Avon High School - Nova Yearbook (Avon, CT)

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,EL W- fcfifbx '17 xlke-FV in-nl The Second Form rn 1953 was rndeed fortunate to have as one of rts members joe Thompson From the day he arrrved oe asserted hrmself as berng one of the more outstandrng members of hrs class Seldom oe not only drd well rn hrs academrc pursurts but also demonstrated hrs prowess on the athletrc field Track and varsrty soccer were both prrvrleged to rnclude Joe as a member of the team But Joe attarned hrs greatest success through hrs abrlrty to lead As a monrtor rn Eagle he sacrrficed hrs trme and energy to make the dormrtory a better place rn whrch to lrve As a judge and a lawyer he has shown a talent for the careful werghrng of evr dence and rmpartral understandrng combrned to make justrce wrn out He worked farthfully on the Drnrng Room Commrttee for three years and was made Charrman of rts refectory sectron rn hrs Senror Year responsrble for all communrcatrons delrvered from the Provosts Deans and Ardes offices The Nrm rod Club too wrll mrss joe rt wrll be a long trme rv cj? ' N g 'Zigi MA JOSEPH RUSSELL THOMPSON uf 25 Harvest Lane West Hartford Connemcut Arfoman 2 3 Lawyer 4 judge 4 Monrtor 4 Nrmrod Club Secretary 4 Glee Club 2 5 4 T ack 1 2 3 Soccer 3 4 Drnrng Room Commrttee 1 2 3 Co charrman before rt finds a more able secretary As oe leaves Avon to take up hrs career as a mrlrtary lawyer we can all be sure that we have lost a humorous well lrked and rntellrgent schoolmate Take thrs' L I 1 U71 -4 W 9 if ' ,Ji X. x' yy I - Sf ' 1, 2, 5 A A r , , , 4 - I 4 l I . ' J ' . y J . . . . , has his name been absent from the Effort Honor Roll. one destined for success. J . . . . . 64 .

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5 k as if P ' f 'Za fkiib Egg: ie Saab RICHARD S TAYLOR 5, Q 207 El Cerrzio Hzllrbofougb Calzfofma Avoman 3 4 Varsrty Track 3 4 Captarn 3 Bfrsketball 4 Cross Country 4 Drck arrrved at Avon two years ago At hrst he wrshed that he were back home rn Calrfornra but after a lrttle whrle he got over thrs and began to appear as a promrnent leader rn the school Durrng the fall he organrzed the Rally Club Settrng the record for the one hundred yard dash Q-NC' whrch played an rmportant part rn the support of thrs year s football team by the student body Durrng thrs trme he also ran on the cross country team Drcks real athletrc prowess hes rn hrs outstand rng track abrlrty In hrs first meet here he set a new school record for the 100 yard dash hrs unoflicral trme rn the event rs lust short of the prep school rec ord rn New England He rs the only boy rn the hrs tory of the school that has met the qualrhcatrons to compete rn the Natronal Interscholastrc Champron shrp at Madrson Square Garden As the captarn of the track team hrs success has been a great rnsprra tron to the rest of the team Drcksons effervescent personalrty rs one whrch rs completely enjoyable to those around hrm espe crally the boys on the top floor of Eagle When he leaves the east to enter the Unrversrty of Arrzona the track team as well as all hrs classmates wrll mrss hrm 9 ff! K 5' , K gg fl c Y X D SS, 2 55 V CL .2 CQ' -C' as 3 '52 'P XC, Q1 I 'QD . V, ' ' :gs U U 6

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ANTHONY FERGUSON TILLEY Edgeu ood Falls Brutal Virgmza Nrmrod Club 1 2 5 4 Sugar Bush 1 2 3 4 Avoman 3 4 Dance Commrttee 2 3 4 Communrty Service 1 2 5 4 School Game Warden 4 V Football Manager 1 Varslty Football Manager l A srx year man Tony has had the opportunrty to watch the school mature and mature wrth rt Imme drately upon hrs arrrval Tony jumped mto the stream of school actrvrtres and became varsrty football man ager for two consecutrve years Though he harled from a small town rn Vrrgmra Whar rs them there varm1nts7 m ' Tony was not at all confused wrth the rntrrcacres of school lrfe In hrs second year here he ach1eved the drstrnctron of becomrng one of the youngest mem bers of the exclusrve Nrmrod Club He contrnued thrs membershrp and rn hrs Senror Year became the Game Warden of the Vrllage of Old Farms Tony s most tmportant and srgnxficant acttvrty was wrth the Nrmrod Club He spent endless hours both 1n the burldrng up of the club rtself and rn rmprov mg the appearance of the schools woodlands He was one of the ploneers rn burldrng the new cabrn and partrcrpated whole heartedly rn the constructron and final completron of thrs structure Tony also worked hard on the Sugar Bush group whrch taps the trees of Avon to gather sap for makrng maple syrup He has also served on the Dance Commrttee for the last two years and con trrbuted much toward makrng our dances successful Tony served for two years on the Boars Head Festrval Commrttee and on the school newspaper the Amman as chref IYPISI In the academic field Tony rs not to be forgotten He has made the Effort Honor Roll for the last five years consecutrvely This bt woodsman wrll be mrssed for many years and rt can be safely sard that some thrngs about htm wrll never be forgotten I Y I I Y Y 3 1 I , 9 ' 7 ' ' Fl Y 7 3 ' 9 1 - ' - x , . 4 - . , . , . . . . . w - n , H , , a dwg, H, L Z 1 l , . 3 ' in .. . . ..