Avon High School - Nova Yearbook (Avon, CT)

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A four year man John has led an actrve l1fe at Avon From hrs first year he has gained many friends and has shared 1n numerous actxvmes Makmg the Effort Honor Roll throughout hrs Freshman Sopho more and Jumor Years John has demonstrated great perseverance In sports john has been an actwe partlcnpant ln numerous fnelds Startmg wrth sxx man football m hns Freshman and Sophomore Years he went on to club and JV football ln hrs Junnor and Senlor Years In wmter sports too John has been actlve parncu larly m the fields of boxmg wrestlxng and swnm mmg Tenms and softball have benefited from hls partrcrpanon rn the sprung Extra curricular actxvmes have seen much of john He has been a library monntor smce h1s JUHIOI Year and has also been actxve as a chapel acolyte post JOHN EDWARD DOOLEY 1146 Mill Hzll Terrace Southport C onnectzcut JV Crew 1 Snx man Football 1 2 Wtestlxng 1 2 Tennis 1 2 Softball 3 Effort Honor Roll 1 2 Boars Head Festlval 4 Spanish Club 3 Club Football 3 Boxmg 3 JV Football 4 Recreatxonal Swlmmmg 4 Lxbrarlan 3 4 Post Office 4 Chapel Acolyte 4 Hlstory Club 4 Chess Club 2 3 Commumty Servxc Gold Key 4 Avoman 4 office clerk and member of the Gold Key Hlstory Club Chess Club and Avoman john wlll be missed not only for the lastmg xmpressron he has left upon Avon but for hrs shrmng Rough test tomorrow I ' 1 5 3 ' 7 ! 3 ! . , . e l, 2 7 . I 7 S ' . 3 V . 3 l I ' ' 7 , ' , personality and wxllmgness to help. , C , at 1 . 1 Q I 9 . ' I 1 ' Y 7 36 '

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WILLIAM DONNELLY JR 451 Perez Paco Mamla Pbzllzpme Irlandr Sw1mm1ng 3 Football 3 Soccer 4 Baseball 3 4 Commumty Serv1ce 4 D1n1ng Room Comm1ttee 4 Avoman 3 4 Llbrary Momtor 4 Effort Honor Roll 3 4 Although B111 d1d not arrrve at Avon unt1l the beg1nn1ng of h1s junlor Year he has made many fr1ends and accomplxshed a great deal B111s lnterest ln sports became apparent when almost 1mmed1ately after h1s arrrval he 1o1ned the vars1ty football team HIS ab111ty was soon evldent as he wfestled for the I dxdn t mean to oversleep Pop' pos1t1on of fullback on the junlor VHISIIY After a splendrd showmg 1n football B111 moved on to swlm mmg where he produced a good record He swam the freestyle and became an mvaluable member of the ducks When sprmg came he left the water for dry land and jomed the baseball team It was not unt11 the fall of 1957 however that B111 achleved h1s greatest sports success the much respected and very responstble pos1t1on of goalte for the VHISIIY soccer team W1thout h1s fast plays and spectacular saves many more goals whould have been B111 has been a very valuable man to Avon ln yet another way extra currlcular act1v1t1es 1n the form of Communlty Servlce Not only IS he a hard WOfklHg member of the D1n1ng Room Comm1ttee but also actlve on the staff of the lrbrary monrtors Whenever you meet B111 he IS always nn a cheer ful mood and ready to help any tlme he IS needed ThlS combmed wlth h1s fr1endly personallty has suc ceeded 1n w1nn1ng h1m a great deal of respect from all Avon1ans young and old A very versat1le young man B11ls name fre quently appeared on the Effort Honor Roll HIS fav r1te hobby IS co1n collectmg There you have B111 sports act1v1t1es a good scholastrc record As he leaves Avon one can be sure that he w1ll be mlssed by everyone rnght down to that absent B Wa1ter , . I I 9 1 3 1 1 ' , . . . 1 o u , . 3 I 7 3 scored against the Avon team. , D . . .. . ! , - s 1 ' , . , - . - , . .. , ' 3 35

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ROBERT GAIL F ERRIER 2825 W 26 Street Ene Penmylvama Varsrty Football 4 Varsrty Swrmmmg 4 Varsity Baseball 4 Although some Avomans suffered from mrsap prehensron that thrs was to be a qulet year for the Senror Class that mrsunderstandmg was qurckly dns srpated by the rather consprcuous arrrval of Ferrrer The fall was filled wrth many events and M just a small batch today among these were the excrtmg football games about which one cannot speak wrthout mentronrng Bobs name In his positron of tackle he contributed to the spurt of the Brg Red and he helped grve light to the team Certamly we all regard has varsrty letter as a reward well earned on the athletrc field Durrng the wmter term Bob agarn proved hrs skrll as one of Colonel Evans speedy splashers He drd not lrmrt hrs athletrc contrrbutron to two sports term He IS also qurte a tennis enthuslast Although Bob excels m extra currrcular actrvrtres the one he clarms to enjoy the most rs sleeprng Hrs other more obvrous rnterest IS women especrally Smrth women Bob was parucularly msprred rn Englrsh VI whxle the class was readrng about a certarn Phrl Ferrxer rn john Brown: Body Cwhzch rncrdentally he had never readb as a result Dr Mrtchell qurckly nrck named hrm Phxl Bobs extremely colorful personalrty and extra ordrnary sense of humor have garned hrm much recogmtron from hrs schoolmates It rs drllicult for one to belreve that he has been here only for one year R eitherg he played varsity baseball during the spring -4 ' u , . . , . ' 37