Canton Williams High School - Algonquin Yearbook (Canton, NY)

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The Algonquin Canton High School Class Will of I938 We. the class of nineteen hundred and thirty-eight hereby on the verge of a diili- cult flight into parts unknown, bequeath what remains of our earlier flight through four years of high school as follows: To the Board of Education we leave a fund to take care of all school activities. To Mr. Williams we leave a baby carriage for Sue Williams. To Mr. Matthews we leave a uniform. Now you have everything, Prof. To Mr. Riggs we leave a 600 page memor- andum notebook. Now you can jot down all the little incidentals to be remembered. To Mr. Allison we leave another new suit to add to his collection of twelve. To Mr. Sawyer we leave a club to swing over the heads of misbehaving frosh. To Mr. Oliver we leave our thanks for establishing girls' basketball teams to the advantage of all the high school girls. To Mrs. Cunningham we leave megaphones so the students can talk to you above the noise that goes on down stairs. To Miss Bovee we leave an assistant to help her shoulder school activities. To Miss Currie we leave the right to truck on down study hall. To Miss Barber we leave eyes for the back of her head to watch behind her when writ- ing on the blackboard. To Miss Scurrah we leave the inspiration for a book on The Behavior of That Peculiar Animal, Commonly Known as L' Eleve Francais. To Miss Sanford we leave two sets of everything in the Home Econofmics Depart- ment-one for her own use and one for others to borrow. To .Miss Rioche we leave hope for an economics class that is above the moron level. To Miss Lupton we leave the pile of Latin books which belonged to us. lSome only slightly used-good as new!! To Miss Dominy we leave three new school buses to transport her growing musical organizations across country. To Mrs. McRostie we leave a typewriter on wheels to push it wherever she likes. To Miiss O'Hara we leave a larger library to accommodate her ever-present host of admirers. To Mr. Appleton we leave ten easy lessons in The Art of Smiling. Miss Staples we leave a new art 1'oom where her budding artists may slop to their hearts' content. George Dawley leaves his method of get- ting around to anyone who can survive the struggle. Remember boys, he isn't leaving June. Connolly Barr wills his seat in the Latin room which he occupied for four years as a Latin I student, to Alma Cornell. Harriet Brown leaves her precise manner to Marion Peters, especially when cheering. Bill Bell leaves his riding equipment to John Flanagan. Maybe this his will spur you on, John. Mildred Brown leaves her appendix to anyone who needs one. She says she's get- ting sick of eating it for pickles. Freddie Besaw leaves his pull with Miss O'Hara to Allan Nash. Catherine Cameron leaves the weight she has lost by dieting to Ruth Newman. Clisson Brown bequeaths his fiery blushes for Rouette Mclllasters to Eddie Mourick. Helen Charleton leaves the right to talk in Mr. Matthews' study hall to Shirley Claus. Vivian Clarke leaves her right to say I don't know' in history to Dick Robbins. Don't use it too often, Dick. To Howard Plumb, Max Fisk leaves his high pressure salesmanship. Pauline Davis leaves her dimples to Helen Hewlett. Now, you can smile twice as much at the boys, Helen. Mary Dean leaves her baseball ability to Genevieve Barber. Arthur Gary leaves his heinie hair-cut to Maurice Lalone. Mlary Elliot leaves her love for Ashton O'Brien to anyone interested in himg Herbie Grant leaves the torch he has been carrying for Ruth Currie to Bill Schwartz and Marion Smith. Orpha Gillette leaves her nursing ability to anyone interested in working in the nut- house. Leo Hewlett leaves his well-modulated tones to Miss Bovee. Leo Kelly leaves his realistic imitations of Mae West to June Severance. You should be a natural, June. Ardis Harrington leaves her C. C, C. boy friends far, far away. Walt Lawrence leaves his love for country girls to Earl Brown. Helen Hart leaves her dignified manner to Miss Currie. Keitha Hewlett leaves her quiet ways to the people in Russell. Donald Gilson leaves his monopoly on the Aggie girls to Jack Dunham. They say he has a good way of keeping his eye on the one and only. Frances Howard leaves her monopoly on Jack Denesha to any girl interested in him. Mary Howard leaves her basketball ability to Angie Duskas. Jack Moore leaves his striped shirt to our fellow-inmates across the way.

