Avon High School - Nova Yearbook (Avon, CT)

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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

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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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There are very few organrzatrons on campus that have not prohted rn one way or another from Petes presence Hrs amrable attrtude sharp wrt and pleasant personalrty have all served to wrn hrm the respect of teachers and students alrke Pete has achreved the hrghest possrble academrc In the Lower School he had an amazrng average and rn the Upper School he hasnt mrssed the frnal Deans Lrst for the last four years In the Thrtd and Frfth Forms he was awarded the form ptrze for outstandrng scholarshrp He achreved more than local recognrtron when rn the summer of 1957 he was chosen for a Tellurrde Assocratron Scholarshrp one of only twenty whrch were granted to more than two hundred applrcants It rs not often that students are also athletes but Pete rs the exceptron to the rule In hrs unror and Senror Years he recerved hrs varsrty letter rn soccer In the Fourth Forrn he became the Feature Edrtot of the Avonmn and advanced on to News Edrtor rn hrs fifth form year Srnce hrs Second Form he has been an able member of the Wznged Beaver and thrs year he rose to the top to take over the Edrtorshrp of the yearbook In hrs frfth form year, Pete became a lawyer rn the Student Court By the end of the year, he had drstrngurshed hrmself so well that the Student Coun crl chose hrm to be Presrdent judge, a very respected and extremely responsrble posrtron rn thrs vrllage honors f ff ff 47 Rynnlz PETER M iw? liz-40 14,563 If l-I ofd on tzcut rsta t or tor n dent ncrl Feature Edrtor 2 A Nrmtod Club I 2 Secretary Glee Club 1 la Nova Dot r y Monrtor a r 3 resrdent ustrce 4 V Var Soccer 3 4 Prrzes I 3 f unrty Servrce e ns Lrst 1 2 3 Sugar Bush Club 1 Boars Head Festrval 2 3 4 Hrs capacrty for leadershrp was demonstrated clearly by the effectrve way rn whrch he has carrred out hrs dutres as dormrtory monrtor a posrtron he has held srnce hrs Hfth form year Thrs was further rllustrated by hrs berng elected to the Student Councrl rn hrs Senror Year To say goodby to Pete wrll be hard very hard but we wrll always remember hrm for hrs rrch con trrbutron to the lrfe of Avon Old Farms Srx hours 'trll the deadlrne fl 1 nl rf slr elf 'I , 1,5 'N 5 as New I f f V .,' l Q , X ' ' 1 lx X X-' 1 'I lbw y f ' , ' 1 f' rt I r, . f P' I I Al , N7 . . oat I, UW Y ' 4 fxtf' ,' A' . I 11 rl Rf L!! LL . A I ' V t rc W7 I F If Ay . i , 2, 3, 4 -ill!! Q71 Agile l ' - - r f 43 J f 1 ' . s ' 4 1 H . . 1 A.. fr lvl ld 1, 22 3 A rf' V .Z 'News Edrtor 3 fp A!! . s a 31 4 ' , A X' Qc KW e LVL dl ff - 3 4 my . 15 W. . f C314 ' 3 4, WC ' ' 1, 2, 5, 4 ,PV If , a ' ' , , , 4 0 , . t 2 n l ' 1 - . Q ' J- ' 50 .