Canastota High School - Toot Yearbook (Canastota, NY)

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THE TOOT 2» Glee This year our Glee Club, under the cap- able direction of Mr. and Mrs. Baritaud, has enjoyed a very successful year. Getting off to a good start by winning second prize at a Utica festival, the Glee Club climbed to great heights, reaching its zenith with the performance of “The Pirates of Penzance.” At the Spring Concert on May Club 24th, the High School Glee Club sang several numbers and a quartet composed of four out- standing members of the Club also took part. We wish to thank Mr. and Mrs. Bari- taud, Miss Jacobs, Miss Heller and all others who contributed to our success. We hope to see next year’s Glee Club reach even greater heights. —HELEN MENGUCCI Mrs. Smith: “Nature gives the snail a house for his own protection—who can give another example”? Phyllis: “The crab”. Mrs. Smith: “Right! Another example”. Phipps: “Tinned sardines”. Miss Mackey: “Give me an example of in- direct taxation. Tommy K.: “The dog tax.” Miss Mackey: “ How is that?” Tommy K.: “The dog doesn’t have to pay it.” Staff Lament The student gets the paper, The school gets the fame, The printer gets the money, The staff gets the blame. When a census taker wants to get the pop- ulation of a Scotch village he simply rolls a penny down the street. Miss Powers:: “Who was Homer?” Dutton: “That’s the fellow Babe Ruth made famous.”

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28 THE TOOT Thespians In the fall of ’39 we Thespians started our activities by a picnic held at Chittenango Falls after electing Vincent Setticase, Pres- dent; Doris Durfee, Vice President; Hamil- ton Msro, Secretary; Holden Shumard Treas- urer. We enjoyed ourselves at this outing, but we didn’t stay long for a state trooper came to inform us that the park had been closed for the winter. It wasn’t much later that our annual three-act play entitled “A Murder Has Been Arranged” was cast, which included Rita LeBlanc, Howard Wood, Betty Maine, Rob- ert Wilde, Phyllis Woolsey, Stanley Sweet, Vincent Setticase, Mary Tibbits and Mar- jorie Tufts. In January we took in several new members and during the months of February and March, various members were instructed in make-up classes. One of our final achlev- ments was the one-act play “The Perfect Gentleman” which was the Canastota High School’s contribution for the Drama Festi- val he’d in Oneida High School in April. Summer is coming and the curtain comes down on another busy year of the Thespian Society. —DORIS DURFEE A large map was hanging on the wall, and Miss Mackey was instructing her History class. “Philip”, she said, “when you stand in Europe, facing north, you have on your right hand the great continent of Asia—what have have you on your left hand ?” “ A wart” re- plied Philip, “but I can’t help it, Miss Mack- ey.” “Oh, darling, I have two very good tickets for the theatre.” “Good, I’ll start dressing.” “Yes. do, dear, they’re for tomorrow.” Miss Daniels: “What is a circle?” C. Rinando: “A circle is a bow-legged square.”

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THE TOOT 27 .10 Football Canastota’s football season for the year of 1939 was one of the best that we have had in recent years. Coach Schmidt entered the school in the Upper Mohawk Valley League in the follow- ing: football, basketball, baseball and track. The league in football consists of New Hartford, Whitesboro, Hamilton, Clinton, Cazenovia and Canastota. The team is about the lightest Canasto- ta has had in years. It started the season as inexperienced men with the exception of a few. Canastota lost their first game to Onei- da for this reason. The team having once been under fire rallied and defeated New Hartford, Hamil- ton, Cazenovia. Canastota was defeated by Clinton and Whitesboro who captured first place. Canastota, having been beaten out of first, took second. Oneida 26....................Canastota 0 Cazenovia 7..................Canastota 13 New Hartford 0...............Canastota 19 Hamilton 7...................Canastota 14 Clinton 21 ..................Canastota 19 Whitesboro 27 ...............Canastota 13 The following were connected with foot- ball: Coach Mr. Schmidt; Asst. Coach, Mr. Ostrynski; Manager, Hamilton Mero; Assist- ants, Ted Mero, Reuben Holliday, Eddie Mar- chetti, Dutton Stearns, Pete Ellis. Team—Tony Guifre, Sam Guifre, Louis Cretaro, Ed Cretaro, Ernest Cretaro, Almon New, Vernon Hall, Frank Morano, Philip Ack- erman, Bill Sicilia, Malcolm Sterling, Don Phipps, Joe Mussacrio, George Cox, Sam Ez- zo, James Tornabene, Don Robison, John De- Nunzio, John Ezzo, Dominick Gatto, Bob Gat- to, Dick Cronk, Albert Deppolito, Tony Ep- polito, Gerard LeBlanc, Vincent Setticase. —GEORGE COX