Canastota High School - Toot Yearbook (Canastota, NY)

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THE T(M)T 11 CLASS ALPHABET is for Nothing of which we know much, Our cares and our troubles we’ll cast in a bunch. is for the wise old Owl, always on the alert, A trait which we lack, any teacher will assert. is for Petrie, one very fine boy, And for Pankhurst and Phipps, we wish them all joy. is for Questions the teachers did ask, But trying to answer them was always a task. is for the Rest we look forward to, After the worries of exams are through. is for Schmidt and Stagnitti, in sports they excel, And for Setticase, undoubtedly our class belle; Also for Schied, Simmons and Smith, good classmates all three, From C. H. S. they’ll soon be free. is for Tornabene and the Tornatores, Dick and Sam, And for Dot Tackabury, gentle as a lamb. is for our U N. 0., so proudly we hail As long as we support it, surely cannot fail. is for Van Dusen, a good actress we agree, For her a bright future we certainly do see. is for the Willingness on every students’s part, It helped to make our schooldays enjoyable from the start. is for the X-ams we’ve grown to hate We gladly pass them on to the Class of ’48. is for Yorton, nursing shall be her profession, Eveiything we wish her we’ve not space to mention. is for the Zeroes we got by the score, Cuz “of the morning after the night before.” —MARY TORNABENE

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THE TOOT CLASS ALPHABET stands for Achievements, ours were many, As for grievances, they were few, if any. is for Jean and Carol so fair, Always gay with never a care; Also for Burghie and Bruce too, May their gains be many, their losses few. is for Carter shy and serene, And for Crimi and Cone, always on the beam. is for Day, fast and witty, And we musn’t forget Ida and Divy. is for Ezzo, full of school spirit true. Without her gay chatter, we all would be blue. is for Fiore, never on time, Farnach, Fisher and Fratelli, they’ll get along fine. is for Goodwill which I can proudly say, The Class of '47 will always display. is for Holdridge, Betty by name, Her good spirit and smile will be always the same. is for Initiative which we all possess, After four long years at C. H. S. is for Jesters of which we have many, But can you imagine a school without any? is for Koch, great his ambition, To many an eye his signs will glisten; Also for Kilroy, that name of fame, For many of our misdeeds, he took the blame. is for Luanna, a schoolmate sweet, Her artistic ability will never be beat. is for the two Bettys, Miles and Moore, In their future tasks they’ll surely score; For Merithew and Mason, who are never a bore, For them schoolday troubles shall be present no more.

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12 THE TOOT CLASS PROPHECY As I was ordering some new books for our history department at the library,, a copy of the June 23, 1960, “New York Times” was brought to me. On the front page 1 found the announcement for which the whole world had been waiting. Bruce Burns, our newly elected president has ap- pointed Eugene Petrie as ambassador to La- tin America. Mr. Petrie has become famous for his fluency in speaking the Romance languages. In the “World Alfairs” column Frank Crimi, Secretary of State, is now in New York reporting to the United Nations on a startling discovery made by Ward Ramsdell, head of DuPont and his assistants Betty Holdridge and Mary Tornabene, who recently discovered synthetic oil. It seemed that most of my classmates had gained renown in the medical and scien- tific fields. Dick Tornatore has become a well known dentist in New York and Betty Moore, head of the Physical Therapy De- partment at Rochester Memorial hospital, is now employing a new treatment for infan- tile paralysis. The latest report from the New York State medical society says that the shortage of nurses in N. Y. has taken a big drop, pro- bably due to some of the greatest names ev- er entering the nursing profession, Dolores Farnach, Florence Ezzo, Dorothy Tackabury, Joan Phipps and Mary Ann Setticase. While turning the pages I noticed some brilliantly illustrated advertisements done by Charles Koch and Stella Stagnitti. Suddenly I saw the pictures of the secretaries who had just received positions in the Secretariat of the U. N.; Helen Schied, Betty Miles, Virgin- ia VanDusen, Ida DeFrancisco, and Elva Mae Pankhurst. Sam Tornatore has also been em- ployed by the U. N. as an accountant. On the front page of the sports section was a picture of Sam DeVencenzo, nationally known football coach, and an article on two eminent leaders in the field of physical edu- cation Bob Borgononi and Buster Schmidt. Scanning through the fine arts I found a landscape painting done by Luanna Love, comparable to those of Renoir and Monet. In the magazine section were colored photos of Audrey Cone and Jean Bortle modeling a summer wardrobe designed by Margaret Fratelli. The feature story of the week was “A Model Home”, planned and equipped by America’s homemakers; Edna Mason, Eve- lyn Merithew, Doris Simmons and Olive Smith. Norman Day headed names in the news with the title of “answer man.” You ask the question, Norman has an answer. Anita Fiore and Carol Bromfield have be- come very competent teachers with Carol specializing in pre-school teaching because of her “way” with children. Last but not least was a two page write-up on Joe Fisher's dairy farm, the largest in New York State. By the time I had finished reading a- bout all my classmates, I decided that the class of 1947 had really done its part in mak- ing a new and better world. —MADALYN YORTON Personnel Manager: “Don’t you have any recommendations from school?” Buster: “No—I tore them up.” Pers. Manager: “That was a silly thing to do.” Buster: “You wouldn’t say that if you had seen them”. Mr. Rynders: “How do bees dispose of their honey?” Freddy: “Cell it, don’t they?”