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The Algonquhi Canton High School We now go to Ringling Brothers' Circus in Omaha, Nebraska, where Charles Sims, noted strong man, has just amazed the in- habitants by holding five pounds of peanuts above his head for twelve hours. Unfortu- nately, at the end of the twelve hours the peanuts fell into Charlie's mouth. It would have been all right but the shells hadn't been taken off the peanuts. With Charlie is one of his former high school classmates, .lack Tierney, who is substituting for the human question box. Lawrence MacDonald has just written an illustrated book entitled, Learn How to Spell Correctly in Ten Easy Lessons. Theodore Tracy is now driving one of the school buses. Helen Race, now Mrs. Tracy, is his assistant. The bus comes in handy when they want to take the family for a ride. And now for an eight minute intermission of music from our Hollywood studios where Bill Walsh and his all girl orchestra con- sisting of Helen Carlton, Catherine Cam- eron, Ardis Harrington, Thelma Rawson, Ethel Rogers, and others will entertain you. The maestro himself will croon the old class song of '38 and the program will end with a duet by Helena Infantine, bass, and Chester Wight, soprano. Mary and Margaret McGraw have become famous by doing a sister act in a New York night club. As we fly back around this neck of the woods again, we see a new business in Canton. Two of our former classmates, girls too, have gone into the lumbering business. VVho are they? Why, Eleanor Woods and Barbara Wood. WOOD you have foreSAW it. Another new business in Canton, a fashion club, where the members model the styles. This club is sponsored by Marian Weeman, our bashful bantam beauty. The theatre in Canton, owned by Sophie Mahoney and Keitha Hewlett, is directly below us now. What's this they're advertis- ing? Why it's that famous actress, Eileen Tracy, who is well-known for her bored manner. Near Morley we see the glittering sign of a new night club, The Swing Club. Fea- tured artists are: Pauline Davies, torch singer: Mary Dean and Mary Elliot, who are general entertainers and who help to make everything merry fMaryJg Orpha Gillette, who divides her time between entertaining the patrons of the Swing Club and singing to the chickens on her farm. Miss Gillette is an advocate of the theory, Music in- creases productionf' The Swing Club also features the orchestra of Libbie Lupton, famous pianist. Publicity agent of this famed orchestra is no other than our old friend, Beverly Swift. Back in Canton again, we hear that this famous little town has a great ball team. And why not? It's managed by that expert on baseball, Erma Kenney. Her ball players do their best at all times because who should be assitant manager but Irene Ken- yon. Mary Howard is the only woman mem- ber of the team, and she holds down that important position of pitcher. Helen Hart and Olive Robinson have reached the top of the ladder of success by writing a book of new nursery rhymes. The book is aptly illustrated by pictures drawn by Drusilla McEwen. Another musical interlude. This time we'll hear Local Varieties a program of hit tunes, crooned by William O'Horo and Edna Lawrence. The first hit that you will hear was written by two of their former class- mates, Donald Gilson and Raymond Dishaw. Flying towards Potsdam we see the Ideal Honeymoon Cottage, owned by that famous business woman, Winifred Taylor. Miss Taylor has employed the perfectly matched pair to occupy the Cottage. and show vis- itors through it. The couple? Why, Rich- ard Wicks and Vivian Clark. And what is that strange object there in the field below us? We fly lower, and there before an easel sits one of Northern New York's greatest artists, none other than Harvey Gill. He is busily sketching some- thing that slightly resembles a cow, but it is difficult to tell just where the cow leaves off and the landscape begins. And now before taking our leave of this familiar country, we circle once more over Canton High, our dearly-loved seat of learn- ing. Suddenly from one of the doors comes the figure of Marjorie Nash. In her arms are heaped many articles and objects, which we are unable to distinguish, but it is safe to say that Marjorie is still playing handy man to the present teacher of dramatics. We soar far above St. Lawrence County, leaving Canton and its host of fond memo- ries behind. And in another ten years, we hope to make this same remarkable trip aboard the Super-Autogyro! Marjorie Nash. Warren Whittemore.

