Avon Old Farms School - Winged Beaver Yearbook (Avon, CT)

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Standmg Cleft to nghtj Lacoste Laprdus OBrren Mr Clark Howd W N Gorden Proctor Kneelmg fleft to rrghtl Moss Plepla Motter McCormack DIVING CLUB The fall of 1958 saw the establtshment of a new and unrque club at Avon the Drvmg Club From the unausprcrous begmnmgs of only two members Gor don Plepla and Val Laprdus wrth one compressed arr tank and arr regulator between them the group grew to fourteen members all possessmg therr own equrp ment Early rn the year the club was granted 1 charter by the Student Councrl after a lecture had been grven by Plepla for mterested students rn whrch he demon strated varrous types of underwater breathing appar atus and therr proper use The club has due cause to be honored as rt was the only other organrzatron at Avon asrde from the Nrmrod Club to be granted 1 charter The club actrvrtxes were rndeed varied Several trmes durlng the year rt sponsored full length colored frlms of the underwater sport whrch were of rnterest 115 to many students As a member of the Connecticut Councnl of Skm Dnvers the club also obtarned several well known authorttres on skrn drvmg to lecture and show films of thetr expernences xn that sport In the sprmg several club members went on a field trrp to Walden Pond on commrssron from the Thoreau Socnety to drscover the source of the famous pond a feat never before attempted by drvers wrth aqua lungs Although some mtght have thought of the possrble dangers of descendmg m waters of up to 100 feet rn depth all members were checked out for physrcal fitness and all equrpment was checked tn an equally thorough manner by the President of the Underwater Sports Assocratron of Hartford The club officers Gordon Plepla as President Ward Moss as Vrce presndent George Motter as Sec retary Treasurer and the able faculty advnsor Mr Clark performed a laudable job 1 'I 'K .Ani . i J . . . . . , . ' I ! I ' I Y ' ' I ' . .Y . . ' l i U f 9 ' x , - - , . f J 1 1 5 ' 1 , G I' U L - I C ' 1 I u K , m r 4 4 . - 1 3 I u ' , ' - - ' , s .

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