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

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Evelyn Flanagan leaves the right to be the sweetheart of the library to Mary Clark. We know you will make a good one, Mary. E Rita Heffernan leaves her weak voice to Florence Briggs. If you blend it with your own hearty alto, you ought to strike a happy medium. Eleanor Howe leaves the right to enter- tain Oral English IV class to anyone who can choose such hilariously funny topics as Why is a fly a ily? Eloise Hutchins leaves the ability to get along with the French teacher to Avis Jubinville. June LaClair leaveslher studious nature in Billy's to Mary Sullivan. That blond Aggie boy is not included in this bequest, Mary! Eleanor Lawrence leaves the ability to make-up answers out of thin air to the next freshman class. Rouette McMasters leaves her way of finding out the answers in History C class to anyone who is fortunate enough to find such a helpful seatmate as Bob Thompson. Helen Melrose leaves her giggles to Shirley VVhittemore. They ought to blend well with your own, Shirley. Ruth Newman leaves her 20-inch waist- line to someone who needs to go on a diet. Lucy Norton leaves her knowledge of chemistry to next year's class. Betty Norton leaves the ability of borrow- ing so'meone's notebook to study to any other equally lazy student. Grace Paro leaves her dancing feet to Pauline Mousaw and Berle McDonald. Virginia Peters leaves her well-modulated voice to any sophomore-so they won't have to hear the teacher say, Talk louder, please! Marion Peters leaves her drag with Mr. Mathews to whoever can get on the right side of him. Doris Jones leaves her vocabulary to James Elliot. Thelma Rawson leaves her wild ways to Frances McCormick. Alice Reese leaves her dramatic ability to Esther Howard. Although Esther has enough of her own, this added amount may carry Et to Broadway! Dorice Rood leaves her preference for blondes to Doretta LaPierre-Doretta already shows a similar preference. June Severance leaves her neat appear- ance to Catherine Denesha. We believe you will do it justice, Catherine. Elizabeth Seymour leaves her small voice to anyone else who doesn't know the answers. Margaret Scarfone cannot leave you her boy-friend because she is going to take him for better or for worse. Katherine Strate leaves her ability in Commercial Arithmetic to Victor Dygert. Jane Sheard leaves Bill Infantine to the next girl who transfers to Canton from the city! Elizabeth Thurston leaves her double chin to Marion Laberdee. She is glad to get rid of itg and we don't blame her. Esther Todd leaves her excellent man- Aagership of the Fix-lt Club to some worthy member. Mary Toomey leaves her place in the laboratory to anyone who would like to blow up the school. Don't all speak at once! Helen Wade leaves her preference for out-of-town boys to anyone with a car. Dorothy Weatherup leaves her black locks to Eleanor Reese, She thinks they would match your fair looks. Eleanor. Q Donald Austin leaves his charm and poise in Oral English class to next year's one-in- a.-million. Cliff Ames leaves his knowledge of French to Dorothy Dillabaugh. It may help you a little, Dorothy. Fred Barbour leaves his ability to give 0Xf39mbo1'a1ieous speeches to il-loward Plumb. You deserve it, Howard! Joe Baxter leaves his pull in English class to the present junior class favorite. Punch Besaw leaves the right to have an appointment elsewhere on Oral English day to the next senior who has a store of good excuses on hand. Jimmy Catizone leaves his right to use his car for the purpose of attracting fair young ladies to Gerald Newman. Charles Clark leaves his courage to break up assembly programs to Joe Cunningham. although Joe doesn't really need this added bit of daring. Joe-!Clark leaves his quiet manner to Bobby! Baxter. Now, Bobby, don't be so boisterous ! John Coakley leaves his high-jumping ability to Judson Foote. We think you've got somethings, there, Judson-or you will have next year' Robert and L.awrence Cotter leave their scholastic ability to Mahlon Lobdell. Now you will always be eligible, Mahlon. John Cunningham leaves his chinning ability to some underclassman who needs the exercise! Burt Gray leaves his place on the Wash Staff to some illustriousi and industrious newspaperman of next year-1. John Hale leaves his DeXad End dialect to anyone who can master' it. Here's a warning: Don't try it arountlx Miss Bovee. She doesn't appreciate it! X' Ledyard Hale leaves his interest in regu- lar church attendance lfor the purpose of looking at the choirl to someone else who is interested in a songbird! William Keough leaves his seat in geome- try class, which he has occupied for the past few years, to anyone else who has such a keen liking for the subject. The Algonquln

