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

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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

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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 Algonquh1 Canton High School officers were elected as follows: President, Donald Nash: Vice-President, Paul Patten: Secretary-'l'reasurer. Francis Stone. Our class adviser was Miss Roche. Our Sophomore year was an exceptionally bright spot in our flying caree1'. No casu- alties or other unusual events are recorded for this year. Officers of our air corps were elected as follows: President. Paul Patten: Vice-President, Donald Nashg Secretary- Treasurer. Kenneth Mayhew. Mr. Blank- man was our worthy class adviser. For the most part. this year was spent in industrious study to prepare us for our role as upper classmen during our next two years in high school. During our Junior year. we began to have more confidence in our wings. Paul Patten was the veteran Pilot of our airship, with Frances Howard as Co-Pilot and Mavis Shaw as Flight-Recorder. Mr. Riggs was our class adviser, and it is to him that we attribute the shining success of the Junior Prom of the class of i38. After bid- ding farewell to the departing class of '37, we took their place at the stick. W'hen we became worthy upperclassmen, Donald MacFadden held the honorable posi- tion of Class President. Donald Nash and Paul Patten held the respective positions of Vice-President and Secretary-Treasurer. Mr. Riggs acted as our experienced and able adviser. Behind us, are twelve for morel long years of faithful study and school attend- ance. Ahead of us, is the future for which we have been preparing ourselves. Present- ly we will leave our old familiar landing field to explore new fields of study and work. We have tried our wings and know how to use them well. We are all willing to use this knowledge to the best advantage in order to make a bright, happy, and suc- cesssful future for all concerned. During our years in Canton High School, we have seen championship teams in both basketball and football, for the first time in many years. We have seen baseball become an active sport in our school. Dramatics has achieved a high standard in school activities. More extensive decoration for the formal dances, as well as an annual Sophomore Hop was introduced. We are proud and happy to link our names with some of these outstanding events. We wish to extend hearty thanks to the underclass- men for the thoughtfulness and kind co- operation that have made these things pos- sible: and to express our sincere hope that the following Seniors will have as much to look back upon proudly as we have had. As we take off from the Canton High Landing Field, we write in the sky the familiar words of our motto- The higher we rise, the broader the view. Mavis Shaw. MM CLASS SONG 0, 'thirty-nine and 'forty, And class of 'forty-one, COIHG follow, we exhort ye, ln the footprints we've begun. With due respect do not neglect To pay high def'rence to our intellect And bow! Yes. bow! Right now? And how! To the class of 'thirty-eight! Just how we reached our glory, We'll now to you confess, We'll tell to you the story Of our wonderful success: We'd never, never, fool in school, And always studied-as a rule-in school. What fool? Yes, fool! ln school? What school? Why. dear old Canton High School! And now sad parting wrenches Us from our dear high school, VVe leave our carved benches To sit a higher stool. We feel-oh yes !-we feel distress VVhen we march forever out of C. H. S. So pass-alas! The class-the class- The Seniors of nineteen thirty-eight! -XVords and music by Libbie Lupton and William Walsh. CLASS POEM So proud the class of 'thirty-eight, Who leave good C. H. S.: We'll ever keep our goal in sight, And march on to success. We leave our friends, so dear to us, To search for greater thingsg For happiness and truth and light. Our heart with courage rings. May everything we do and say Be wrought in great successg And everyone who leaves this place Be crowned with nobleness. Abiding love for this, our school, Will live within our hearts, And links which bound us all so close Shall never break apart. We cannot all be Caesars bold And conquer worlds unknown: But we can reap our harvest rich From good seeds we have sown. XVe'll do our part: we'll pass the test What is the test? you ask. A life of right and truth, my friends, And strength in daily tasks. Pauline Peterson.