Avon High School - Nova Yearbook (Avon, CT)

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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 .

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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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lm JORDAN MOTT 'QM W Race Road M X0 N ortb Guzlf C onnecncut Varsnty Football 2 3 4 My Varstt Track 2 3 4 Y MQ Wrestlxn 2 8 Wexght Llftlng 3 M! Instructor 4 Avoman 2 Dorm Monltor 3 Glee Club 2 3 4 Avon Helrs 2 3 4 Presndent 4 A Club 2 3 4 Wxnter Track 3 Cholr 2 Dance Commnttee 4 Effort Honor Roll 2 Jordy came to Avon three ye the Semor Class Jordys greatest contrnbutlon to the of thls class has been made posstble b 4 uslcal H1 Ma' t lent He has been a member of the Glee Club and ected Prestdent of the latter He also has an ex Q ptronal talent for playing the gultar and wlll be r membered for the folk songs he sang whlle he llved rn Eagle Dormrtory Jordy has not only dlstmgulshed hlmself xn the muslcal field but he IS also an exceptional athlete and hardworkmg student He has been on the track team and the football team for three years Even against adverse condntlons he always played exceptionally hard football because he loved the game and gave lf all he had One could always see ordy maklng the btg block or tackle In splte of a bad back Jordy was Avons top 220 yard runner on the track team Durmg the wmter months Jordy has been a stu dent lnstructor of the Werght Llftmg Club Jordy has been a steady and tenacnous worker H1s name could often be seen on the Effort Honor Roll Because of h1s lxkable character and excellent motlvatxon he will be a success rn whatever held he chooses G MK 61, 1 4 , 9 l OM 0 MJ' K W ' 1 I 1 x A7 JL , 3, 4 l Mg - 1 a if en, . . he has become an outstanding member a ef- 1 t e Avon Heirs for three years, and this year, was , . . ie H - . . . . . J ' ' ' 51