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Bisnett, Lucy Norton, Kathryn Strate, and Beulah Grossman. We noticed two jitterbugs always out ol' step- Margaret Scarfone and Esther 'l'odd. As there weren't enough men to go around, Esther masnueraded as one. As we leave their superb auberge, iloorcd by the iloorshow, we encounter our one and only 'Bill Keough. selling and blowing up his own balloons. They rise. NVl1y? Hot air. Purchasing a. Daily Blah, wc notice with pleasure a fashion created by Helen Melrose, now fashion designer for a prominent store. Scanning the paper further, we read an ac- count of Jane Sheard and Philip Midgley, those great singers, now on a concert tour. lt is with the deepest regret that we leave this splendid City of Tomorrow. Hoping to see our friends again in the near future, we bid it adieu. Good-bye, Canton High stu- dents. lt's been nice seeing you! Dorothy Conger. Ledyard Hale. My Class Will - 1939 We, the Class ol' 195359, leave the following wishes and hopes to the faculty. the board of education, and the other students: 'l'o the Board ol' Education, this class leaves the right to establish elevators in the school. Now the pupils going np and down will correspond to their rf-port i-ard marks. 'I.'o lllr. Williams we leave a television set for the amplifying system, Now you ean make a tour of inspection without leaving your ollice! i To Mr. Mathews we leave the right to publish a book on The Art of Paying At- tention to distribute among those who insist on doing something else while an- nouncements are being made. 'l'o Mr. Allison we leave the right to monopolize the library-l wonder why? 'l'o Mr. Sawyer we leave the right to re- move trom class anyone without his lessons done. 'I'here'll probably be a. general exodus from the math roon1! A To Mr. Oliver we leave the opportunity of establishing tennis teams in the school. To Mr. Appleton we leave the memories of working with a hot Boys' Swing Band. To Mrs. Cunningham we -leave a new machine of our own invention, as yet un- patented, Tall:-R.ola. Wl' an she pushes a button, it says Talk louder, please. 'lfo Miss Barber we leave a photo-electric cell which will automatically ring the bell at the proper times. To Miss Lupton we leave the right to give private dancing lessons as well as group lessons. 'l'o Miss Bovee we leave hopes that she will enjoy going t.o summer school, and fur- thcr hopes that someday she will have ade- dnate equipment for her work. 'l'o Mr. Riggs we leave our thanks for his supervision of the class in our last year here. 'l'o Miss Roche we leave six more periods a day to teach. seeing that she has to teach only seven now. 'l'o Miss Dominy we leave three extra sets ol? trumpet parts for those who never seem to have theirs. To Mrs. Clark we leave our appreciation for her help during her lirst year here. Canton High School Q To Miss O'Hara We leave a blush remover, in case she learns how to blush. To Mrs. McRostie we leave a special 1nes- senger boy to run all her errands. 'l'o Miss Staples we leave our wishes for many a good time in her new car. To Miss Currie we leave a mechanical man to order the girls to come down the stairs correctly. To Miss Sanford we leave the hopes that some day she will be able to have a room in the high school. Then it will be much easier lor the home economies students to get to classes on time. Sharline Aldous leaves her debonair manner to Alma Cornell. Use it, Almag and stop falling over your own feet-try some- one else's. Nat Barr leaves her monopoly on Art to Marion Smith. Do you think you can change his affections? Joan Benton leaves her sophisticated air to Charlotte Moore. That's all you need for the perfect combination, Charlotte. Edna Bisnett leaves her way of telling the truth about assignments to next year's outspoken senior. Edith Briggs leaves the right to talk back to the teachers to any person who so dares. Anna Burke leaves her right to gaze in admiration at handsome observers to any- one else who likes big boys. Dot Conger leaves her appreciation of dark-skinned boys to other blondes. Con- trast in color makes an interesting combina- tion. Beulah Crossman leaves her shy manner to next year's freshman class-they prob- ably won't need it! Maxine Davis leaves her ambition to Nellie Cotter. You ought to go far on that, Nellie. Phyllis Dunkleberg leaves her diminutive stature to Muriel Seelye. Betty Denesha leaves her long silence to anyone who thinks it's funny to be without a voice. Jean Harrington leaves her interest in post-graduates to Keith Mayhew.

