Canastota High School - Toot Yearbook (Canastota, NY)

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.1 , I J I I I I ' I ' ’ ' two tall boys like Eugene Bowman and Earle Bennett. The finished product was beautiful though, don’t you agree. v • 9 Since every class has a window, we have ordered ours, and by the time you read this, we hope it will be installed along with the others. Meetings were held regularly and dues collected. It sometimes was a hard job, but we managed to do it. We hoped we would be able to have a party for our good friends, the sophomores but due to financial circumr stances beyond our control we were unable to afford one. However, we did have a party for our own class. We, the Class of 1952 with much grati- tude, would sincerely like to thank our ad- visor, Mrs. Laurson for her help and advice throughout our first year at C. H. S. —DORIS WHITMEYER OFFICERS Seated, left to right: Betty Cox, Treasurer; Joan Tifft, President; Jiggs Aquino, Vice President; Doris Whitmeyer, Secretary. Snap hotA page thirty-one

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3te hmen........Cla££ °i ’52 Front row, kneeling left to right: R. Anderson, E. Polisse, J. Scanlon, R. Wright, J. Musacchio, A. Musacchio, S. DiGeorge, J. Bonaventura, J. Haas, A. DiBalso, K. Smith. F. Tucci, J. DiVeroniea H. Boston. Second row: L. Turner, T. Lumbrazo, J. Donald, B. Mason. S. Mason. D. Wnitmeyer, J. Tifft, Mrs. I.aursop, B. COX, J. Giordano, J. Salamone, E. Fiore, G. Stagnitti, S. Reed. S. Goodell. Third row: V. Balducci, »1. Miller, H. Wananiaker. S. Wilkinson, E. Pollard, J. Hallagan, J. Wall, I.. Fiore, J. Giuf e, I). DiVeroniea, S. Rapasadi, E. Sharpe, S. May. Fourth row: D. Walters, C. Raineri, M. Seheid, E. Niles, P. Daroway, T. Pontillo, II. Eaton, M. Seitz, E. Smith. J. McConnell, N. Tianello, I). Pafka. Top. row: I). Vandusen, J. Dimao, L. Kneeskern, C. Lomber, T. Wilson, E. Bowman, A. Vecchio, E. Bennett, S. Pulverenti, N. Capparelli. f meyer, Secretary and Betty Cox, Treasurer. After electing our officers we chose our class colors and flowers, Blue and White were de- cided on as the colors while the Red Rose was selected as the Class Flower. On entering High School in September, the Freshman Class organized and elected the following officers: Joan Tifft, President; Jiggs Aquino, Vice President; Doris Whit- Class Flower—Red Rose Class Colors—Blue and White Class Advisor—Mrs. William Laurson Late in September, the Sophomores had their fun initiating us. We managed to sur- vive with a smile however, and thought of next year'when the fun would be ours. During the year we held two very suc- cessful dances which helped considerably to swell our treasury. We also took part in the Halloween dance in October. Our class was presented with the honor and the problem of putting up the Christmas Tree in the au- ditorium. How thankful we were for having page thirty

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CBed Jok es 0 rom former c ooh Miss Mackey: “In which of his battles was King Gustavus slain?” Student: “I’m pretty sure it was his last.” —Toot 1948 Pete: “May I have the last dance with you?” Mabel: “Big boy, you’ve just had it.” —Toot 1945 Professor: “Robert Burns wrote ‘To a fieldmouse.” Voice (from rear of room): “Did he get an answer?” —Toot 1944 Customer: “Boy, I would like to see someone with a little authority.” Clerk: “What can I do for you? I have about as little as anyone.” —Toot 1943 Home Ec. Student: “Boo-hoo, the dog ate all the nice cookies I baked for you.” Boy Friend: “Don’t cry, we’ll get an- other dog.” —Toot 1944 Sleepy Customer: “Why are you wip- ing off my fork with your dirty handker- chief?” Likewise Waiter: “Oh, I’m sorry buddy. Some guys don’t like the cobwebs and dead flies we got around here.” —Toot 1947 Moe: “Joe Slow is going to get a medal. He saved the lives of the company.” Floyd: “How come?” Moe: “He shot the cook.”—Toot 1943 Teacher: “I hope I didn’t see you look- ing in Fred’s book, Tommy?” Tommy: “I hope you didn’t too, sir.” —Toot 1940 Student: “What did I make on that Physics test?” Miss Daniels: “Mistakes.” —Toot 1947 New President: “Order! Order!” Comic Member: “Two hamburgers, well done, a cup of coffee and two doughnuts.” —Toot 1937 Miss Mackey: “Where was the Declara- tion of Independence signed?” Student: “At the bottom.” Father (with pride): “Son what do you expect to be when you finish college?” Son: “An old man.” —Toot 1941 Mr. Tornatore: “What is a circle?” Student: “A circle is a bow-legged square.” —Toot 1940 cA Special Z)xibute The Class of 1949 desires to express its sincere thanks and appreciation to Miss Gertrude E. Daniels and Mr. George Rynders, our Class Advisors, for their guidance and loyalty to us through- out our four years in C. H. S. We hope that Mr. Rynders, who left us during our Senior year, has all the success in the world in his new business venture. —THE CLASS OF 1949 page thirty-two