchio, Anthony and Roccine Also our own Justine Venturine, is for Waldo our Mayor’s daughter And, unlike lambs She will slaughter. is for Xmas in the middle of the year Also for X—ams of which we have great fear. is for York our banker’s clerk Her duties she does not shirk. is for Zestfnlness and Zeal, A love for C. H. S. we will always feel. —MARY STEARNS

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 1 8 THE TOOT 1 Class Alphabet I A is for Albanese, Augustine and Vincent, To achieve success their road is bent. And for Frances, Anthony and James How low their pride, how high their aims. I B is for Roger. Mildred, Georgian and Tony B. For them success we surely see. I C is for Agnes, Virginia and Ernest They'll get along if they do their durn’dest. Also Crimi, Cross and Cunningham, Just before, they always charm. I D is for Debrucque, Clarice by name, How very great will be her fame. c. E is for Eternal ambition, but we have no premonition. c F is for Josephine, Anthony and Mary Their lives will be full of happiness and always vary. Also for William, and Joanne Fusillo It is said they will be famous. We know they will be so. c I G is for Richard, Lucille and Charlie, They are always jolly. Also for Ernest, Roger and Mary too. In all they do we know they’ll be true. 1 H is for High School so proudly it stands; When we leave it, we’ll all clap our hands. r I i3 for Rose Ippolito, one of the twins, Her motto will be not to sink, but to swim. J is for Justice what our boys are fighting for— To bring it about in this terrible war. r. K is for Barbara, quiet and shy, She lowers her eyes when a boy passes by. r L is for Lucy and the Josephines, two, Members of the senior class good and true. [ M is for Mengucci, Miller and Moore, In all they do they shall surely score. Also for Harmon and Barton, our absent scholars, On them we can bet our honest dollars. r r r r

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10 THE TOOT Class Prophecy Oh dear another Saturday afternoon and nothing to do! Guess I’ll go to see Mary Gril- li, the renowned fortune teller and see what life has to offer. Mary is sitting quietly, gazing into her crystal ball when suddenly she exclaims that she has been able to make contact with our old schoolmates of the class of ’44. Yes, they have all written their names on the honor roll of success. As the haze surrounding the crystal tail lifts, I see a factory—yes, an airplane fac- tory and Vincent Albanese is sitting in the main office, his feet on the desk and a line of telephones at his fingertips. At present he is dictating to his competent secretary, Dor- othy Preston. Josephine Lanzifami and Ag- nes Calhoun are among the switch-board op- erators and they are trying desperately 10 I cate Sam Sgroi and John Mengucci, the chief aeronautical engineers. “Production must be speeded up,” orders go forth to pro- duction manager Anthony Fiore and his as- sistants Ernest Garofalo and Anthony Vec- chio. Wait, there are planes droning overhead, and none other than Roger Barott and Au- gustine Albanese are at the controls, ferry- ing the ships to the new and remodeled Can- astota airport. After a safe and beautiful landing they are greeted by field manager Anthony Borgognoni and taken to Donald Cross, the manager of the airport. Say, is there a lunch room in this place? That aroma is unmistakable. Shall we follow our nose? Oh, there’s Rose Ippolito greeting customers and directing them to Josephine I omonaco for excellent service. In the kit- chen whence cometh that lovely aroma is Irene Seabrook, chef, and her assistant Bar- bara King. But we really must hurry back for the entertainment. Our own Connie Crimi steps up for the vocal as the orchestra swings out with sweet music. We listen attentively until she is almost thoroughly drowned out by more planes. Sure enough, it’s the new transcontinental passenger plane taking off with Charles ualavotti in the pilot’s seat and Richard Gal- lagher as the navigator. The plane is filled with passengers who are cheerfully careu tor by air stewardess Frances Aquino. A huge magnet on the roof of a building draws our attention to the earth. Down we go 1,000-2,000-3,000 feet and we hit ground in front of a very attractive dress shop call- ed The Magnetic Shop”, and owned by Mary Fisher and Jessie Moore. The clerks, Sy'.via Miller and Margaret Cunningham are talking sales while Joanne Fusillo models the latest styles designed by Roccine Vecchio and creat- ed Ly Clarice Debrucque and Georgian Bo- gardus. Their magazine illustrator is Sanlina Patane. Right next door is a small exclusive beauty salon owned and operated by Mildred Bartholomew and Margaret Sgroi. Our “trip” now takes us down the main street and we stop in front of a large white building which turns out to be a hospital. Mary Kay York, dietitian, is preparing trays for Mary Stearns and Ruth Waldo, registered nurses; and as we follow them thru the cor- ridors we meet head nurse Betty Schmidt on her way to assist in the “opening exer- cises” being conducted by Sawbones Spen- cer. Another wing of the hospital is entirely devoted to research work. Barton Morecroft and his assistant Josephine Farfaglia are con- versing in scientific terms as bookkeeper Ruth Relyea enters. Gee, isn’t she a beauty? It’s good old C. H. S., but sh-h-h, they’re having assembly. Coach Dewey Romagnoli is introducing a star player on one of the country’s leading football teams, Anthony Russitano, and Prof. Asa Smith takes great pleasure in presenting Lucille Galler, head of a woman’s reform (Continued on Page 33)