Canastota High School - Toot Yearbook (Canastota, NY)

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GIgAA Looking back over the years, we see that our class has always been in the hands of able leaders. Our Presidents who have led us through the “Battle” these past four years have been: George Tucci, Alice Car- ney, Elvira Galavotti, and Bryan Eddy. Their able assistants as Vice-Presidents were: Paul Hummel, Ross Stagnitti, Bryan Eddy, and Ann Marie Patane. Members of the Writers’ Cramp Club were Donna Galton, who was a two-time winner, Pat Ramsdell, and Barbara Shields, as our Secretaries. Those who were watched carefully and who thankfully never left town were Ross Stagnitti, Gail Palmer, Ann Marie Patane, and Pat Ramsdell, our Treasurers. We started out as bright-eyed Fresh- men, excited over our new’ life at High School. When Christmas came around, we put up one of the best trees to ever appear in the Auditorium, and Eric Lawson will vouch for that. We really made a big haul when we sold household articles all over town. We’ll never forget the class party after the sale with all the skits, food, and dancing. Then we wrere back again as Sophomores with one year already gone. That year we ordered our stained glass window. Boy, did that fifty-eight stand out among all the others! We finished the year with our second class picnic at Verona Beach. Remember how everyone ate so much that we could hardly play baseball. Well, there was half our high school life gone, for we were now Juniors ready for that next big step. The really big event of the year was our Junior Prom, with Gail Palmer and Bryan Eddy as co-chairmen. Why, we were one of the first classes in years to make a large profit on it. In fact, we were almost ready to plan another one to insure the filling of our Treasury, but our advisors vetoed this. When we received our rings, we were very proud comparing ours with the rings of past years, for we had ordered the new round type. This year we sold candy and if we hadn’t peddled most of it to teachers, we probably would still be eating it ourselves. Completing the year was the Junior- Senior Picnic at Green Lake, and our class had to foot the bill. We put on one of the best feeds in history and we hoped to be treated the same next year. It didn’t seem as if our high school years could have flown by so fast. There we were Seniors already. Most of us haven’t even thought about applying to college or consid- ering types of jobs. We had the customary magazine sale, which aided our Treasury greatly. After the midyear exams, we traveled on very quickly to our goal. At the class pic- nic at Green Lake, we were treated like kings by the Juniors. Then moving up night; Graduation; and our four wonderful years had come to an end all too swiftly. — BRYAN EDDY page twenty-five

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GlcuU Pn pJtecy ANNOUNCER: “And now, Mrs. Snyder and Miss Wil- liams, are you ready for your final question worth $1,000,000? This last question will be on history —- made up by our Board of Direc- tors, Miss Rita Mackey, and her assistants, Mr. Lawrence Waldo and Miss Florence Fur- faro. And as a consolation prize, if you don't answer the question, you will win a trip around the world, all expenses paid. Are you ready for the big question?” MRS. SNYDER and MISS WILLIAMS: “Yes, we’re ready.” ANNOUNCER: “It’s a beautiful warm sum- mer day. You’re paddling in your birch bark canoe on Oneida Lake. You come across a little creek on the south end of the lake. What is the name of the creek?” MRS. SNYDER and MISS WILLIAMS (after thinking it over): “Would it be Oneida Creek?” ANNOUNCER: “Oh, I’m sorry it’s Fish Creek. But don’t feel bad; although you’ve lost $1,000,000, you’ve both won a trip around the world. And so, in the year 1973, these two ad- visors of the Class of 1958 prepared to take a trip around the world. During their travels, they encountered many of the members of the Class of ’58, many of them right here in the United States. While traveling down South they had the pleasure of meeting the cigarette king of the world — Jim Balducci, who has the larg- est tobacco plantation ever known in the world and his staff of secretaries under the able leadership of Miss Carol Bonaventura. They then flew to New York City where they were to board a plane that would fly them to France. Their pilot and hostess were none other than Don Olden and Betty Devine. Betty meets many of her fellow classmates in her journey. Not too long ago Miss Judy Coe — the great concert pianist and singer — returned from England where she had done a command performance for Queen Elizabeth. Betty also said that Professor Thomas Crandall, head of the Math Depart- ment at Oxford, often flies back and forth from America to England, but many a time he had missed his plane. page twenty-six The first place they stopped in France was, of course, Paris. On the Champs Elysees they saw a fashion center known the world over as La Shoppe de Mile. Cass, owned of course, by Miss JoAnn Cass. In Switzerland they visited a watch factory, for the Swiss are noted for their watches. Of course, John (Speed) Connell owned the factory, but even with all the watches and clocks to keep time for him, he’s still always late. In his spare time John often takes trips to the moon. In Italy they stopped to visit an Art Mu- seum in Florence where Barb Cesarini and Joanne Manaseri both were exhibiting their wonderful work. While in China they visited the famous Dental Clinic operated by Jeanette Teite and Maxine Peryer. Now we know why the Chinese have such nice white teeth. Also in China they met Steve Tifft and Pete De- Mauro, who both have risen to the rank of Admiral in the Navy. The two teachers took a cruise from China to South America. They were very surprised to find that Don Masucci was the captain of the ship. When they arrived in Argentina, Miss Williams and Mrs. Snyder spent an enjoyable time on the ranch of Mr. Eric Lawson. Eric raises some of the finest horses in the world. As they traveled north through South America they stopped in Venezuela where Bob Medico recently struck one of the rich- est oil veins in history. In Mexico City they stopped to see the great bull fighter — Willard (the bull) Mer- rell — perform. Working with him was Jon Otts, who runs quite a large and very suc- cessful cemetery full of fighters who had gotten in the way of the bull. In San Francisco they stopped to visit Judy Proctor who is a famous ice skater for the Ice Follies. Being the great star she is, she has a staff of secretaries to handle all her fan mail, consisting of Pat Rarrisdell, Ruth Moore and Rita Niles. Also, while in California they visited the fabulous city of Hollywood where Doug Pex- ton owns and operates the Hollywood News.