Canastota High School - Toot Yearbook (Canastota, NY)

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SNAPS OF C. H. S. FOLKS page twenty-three

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THROUGH THE YEARS First the Class of 1956 Were Freshmen And Then We Became Sophomores Last Year When WTe Were Jolly Junior page twenty-two

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CLASS HISTORY We, the Class of 1956, look back over our four years to when we were just meek Freshmen. We started off under the super- vision of Miss Gobillot and Miss Martin. Our freshman class officers were: president, Louis Picciano; vice-president, Dick DiVer- onica; secretary, Vanita Johnson; and treasurer, Albert Tucci. We chose our class colors, lavender and white; our class flower, the violet; and our motto, “Over the rough places to the stars”. In December, we decorated our Christ- mas tree in the auditorium and we were rightfully proud of it. To help finance our future years, we sold sweatshirts with the school emblem on them. We still have a few left! As our first year came to an end, we started planning our Freshman-Sophomore picnic. Do you remember the three-layer cake that Al, Louie, and John “built”? To tell the truth, the boys “fried” each layer and then “built it” by the use of Geometry. However, we must give the boys credit for experimenting on something different. Do the football players remember their season as the “Scoreless Wonders”? In spite of this season, our boys have improved tremendously. We started off our Sophomore year by electing our officers: president, Nancy Becker; vice-president, June Frier; secretary, Vanita Johnson; and treasurer, Rosalie Caglia. Two fads we started in our Sophomore year are the wearing of khakis and white bucks. Also, now we have “blue suede shoes”. For our Sophomore dance, we had a hilarious floor show. Do the girls still re- member how to do the Charleston? We had a lot of fun modeling the clothes of the 1920’s. Do you remember the minstrel show that our boys put on ? I wonder if Dick and Al can remember the parts they left out. Since we have no salesmen in our class, we decided to raffle off some of our sweat- shirts. We did fairly well on this. In February, we had a Valentine’s Party in which a basketball game was included— the boys vs. the girls. What a beating we girls took. At first we thought the victory would be a cinch, but we soon found out differently. Does Annie remember seeing ghosts of our two boys playing basketball in the high school gym at midnight? I don’t think the police did. Miss Gobillot left us after two years as our advisor, and I wish to express our sincere gratitude to her on behalf of the Class of 1956. She helped to make our first two years successful. Mr. Benedict replaced her, but after our Junior year, he also left. Instead of replacing him, we just have our one advisor. In our Junior year, we elected as pres- ident, Lance Mulford; vice-president, Albert Tucci; secretary, Nancy Becker; and treas- urer, Joanne Fusillo. To increase our treasury, we had a sell- ing campaign of shampoo, tooth paste, band aids, and razor blades. The profit that we had made helped for our biggest event of the year. page tu enty-four