Canastota High School - Toot Yearbook (Canastota, NY)

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32 THE TOOT K. E. SOCIETY The K. E. Society has had an en- joyable year, with many activities, both social and financial. The first meeting of the school year was held at the home of the Presi- dent, Hesper Hoyt. Names of candi- dates for membership were suggested, and eighteen joined the Society, tne initiation being held at the home ot Mary Tibbits, on October 27th. Since the membership had grown to such numbers, it was decided to hold future meetings in the High School instead of the homes. The K. E. Convention was held during the Thanksgiving Holiday, at Jamestown, N. Y. Mary Jane Alban- ese, Patricia Wallace and Lillian Ben- ishek were our representatives. In November, Mrs. Damschroeder, the former Miss Eaton, resigned as Advisor of our Society and her place was taken by Miss Goff. Early in December, we sponsored a card party to raise money for the ex- pense of the Annual Ball. It was one of the most successful projects ever undertaken, netting us $26. December 26th, was the time decided on for the Ball, which was held in the gymnas- ium, the decorations being blue and white. Many attended and it was a very enjoyable affair. In January, the election of new offi- cers took place. They are, as follows. President, Mary Tibbits; Vice Presi- dent, Lorna Weimer; Treasurer, Mary Morecroft; Chaplain, Betty Smith; Recording secretary, Phyllis Woolsey; Corresponding Secretary, Barbara Gleason. No new members were initiated in January. The Mar-Mac Tea Room in Chitten- ango was the scene of our Annual Banquet, on the night of May 26th. Mr. D. R. McLean was the guest speaker. Miss Hesper Hoyt acted as Toastmistress, Mary Jane Albanese spoke in behalf of the old members and Doris Durfee for the new mem- bers. Dancing followed the dinner. We sincerely hope that the K. E. Society may go on to even greater glory during the next year. —BARBARA IMHOFE

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THE TOOT SI PRESS Having its inception for the first time since 1934, when the “Red Raid- er” upheld the pride of the school, the Press Club went to press” and again published an independent school paper. Previous to this year, the lit- erary ability of the students shone only in a sheet of a local paper. Last fall a group of ambitious journalists in our school got together and decid- ed to publish a paper by the students. Herbert Leneker was chosen editor and was aided by the timely advice given by Miss Callaghan who acted as Faculty Advisor. The Commercial Rooms were used as the Press Rooms where the paper was published every Wednesday morning. The staff in- cluded about forty members, repre- senting each class of high school. The meetings were held in the Domestic Rooms where the paper was discussed for the ensuing issue and the differ- ent obstacles which might arise. The paper included about ten mimeograph- ed sheets and was named We, The CLUB Pupils”. It contained articles which pertained to sports, gossip, biograph- ies, interviews and other different ar- ticles which pertained to the students. During the illness of Miss Callag- han, Miss Jacobs served as our ad- visor. Miss Heller kept our financial accounts, which explains our finan- cial success, as well as our literary success. The Press Club had an abun- dance of actors and so they presented a play in Assembly several months ago. The finale for the Press Club activities for the year was a banquet. Dean Spencer of Syracuse University was the principal speaker, and at this banquet the officers for the coming year were elected; Charles Borgogno- ni was chosen editor, assisted by Au- drey Near. In closing, this column wishes the best of luck to the editor and the chief writers of the staff who are graduating, sincerely hopes that next year the paper will carry on as well as this year. —CHARLES BORGOGNONI

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THE TOOT 33 BASEBALL The Canastota High School baseball team started its season with many in- experienced beys who were eager to put their strength and endurance a- gainst the more experienced boys ol neighooring high schools. As the sea- sen advanced those boys learned to play as a unit instead of as individ- uals and as a result the scores were closer and more victories were gain- ed. Paced by Steven Cimino, Canastota's star batsman, the team ended its sea- son with an enviable record of home runs and extra-base hits which have been rather scarce in past years at Canastota. Vincent Rossi and Stanley Sweet newcomers to the team, did fine work on the mound despite their lack of experience and the lack of other re- lief pitchers. We deeply appreciate the loyalty of the student body and thank them tor their fine spirit and sportsmanship as shown at all the local games. Letter men: Stanley Sweet, Vin- cent Rossi, A. Gaiavotti, S. Cimino, J. Rinando, W. Stearns, P. Hamlin, A. New, F. Morano, R. Jaquay, T. Schir- mer, S. Ezzo, Manager Donald Dew, Opponents Canastota Canastota 6 vs .........Snerrill 7 Canastota 9 vs .........Hamilton 17 Canastota 14 vs ........Cazenovia 3 Canastota 7 vs .........Sherrill 6 Canastota 20 vs ........tiamiicon 1» Canastota 7 vs ........Cazenovia 8 Canastota 7 vs ........Cazenovia 9 Canastota 3 vs ...........Oneida 14 Canastota 3 vs ...........Oneida 24 —RODNEY JAyUAr BOXING The Canastota High School boxing team enjoyed a fairly successful sea- son this year, it won second place honors in league competitions and in the final tournament. Its outstanding rcat was to defeat Oswego High for the first time since the boxing league was formed. Since their inception, tne boxing tournaments were previousy held ei- Iner at Oswego or Fulton, but this year Canastota had the honor of be- ing host to the league teams. Four members of our team won first place honors in the tournament. They were George Sorgello, in the 115 class, Leonard Nichols in the 125 pound class, Buster Hall 130 and Bennie Sgroi in the 145 pound class. They were awarded with gold medals. Second place winners included Joe Russitano in the 95 pound class; Louis Fiore in the 110 pound class; James Rinando in the 135 class ana Cnaries Moore at 150. Silver medals were a- warded to the secona place winners. Others who participated in the tournament but failed to receive med- als were: Frank Morano, 105 pound class; Eddie LaBlanc in the 120 pound class and Bill Tanner in the 140 pound class. Tanner’s chance of winning a medal was very good, but he had the bad luck of receiving a cut over his eye, which prevented him irom fighting. With the June graduation many of the veteran boxers will be missed in next year’s line-up. These will include James Rinando, Gerard LeBlanc, Bill Tanner, Bennie Sgroi, Charles Moore and Ivan Walters. —JAMES RINANDO WRESTLING This being the first year that Can- astota has had a wrestling team, not much was expected from it, but be- cause of the fine coaching of Bill Ostrynski and me way the boys re- sponded, our team was a success. We won two matches, tied one and lost five. Some we lost were only by a few points. Tnis a good record for a first year team and shows promise of good teams in the future. Only Charles Moore and Gerard LeBlana will be lost by graduation. The individual record of each boy is as follows: 95 lb. Shumard won 4, tied 1 lost 1. 105 lb. R. Wilde won 2, lost 4. (Continued on Page 35)