Avon High School - Nova Yearbook (Avon, CT)

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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

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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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H' Braxton came to Avon rn h1s Junlor Year and almost rmmedlately became one of the most popular persons on campus Durmg the fall season he was one of the spark plugs of the football team In the wmter term he lrfted werghts ln an effort to rmprove h1s physrque He was so successful that by spring he was able to press more than hrs own welght The followmg year he made a name for hrmself agarn on the football field very definrtely provmg that a small man can be just as good as rf not better than a larger one In the wmter wexght lzftmg was again his chorce He succeeded rn pressmg forty pounds more than hrs own werght, qunte a remark able accomphshment' In hrs studxes, Brac made the Honor Roll and IS one of the better students m hrs class Brac will certamly be mrssed by everyone next K X7 J! jf XP by BRAXTON DEW x fl X A X Lzttle Tuckaboe New Hart ord Connecticut Varsrty Football 3 4 Avon Henrs 4 Lnbrary Monrtor 3 Honor Roll 3 4 Glee Club 5 4 Wmged Beaver 4 Werght Lrftmg 3 4 Lawyer 5 year Hrs easy manner and hrs great abrlrty for mak mg frlencls have made hrm lrked by everyone Hts college choxce IS Washrngton and Lee He wrll un doubtedly gam the popularrty there whrch he has enjoyed at Avon My homework can wart V! if L fl' x up ffl U A A , -bf' 7 NWC, 53 . Lf ' so 9 X A. WL? FA 7 pf' A g IU l 3 X ,X ,7 f ,J r AJ 5 ,fl 7 'X Vx I X, P jd f If , 'X X x p I V t X My rj X lx 1'-A W' , kkxx XJ i J I K . X fy, A t 'Q V lv f , ' ll' , - 'QV V JXU JK . D . IAQ' I , ' lx ,l l 4 N X, Z' ,til ' ' ' f A t 1 A5 f x X y me of ,C Y 'u X 34 l'