Canastota High School - Toot Yearbook (Canastota, NY)

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21 THE TOOT Press Club Capitalizing on two years of existence as the student newspaper of Canastota High School, “We, the Pupils” ended a very suc- cessful journalistic season during the latter part of May. Under the leadership of Char- les Borgognoni as editor-in-chief, Audrey Near, assistant editor, and Mrs. Tornatore who again served as advisor, the student newspaper gained even greater heights than was achieved by last year’s great newspaper. The first appearance of the newspaper was during the latter part of October. On November 3 and 4. “We the Pupils” became a member of the Empire State School Press Association at the convention held at Syra- cuse University. Four members of the CHS Press Club acted as CHS delegates to the said convention. On November 4, our editor was one of the five chosen to speak over WFBL as part of the convention program. By their attendance at the convention, “We the Pupils” profited very much. Upon returning, the delegates retold the helpful hints and aids they had obtained at the dif- ferent sessions. It was from this time to February that “We, the Pupils” appeared to C. H. S. students as an eight page mimeo- graphed newspaper published every two weeks. During February, “We, the Pupils” un- derwent another change. The newspaper was published every week on Friday mornings. At first the routine seemed hard and too la- borious but after several weeks, the staff buckled down and published weekly issues. The last issue of the paper proved to be a “real buy” for C. H. S. students. The paper consisted of over 15 sheets of news that had been printed on the newspaper’s sheets dur- ing the course of the school year. It was truly a grand finale to a grand newspaper which deserves the praise and glory of every student in Canastota High School. —THERESA GARAFOLA Baseball Under the coaching of William “Pinky” Schmidt, athletic instructor at the Canastota High School, the baseball team had a fairly good season winning 3 and losing 7. The team consisted of only two veter- ans of last season. The team started without any veteran pitcher but ended with two sea- soned ones “Ted Shirmer and “Louie” Cre- taro. The scores are as follows: C. H. S. 10 ....................Cazenovia 12 C. H. S. 15 .....................Sherrill 18 C. H. S. 2.....................Hamilton 8 C. H. S. 7 ... Oneida 12 C. H. S. G ... . Sherrill 5 C. H. S. 4 . . . Hamilton 12 C. H. S. 2 . . . C. H. S. 11 . . Chittenango 4 C. H. S. 9 . . . Chittenango 5 C. H. S. 3 . . . Chittenango 8 Lettermen are: Edward Cretaro, “Ted” Schirmer , “Al” New, Dewey Romonogli, Lou- ie Cretaro, Erny Cretaro, Frank Morano, Tony Eppolito, Don Phipps, Bill Stearns and Harry Galavotti. —WILLIAM STEARNS Mrs. Tornatore (annoyed ): “How do you “Why are you so late this morning, Mc- manage to make so much noise in the kitchen Nab?” Jennie?” “I squeezed the toothpaste too hard and Jennie: “Well, just try to break four plates it took me half an hour to get it back in the without making a noise.” tube”.

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THE TOOT 23 Class Will We, the class of 1940, of Canastota High School, village of Canastota, town of Lenox, county of Madison, state of New York, being of sound mind and body at the time, felt the need of making our will, when the epidemic struck Canastota in May 1940. We bequeath the following: To Miss Powers—A box of colored chalk in repayment for the ones we have used for class notices. To John Bogardus—Rusty Henderson’s sleep- ing powders. To Pete Ellis—Bill Stearns’ ability to attract the women. To Bob Becker and Mary Tornatore— a bet- ter means of communication, other than notes. To Mrs. Barott—a study hall where the stud- ents are put in separate stalls to keep them from talking. To Donnie Dew—a permit so that when he drives he won’t have to put on his fath- er’s hat every time he sees a policeman. To the Juniors—a little modesty. To all the pupils—dark glasses to dull the glare of Burghie’s shirts. To David Hoyt—a contract with Ringling Bros. Circus. To Ellis, Cronk and Bogardus—three clown suits. To Barbara Gleason—Angie Ippolito’s special type of bait for catching unsuspecting males. To Phyllis Woolsey—Nilda Guidoni’s efficien- cy in money matters. To Jack Caldwell—some of Henry Seitz’s mo- desty. Coach: “What is his name?” Manager: “Osscowinsinski.” Coach: “Put him on the first team. Boy, will I get even with the newspapers. To Miss Mackey—a brighter History C. Class. To the janitors—an empty study hall at three-thirty. To Mary Ellen—Margaret Ash leaves her ability to hear the latest news. To Holden Shumard—Raymond Thivierge leaves his determination to always be right. To Don Robison—Malcolm Sterling leaves his ability to play the tuba. To Jo Ponticello—Mary Tibbits willingly leaves four inches of her height. To Vernon Pindar—Norman Sutton leaves his gift of gab. To Miss Mackey—our worthy advisor, we leave our deepest appreciation for her helpful guidance and patience. To Charles Borgognoni—Barbara Imhofe leaves her scholastic accomplishment. To Doris Durfee—Mary Morecroft leaves her genial disposition. To Nancy Greiner—Audrey Near leaves her place in the Glee Club. To the incoming Freshmen—Four years of fun and foolishness. To Pete Ellis—Lorna Weimer leaves her mis- pronunciation of French words. To the Juniors—Milton. To Miss Daniels—A more intelligent Chem- isty class (which we hope, but doubt). We, the undersigned, on this twenty- second day of June, in the year one thousand nine hundred and forty, duly proclaim this document to be our last will and testament. Witnesses: “Bessie” (the cow). Buda’s Ark. —GEORGE COX —THOMAS KOLAR Father to young son, sucking his thumb: “Say, son, don’t bite that thumb off, you’ll need it some day when you are old enough to travel.”

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THE TOOT 25 Future Farmers of America The Future Farmers of America is the national organization of farm boys studying vocational agriculture in public high schools thruout the United States. Six years following the founding of the organization at Kansas City, 47 states the Territory of Hawaii and Puerto Rico, had formed associations of Future Farmers of America affiliated with the national organ- ization. There were at that time approxi- mately 82,000 members, in 3500 local chap- ters. The Future Farmers of America is a non-profit corporation designed to reorganize and develop tendencies to organize into “granges” or groups and put enthusiasm and pleasure into work and recreation. By estab- lishing strong local chapters in each school where vocational agriculture is taught, an outlet for these instincts and tendencies is afforded by the vocational studies. The organization affords an excellent opportunity to teach the vocational student some of the fundamental principles of group leadership. The purposes for which this organization is formed are as follows: 1. To develop competent, aggressive, rural and agricultural leadership. 2. To strengthen the confidence of the farm boy in himself and his work. 3. To create more interest in the intelli- gent choice of farming occupations. 4. To create and nurture a love of country life. 5. To improve the rural homes and surroundings. 6. To encourage cooperative efforts a- mong students of vocational education in ag- riculture. 7. To promote and improve scholar- ship. 8. To advance the cause of vocational education in agriculture in public schools of United States and its possessions. —STEPHEN CIMINO