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The Algonquin Canton High School Coopie Mayhew leaves his love for banana splits to any fool who gets caught in Ithaca. Helena Infantine leaves her horse-laugh to someone who has never seen a harness before. Dick Murray leaves his monopoly on the Latin room during noon hours to Art Wil- liams. We wonder if it could possibly be because the teacher's a Delta? Erma Kenney leaves her ping-pong crown to some other lucky Amazon next year. Don Mac Fadden leaves his right to be late to Paul Hull. Irene Kenyon leaves l1er long string of male companions to Marion Laberdee. Jimmy McCormick wills his tooting ability to Genevieve. We wonder if they practice together? Drusilla McEwen leaves her bashfulness to Barbara Lobdell. Lawrence McDonald leaves his spelling ability to Worth Nash. We hope you use it to a better advantage, Sawtooth. Mary M.cGraw leaves her cheerful disposi- tion to Betty O'Neil. Don Nash leaves his romantic thoughts to Bill Schwartz. Peg McGraw leaves her Irish wit to Rouette McMasters. Jimmy Nash and Mark Sellis leave their positions on the bench to next year's bas- ketball subs. Here's to you! Marjorie Nash leaves her red hair to Esther Howard. Glenn Newman leaves his mighty brawn to Coon Woods. Ruth O'Neil leaves the right to ride in Walt Lawrence's car to anyone who has taken out her life insurance. Ashton O'Brien leaves his poetic possibili- ties, which are centered around the theme of Mary Elliot to Allan King. Pauline Peterson leaves her right to take her family with her on dates to anyone who still believes in chaperons. Paul Patten, the Mighty Midget, leaves his position to Johnny Coakley. Treat it as well as he did, Johnny. P. S.: We know you will. Thelma Rawson leaves her monopoly on the male section of the Freshman Class to anyone who loves to rob the cradle. Edmund Peterson leaves his busy-buzzing bees, which he so loved to orate upon, to some honey of a person. Olive Robinson leaves her astonishing temper and hair-pulling sprees, especially on buses, to Dot Partlow. Mark Sellis leaves his love for red-headed seniors to Howard Plumb. Ethel Rogers leaves her right to date C. C. C. boys to the girls of VVinthrop. Chung Sims leaves his black beard to Emerson Forbes. Never mind, Emerson, maybe you can braid your mustache some day. Beverlee Swift leaves her Potsdam boy friends to Shirley Claus. Why don't you have Mark bring them over some time, Shirley? . Stanley Thompson leaves his deep bass voice to Lloyd Conant. Mavis Shaw leaves the fun she had since she has stopped going steady to Art Williams and Nat Ba1'1'. Jack Tierney bequeaths ,his intelligent questions to Hilliard Womack. Winnie Taylor leaves her love for Tupper Lake boy friends to those interested in that part of the country. Ted Tracy leaves the 'tEvening in Paris odor in his car to Ernie Gilson. Dorothy Todd leaves her poetic admira- tion of Pyrites to Tony Scalise. Billy Walsh leaves his uncontrollable giggles to Billy Nash. Eileen Tracy leaves her bored manner to Nellie Cotter. Marian Weeman leaves her freckles to Keithie Mayhew. Eleanor VVoods leaves her work in the library to Allan Nash so Miss O'Hara can't chase him out so often. Barbara Wood leaves Amos Butler to whoever will consent to take him. Warren Whittemore leaves l1is Peeping Tom ability to anyone else who can hook a flashlight. Libbie Lupton leaves her backwoods Long Island accent to Ollie Northrup. Dick Wicks leaves his quiet manner to Johnny Hale. You need it, John. Chester Wight leaves his weight and height to Joe Cunningham. Senior Class History In the fall of 1934, we landed proudly at our new landing field, namely Canton High, as green and inexperienced flyers, having left the Grammar School on our initial fiight the preceding June. Being unused to our new tasks, we seemed to fly blind through the first semester, after which we began to get under way. Life was made a little easier for the girls by a get acquainted party given by the girls of the class of '35g but for the boys, the first year of high school was rather uneventful. At our first and only class meeting, the