Avon High School - Nova Yearbook (Avon, CT)

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New thrs year john has done much to gam the esteem and confrdence of hrs fellow student Hrs genral friendly nature and excellent sense of humor have won hrm the respect of master and student alrke even rn the few months they have known hlm john s prrmary rnterests have been rn athletrcs I the fall he starred on the varsrty football team contrrbutrng much to the seasons success wrth hrs sportsman lrke attrtude and dogged determrnatron As a member of the joypoppers durmg the wrnter term he was a leader of the team playmg basketball when not clearmg rce and snow Sprmg found John down on the baseball dramond under Coach Coch ranes eagle eye agam runnrng true to the tradrtron of the McBr1de famlly A drscussron of this exuberant Senror would be most mcomplete wrthout a mentron of hrs dorm lrfe He resrded on the top floor of Drogenes wrth Phrl Ferrrer and together thrs parr of Coach s boys could have made anyone laugh Thelr sharp senses of humor and qurck comebacks made them the center of attrac they V ffl ilalwrsf Aj ' JOHN LAINE MCBRIDE Ml Belmonz, Marracburettr Varsity Football 4 B sketball 4 ' rsity Baseball 4 tron at many bull sessrons Scholastrcally john has exerted a great deal of effort and has been rewarded wrth satrsfactory grades Hrs helpful contrrbutlons to class drscussrons have done much to make them more pleasant Now heres where I go left or rs rt nght7 , . - x , . , , . . . . . I1 1 s Q . . y f . r H w - ' a 9 .- , . . . . Y ' ' ' ll ' II ' ' ' ll I Il 2 r 1. . - - U . ,-

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ROBERT WILLIAM MARSH 47 Seldenbzll Drwe Wert Hartford 7 Conneclzcut JV Football 1 2 3 Wrestling 2 Hockey 3 Softball 2 3 Weight Lifting 4 Bob has been a student at Avon for three years A day boy from West Hartford he could often be seen racing down the road at 8 28 trying desperately to make his first period class Most of Bobs interests have been in sports He The Aide wxll never know has played football for three years and was a hard conscientious worker for Coach Cochrane He has also been on the softball team for two years the weight lifting team and the wrestling team Bob has worked hard at his studtes and his name has appeared regularly on the Effort Honor Roll girls and sports he is very interested tn cars He argued strongly when they closed the motor mechan rcs shop but he is still working on the motors of cars trying to find a way to soup up the motors Hrs affable manner and appearance have brought him many friends while at Avon and wherever he goes in life he should be a success I ' ' 7 Y l ' Y 1 - , . . u : I 7 t Aside from Bob's preoccupation with schoolwork, . . . . , . D , . ' 47

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Q MARTIN F MITCHELL M North Manurung lrland Rye New York Assistant Village Clerk 2 JV Football 2 Sugar Bush 2 Gold Key 2 3 JV Lacrosse 3 Village Clerk 3 Student Council 3 Warden 4 History Club 3 4 Nimrod Club 3 Varsity Football 4 A four year man coming to Avon as a Freshman Marry has spent much time on hrs studies and has say however that he has spent even more trme in extra curricular actrvrtres In hrs Junior Year he yorned the court system of Old Farms as Village 'What me worry? tif Clerk until he was elected to the Student Council At the begrnnrng of hrs first councrl term he became dances which were held that year varred and orrgrnal In hrs Senror Year he was again elected to the council a trrbute to hrs popularity with the students and faculty He was Commissioner of Public Grounds durrng hrs second term of oHice Marty was a very actrve member of the Nimrod Club rts Treasurer rn hrs junior and Senior Years He was also elected to the Gold Key Hrs chief interest however lay rn the Nimrod Club Almost every Wednesday afternoon and Sunday found hrm helping Durph and the boys burld a new addrtron to the cabin or rn the sprrng working on the Sugar Bush rn the processing of maple syrup and sugar Marty an avrd football fan has been on the foot ball team two successive years was on the lacrosse team and ran track rn hrs unror Year A monitor rn Elephant Dormitory rn hrs junior Year he came back to the same dormitory rn hrs Senior Year to be the head monrtor Hrs mam desire upon graduation rs to enter the Unrversrty of North Carolina but g A 'NN , tw i . X M rf , N . . h . . , s V QM QQ s V ' , 4 bl XJ ' ' , 4 1 e had room study almost continually. He is ,proud to Commissioner of Welfare and worked hard to make . . J . . ' 49 p