Canastota High School - Toot Yearbook (Canastota, NY)

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THE TOOT 31 FUTURE FARMERS OF AMERICA The Canastota chapter of the Future Farmers of America is composed of students of Vocational Agriculture. The organization is intended for the betterment of rural life thru both social and vocational means. Sixteen members compose the Canastota Chapter. Charles Berry was elected Presi- dent, Floyd Fisher, vice president, and Albert Deppoliti, Secretary and Treasurer. The group met monthly thruout the school year after holding a hot dog roast at Nichols Pond in September. A judging team and a delegate were sent to the Farm and Home week meeting at Ithaca in February. The boys who made the trip were: C. Berry, F. Fisher, R. Wilde, A. Deppoliti, G. Rankin, I. Cary, E. Marchetti, Ed. Cretaro, James Relyea. The chapter will also be represented at the State fair next August. This year the group is sponsoring a garden which will pro- vide the School Cafeteria with most of its vegetables. Onions will be grown also to help raise funds for the treasury. A picnic was held as the final meeting of the scholastic year. —A. DEPPOLITI Verno: “What do you mean by telling people I’m a first class idiot?” Maula: “Aw, you have me wrong, I didn’t say first class.” Frank Morano: (posing for photo), “What will these pictures cost me?” Photographer: “They’re $10.00 a doz- en. Now look pleasant.” LaVerna: “Tony is one boy in a hun- dred.” Barbara: “Does he know he is compet- ing with that many?” Betty: “What would do if you saw an- other man running away with me?” Jimmy: “I’d simply ask him why he was running.”

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30 THE TOOT WRESTLING The wrestlers representing Canastota were: B. Mero, L. Sterling, D. Smith, 95 lbs.; T. Buda, 105 lbs.; V. Sterling, J. Tornatore, C. Tornatore, H. Hayden, F. Moore, 115 lbs.; J. Caldwell, 125 lbs.; C. Berry, J. Ackerman 135 lbs.; H. Wood, 145 lbs.; D. Phipps, 155 lbs.; G. Rankin, 165 lbs.; P. Ackerman, 175 lbs.; Louis Bruno visited the squad on two occasions. Tony Buda of the 105 lbs. class only lost one bout this past season. He achieved the fastest fall of the tournament, pinning his undefeated opponent in twenty-five seconds, to take second place. Donald Phipps and Joe Tornatore also took second place in same tournament which was held at Whitesboro. Donald Phipps and Charles Berry were elected co-captains of the squad. Scholastic wrestling matches are entirely unlike professional matches. Wrestling is a very good body developer and promises to become a leading sport. Charles Berry provided individual thrills and state wide gossip during the wrestling season, but is still alive and doing well. Coach Bill Ostrynski hopes there will be more men out for wrestling next year. The results of the matches are: Opponent Canastota Camden 25 ............................20 Camden 20 ............................10 Whitesboro 25.........................20 Whitesboro 18.........................21 Norwich 10 ...........................28 Norwich 10 ...........................30 Watertown 40 ..........................5 Watertown 40 ..........................5 Whitesboro Tournament Second Place —ROBERT WILDE

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32 THE TOOT GLEE CLUB The Glee Club started the new year with 35 charter members and within the course of the next month added about 15 new mem- bers, several of whom were freshmen and several newcomers in C. H. S. At our first meeting we elected the following officers: President, Malcolm Sterling; Vice President, Robert Gleason; Sec.-Treas., Clara Mae Har- le succeeded by Barbara Gleason; Librarian, Nancy Panebianco. Disposing of minor de- tails Mr. and Mrs. Baritaud immediately made arrangements for us to go to Proctor High in Utica for the 2nd consecutive year. We made the trip on the 8th of December and earned 3rd place in the competition sing- ing “The Legend.’ Our next attempt for the season was the annual operetta in April. This year we pre- sented Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Mikado” with gratifying results. In the operetta several new “Lauritz Melchoirs” and “Kirsten Flag- staads” made their debut along with the “veterans.” Fresh from this spring triumph, select voices from the choir were sent to Oneida to participate in the Madison County Music Festival where our group joined with others from different schools to become a mixed chorus under the direction of Mr. Woodworth of Harvard. Our next job was to be the back- bone of our Spring Concert on June 14. In this we sang “The Glory Train,” a spiritual by Noble Cain. Our last personal appearance was at Commencement where we sang “Bal- lad for Americans,” with Albert Deppoliti as soloist. We ended our social year with a pic- nic. —NANCY GREINER Evelyn: “Oh, Dad the girl next door has a hat exactly like mine.” Mr. Uhlig: “I suppose you will want an- other new one!” Evelyn: “That would be cheaper than moving.” Office Boy: “You told me to file those letters, sir?” Boss: “Yes.” Office Boy: “I was just thinking that it would be easier to trim them with shears.”