Canastota High School - Toot Yearbook (Canastota, NY)

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Toot Stall Front row, left to right: J. Pafka, G. Cox, V. Fratini, M. Pankhurst, N. Burke, M. Milmoe, S. Pixley, J. Heintz, S. Vella, E. Fisher, M. Masucci,. Second row: J. Tornabene, T. LeBlanc, I). Whitmeyer, B. Lannis, I). Oerio, M. Sinunons, II. Hold- ridge, L. McConnell, I). Sicilia, B. Costanzo, M. Smith, J. Kinaldo. Top row: E. Fratini, I). Clark, M. Vreeland, A. Fisher, I). Chapr ran. Editor-in-Chief MICHAEL MILMOE Assistant Editor ..............................NANCY BFKKE Business Manager ............. SI II BLEY PIXLEY Asst. Business Manager ...............GERRY COX Art Editor ...........................SUSIE VELLA Literary Editor ...............................JULIE HEINTZ Photography MICHAEL MASUCCI, EDDIE FISHER Circulation DOUGLAS CHAPMAN JOSEPH GALAVOTTI MARY DEE PANKHURST VIRGINIA FRATINI Typing MARILYN VREELAND HELEN HOLDRIDGE Literary BEVERLY COSTANZO JOSEPHINE RINALDO THERESA LEBLANC FRANK VECCHIO 3LARIE SIMMONS JOSEPHINE TORNABENE MARILYN VREELAND DONALD CLARK DOLORES CERIO JOSEPHINE RINALDO Board EUGENE FRATINI BETTY WALTERS DOROTHY SICILIA BETTY LANNIS JOHN PAFKA MIRIAM SMITH ANN FISHER DORIS WHITMEYER page jour

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 Di'bicatimt Co tbe 3Jitnicir |Higl) tcacljers CoI|o lay tlic founbation for the future citizens of Canasiota, toe, the Class of 1949 bebicate tins yearbook. j cting {with instant presence of minb, iljcy sfoiftlu bacateb 317 frighteneb chilbrcn from tljc burning (Cljapcl j treei Jichool last Jftarrl] tnitljout injury to eitljcr tl]e stubents or tbe faculty. JHitl; ibis bcbication goes our appreciation for a job fuell bone. page three

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cA J ettex Atom the Cditox Dear TOOT Readers: In past years it has been the custom of the TOOT editor to write a formal editorial appearing in the early pages of the book. This year I’d like to dispense with such an editorial and instead tell you about the TOOT itself; it’s history, how it is edited and some interesting facts about this year’s edition. The very first TOOT rolled off the presses in December 1920 with Lois TeWin- kel as editor and a staff of seven assistants. It was named the TOOT because it’s purpose was “to blow the horn of greater school ac- tivity” in Canastota. For the first few years, the TOOT was published each semester as a literary magazine, but eventually it devel- oped into the annual Canastota High School yearbook, as we know it today. The original page size was 6” by 9” and the publication contained 24 pages with only one picture. This is a far cry from our pres- ent 52-page edition with 25 group pictures, and pages 8” by 104” in size. It is difficult to realize just how much time yearbook staffs spend on their annuals. Each class must conceive new ideas or im- prove the old ones. Our staff has held sev- eral meetings to decide just what should be included in the book. There has been a great deal of time spent in figuring how to make the desired changes conform to our limited budget. Articles has to be written to meet a deadline, then rewritten, corrected, cut down to proper length and proofread. A dummy copy was made up, layouts planned, consul- tations with the publisher held, group pic- tures taken, a popularity contest staged, and numerous other details arranged. The entire staff of thirty worked with me eagerly and pleasantly. Special thanks go to my Assist- ant Editor, Nancy Burke, for the many hours she devoted to the book. To Miss Daniels, our class advisor for her steadying influence goes the thanks of the entire class. She was always available for advice and aid. This year, we have made several chan- ges in the TOOT which we believe are for the better. We have increased the page size from 8” by 10” to 8” by 104 (standard yearbook size) so we could publish more ma- terial in the book. We have also increased the space for each of the lower classes (Jun- iors, Sophomores, Freshmen) from one to two pages, in order to provide more space for “snaps”, a more complete writeup, and a picture of the class officers. We have in- cluded three times as many snapshots as ever before, to carry out our basic improve- ment project, to make the TOOT less formal and more interesting. We have done all our own photography, developing, enlarging and printing of pic- tures this year. Our class “photogs”, Mike Masucci and Eddie Fisher spent countless hours in the darkroom, whipping up the group pictures and snapshots to perfection. The Photo Club has co-operated with us to the hilt throughout the year. With no advertising this year, a great percentage of our costs had to be paid with TOOT sales. To take care of this, our cir- culation staff did a bang-up job of selling, and kept us out of the red. If you don’t be- lieve that was a tough assignment, just try to sell 400 to 500 books yourself. I take off my hat right here to Marydee Pankhurst, Doug Chapman, Joe Galavotti, and Virginia Fratini, our super-salesmen. We are mighty proud of our cover this year. Susie Vella is responsible for it. It is done in our class colors green and white. As every other senior class before us has done, We The ’49ers state with all sin- cerity that we think this is the best TOOT ever. We hope that all you readers wili agree with us. We also hope that you will enjoy reading about our four years in C. H. S. and feel that you know us better. It has been a big job editing and publishing this year’s TOOT, but also there has been an immense amount of fun and pleasant memories con- nected with it; memories that many of our classmates will never forget. And so with this, our last accomplish- ment in C. H. S., we say goodbye, and hope that you, our friends and readers, will re- member us a little as we add our numbers to the Alumni group of the “Old School.” —MICHAEL MILMOE page jive