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

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JYfllf Standxng Cleft to rrhtl Mr johnson W N Gordon Cunnrngham Beatson Sxegel Merrrll Black Kneelrng Cleft to rrghtj Rrckard Ross Srefert Blakeley Mr Tongue Noye Carey Trrmrngham TENNIS SEASON As the warm weather returns to Avon the thoughts of the students slowly begm to drrft toward sprrng sports and the great trmes on the arhletrc fields But for some thrrty or forty students the mam objectrve rs the tennxs courts and to be number one on the ladder or the best player rn the school These boys started therr workout a week before vacatron and although there was rerrrble weather they accomplrshed a great ea Because of the numbers of players thrs year s group had to be drvrded rnto three sectxons a varsrty group made up of the srx or seven best players the junror varstty group composed of the next srx or seven the freshman squad whrch was made up of the best players rn the two lower forms Thxs year as rn the past the coachrng was under taken by Mr Tongue wrth the assrstance of Mr John son and Mr Sprcer The team had many returnrng var stty and yunror varsrty players among them from the varsrty Roy Attrrde Wrlson Wyatt Granny Toogood Brll Bearson and Buddy Stegel from the Junror varsrty Ed Rrckard Dave Davrs jerry Robrnson jerry Blakeley and Dave McShane There were also several talented and much welcomed newcomers to the squad Mrke Cunnrngham Rusty Fowler Gary Black Denny Good rrch and Henry Sage , A , .K . ll fl 4 K ' 1 Sa . ff ' If Y ' V A . -.4 ' 1 A F, .S 1 ' ' : . , . . , ' , , ' , ' , , Fowler, Toogood, Mr. Sprcer ' ' : ' , , ' , , - , , , ' 7 - 1 s ' , . Q ' ' 7 . 3 3 7 I . , . . Q , d l. , , , , . 5 , y 1 v 7 9 ' , Z ' 144

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