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Paul Hull leaves his monopoly on Lloyd Smitlrs company to Mary Clark. You really ought to get together ottener, Mary. Lowell Lawrence leaves his love for the opposite sex to Maurice Warren. Robert Hosmer leaves his cute grin to Charles Murray. The better to attract the Duskas with, eh, Charlie? Allen King leaves his managership of the girl's intramural to Billy Nash. Good luck, Billy. Lestel' Leavitt leaves his serious manner to Lawrence Ayres. Not that you need it, Lawrence! Jack Leonard leaves his appreciation for Aggie company to Jimmy Kelly. Let's see some progress there, Jimmy! Roberty Locy leaves his curly hair to Keith Mayhew. He believes Maxine likes curly hair. H Lloyd Mlcllonald leaves his love for Oral English to some promising public speaker of the junior class. I--low about you, Ollie? James Maroney leaves his Latin book to some other studious lad. It really in good condition, considering its heavy usage. Philip Midgley leaves his permission to talk in French class to Donald Farmer, seeing that Donald has been unusually quiet this past year. Eddie Mourick leaves his playing of ltomeo-the ilirt-to Junior Cornell-or does Junior need coaching? Jolm- O'Horo leaves his perfect dance steps to the rising star in Hollywood-Fred Astaire. Maybe John will go to Hollywood and teach him a few lessons. Don Paro leaves his changing voice to Bert Hathaway. Maybe a combination of the two would be interesting, at any rate! Lauris Riobinson leaves his bluffing in English to some observers who don't know their lesson. Tony Scalise leaves his cute laugh to .ligger Ames. You lack nothing in the line ot laughing now, Jigger. Dick Schrag leaves his endurance to I-Iollis Brown. These late hours call for plenty of endurance, you know! Lloyd Smith leaves the right to change girls every so often to Art W.illiams. Variety is the spice of life, we understand. Tony Stiles leaves the right to recline in History C class to any future senior who has the nerve to try it. Everett Thomas leaves his monopoly on one girl to Coon Woods. Not that we mean to cast any reheetions, Walt. Bob Thompson leaves his soft footfalls to Worth Nash. Now you can walk in study hall without disturbing those who want to study, Worth. Lawrence Tupper leaves his very athletic build to John Toomey! Vivian LaClair Joseph Clark MM Our Alma Mater bluanital Our Alma Mater, Rev'renced be thy memoryg Thy name we honor, Love we pledge to thee. Far and near are echoed Sweeter praises to thy name: May thy foes relenting Loyalty proclaim. Chorus 'l-ligh School, dear old High School, We will ever loyal be. - High School, Alma Mater. Dear thy memory. Jane Sheard. Rouette Mclllasters. Canton High School Class Poem At last we've closed the High School door, And now our student days are o'er. We've said good-bye to all our friendsg We've closed our books and wiped our pens, We're looking to a brighter land To take a place and make ou1' stand. We leave our school with just a sigh: But we'll remember 'til we die The fun we had, the dull times too: And all the things we used to do. We'll ne'er forget the friends we've made, The jolly ones-the prim and staid. Our teachers helped us every day Both in our work and in our play: And through their help we will attain Fulfillment of our worthy aim- To live our lives both full and Iineg We're proud this night of 'thirty-nine! Rita Heffernan.