Avon High School - Nova Yearbook (Avon, CT)

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A roarrng engrne a cloud of dust and a hearty love that carburetor and john Conlon once more barely makes a first perrod class It seems that the happy go lucky Irrshman from Farmrngton Connectr cut wrll do well rn lrfe Even rf he loses everythrng else hrs lrvely personalrty wrll carry hrm through A student at Avon for three years john has par trcrpated rn many of the schools actrvrtres and rn hrs Senror Year placed second rn the race for class song rr In hrs Hrst year he rode at the now non exrstent Avon stables and partrcrpated whole heartedly rn servrng the communrty In hrs second year he contrnued contrrbutrng to these two actrvrtres whrle takrng on three more two of whrch showed hrs extreme rnterest rn the musrcal organrzatrons on campus In that year he jorned the Glee Club the schools large musrcal group and a smaller organrzatron the Avon Herrs whrch constr tutes Avon s answer to the Wlhrffenpoofs In athletrcs he swam for Colonel Evans on the swrmmmg team JOHN WILLIAM CONLON Two Male Road Farmuigton Connectzcut Rrdrng 2 3 Communrty Servrce 4 Glee Club 2 3 4 Avon Herts 3 4 Sarlrng Club 4 Club Soccer 4 Club Swrmmrng 3 In that same year ohn and hrs car competed wrth Mr Kegley rn shuttlrng the grrls who had arrrved for the Wrnter Carnrval onto the campus ohns keen rnterest rn school actrvrtres wrll not soon be forgotten Hop rn' , - ' 1 J 9 7 5 , J 2 9 9 J ll Y! . . l I , . - . , - s ' ' 1 . , - . . . , . . . . . ' J Y ,W a ' V . n . . 1 s 7 ' s , . 7 7 1 1 ' , . . ' 7 . .. - H

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AUSTIN CHAMBERS I2 East 97th Street New York New York R O T C 1 Avoman 1 2 Advertlsmg Manager 2 Dance Comrruttee 3 4 Wznged Beaver 4 Typmg Edrtor 4 Hrstory Club 2 3 4 Lnbrary Commrttee 2 4 Glee Club 1 2 3 Choxr 2 3 Vice presrdent 3 Lawyer Varsrty So cer 1 2 3 4 Varsrty 1' nnrs 1 2 3 4 Boxmg Effort Honor Roll 2 3 4 Gold Key 2 3 Presxdent 3 Boars Head Festxval 1 2 3 4 Austrns artrval at Avon four years ago marked the beglnnlng of an lnterestrng career Hrs calm att: tude toward lrfe made hrm many friends both among the students and the faculty He has drstrngurshed hrmself rn many aspects of school llfe partrcrpatrng Txme for a mxdmght snack rn both varsrty and lntramural sports and jO1f1lI'lg many extra currrcular act1v1t1es dents at Avon Austm lrved IU Mt Prerponts house Here where xt IS qulet he was not dlsturbed by the usual sounds of dormrtory lrfe As a result of hard work hrs name could regularly be seen on the Effort Honor Roll In the field of sports Aus has partrcrpated ln var srty and JV soccer varsrty and JV tennls and a few mtramural sports He excelled rn all of them Austm has been a member of many of the clubs and has taken an active part rn Communlty Servlce He belonged to the Hrstory Club Glee Club Gold Key and the Chapel Chorr He also worked wrth the Dramatrcs Club whrch produces the annual Boars Head Festrval and was a key figure on the Amman staff I 7 7 -I ., , 7 . 7 7 7 5, 4 - p C o , , , I e 7 7 7 4 7 7 7 v A 7 7 7 7 . . , . . . . Havlng an advantage over most of the other stu- . , . . . D, D ' . U . 7 7 7 , j - . . , . . , 7 7 ' 1 7 31

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GRAFFLIN COOK III 119 Taplow Road Balnmore I2 Maryland Varsrty Swrmmrng 5 4 Boxrng 2 Lacrosse 3 Cross Country 4 Rrflery 3 Effort Honor Roll 2 3 4 Gold Ke 3 4 Y Avoman 3 4 Thrs representatrve from Balrtmore to the Class of 58 has been at Avon for three years He has partrcrpated rn many actrvrtres wrthout ever allowrng them to encroach upon hrs scholastrc effort so that hrs name has frequently appeared on the Effort Honor Ro I m off to Baltrmore One of Cookres greatest contrrbutrons has been on the swrmmrng team for whrch he holds a varsrty letter He was a member of the record breakrng relay team rn hrs fifth form year and one of the supportrng free stylers rn the forty yard sprrnt Graf rs also a member of the select group from Baltrmore who have trred to establrsh lacrosse as a sprrng sport at Avon It rs not uncommon to see hrm out leadrng thrs group rn frrendly catch Durrng the fall term of hrs Senror Year Graf was one of the long drstance runners on the Avon cross country team In addrtron to these he has also partrcrpated rn boxrng and rrflery Thrs well groomed boy has always been a leader rn Avons socral actrvrtres He served loyally on the Gold Key and the Avoman rn hrs junror and Senror Years The many frrends that Grafflrn has made at Avon can testrfy to hrs line personalrty and keen sense of humor for whrch he wrll be remembered 9 1 1 x Q 1 9 . . . . , . . r . . . . ' 9 ll. ' J - . , . , . . . . N . I . . . . . .1 . . -. - 33