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

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WILLIAM PACA BEATSON 5800 Kenmore Road Baltzmore 10 Maryland V Soccer 2 3 Lacrosse 2 Vars1ty Tennis 3 Hockey 2 4 A Club 3 4 Commumty Service 2 3 4 junxor Dorm Monitor 3 Gold Key 2 3 4 Boats Head Festival 3 4 Spring Dance Commrttee 3 Wznged Beaver 4 Avoman 4 B111 who ha1ls from Baltimore Maryland came to Avon three years ago HIS southern fr1endl1ness and not1ceably exuberant personal1ty were soon to win him many friends among the older students as well as the younger What a l1fe' An extremely sports mmded lad he made the ath letic field and the gymnas1um almost h1s second home He engaged rn a wide varnety of athlet1c activities mak1ng h1s mark in junior vars1ty and varsnty tennis and soccer respect1vely Among the upper three men on the 1957 1958 varsrty tenn1s team he not only played a remarkably fine game but displayed a splen did Splflt of good sportsmanship B111 was rewarded for h1s efforts by bemg elected 1nto the A Club for In h1s other extracurncular act1v1t1es B111 was as active as he was on the sports field As a sophomore he was a member of the Gold Key and served that organization conscientiously and faithfully For the 1957 Boats Head Festival Bill was Prop Manager For days before that extravaganza took place he scur r1ed around the stage giving d1rect1ons and making sure that everyone was supplied with the proper cos tumes and props Indeed he was one of Mr Prerpont s r1ght hand men 1n the product1on B111 also found t1me to make his contributions as typ1st for both the Avon mn and Wznged Beaver I J. . , ll il , Q , 1 3 3 7 7 3 s . . Q 1 5 7 - 3 - . . , , - I ' ' ' ll IP I I A' ' I A his junior and senior years. 4 A 5 V 3 . , - . , .

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During the three years that Barney spent at Avon he left qurte an rmpressron on the school It would be hard rndeed to forget hrs lrvely personality or hrs smrlrng countenance Barneys marn enjoyment was the outdoors He trnually actrve rn rt The club showed the hrgh esteem rn whrch he was held by electing hrm presrdent during hrs senror year Mr Durphey was blessed wrth Barney s presence on both Sugar Bush and community service Communrty servrce found Barney working around the now com pleted cabm the bunks of whrch were hrs rnsprratron He also worked on the rndoor rifle range and was one of the shovelers who braved forty five degree water to clean out Beaver Pond It was through hrs efforts that the Sunday trapshoots were rnstrtuted and that they garned popularrty wrth the student body As a result of hrs drlrgence the school forests were stocked wrth pheasants for the benefit of future Avon hunters He took rnterest rn the Nrmrods fishing actrvrtres and was responsible for the large number of trout released last year Barney partrcrpated rn junior varsrty football dur rng hrs junror year here and became first strrng tackle WILLIAM CHAMBERS BEALL 505 Fzeldmg Court Decatur lllmou Club Football 2 junror Varsrty Football 3 Communrty Servrce 2 3 4 Hrstory Club 3 4 Nrmrod Club 2 3 4 Presrdent 4 Sugar Bush 2 3 4 Chapel Chorr 2 Glee Club 2 on the junror varsrty team He was also an enthusrastrc member of the group that contrrbuted to that short lrved sport lacrosse rn whrch he played first strrng In hrs first year Barney joined the Glee Club Hrs desrre to rncrease hrs knowledge of world affairs led You too may have a solo hunter s license , JR. , . . 7 3 joined the Nimrod Club in his first year and was con- him to join the History Club in his senior year.

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It was june 5 1959 and Matt Betley had rust left the campus for the last trme He had graduated and had gone on to college Although he had come to Avon only two years before he establrshed hrmself as a frne athlete a fine student and a frne person Havrng come to Avon rn the second half of hrs rumor year from St Marys Hrgh School rn jackson Mrchrgan he rmme drately turned out for varsrty baseball He played rn the posrtron of Hrst base and prtcher hrs rumor and senror years helprng the team rmmensely both on the defen srve and olfensrve by hrs skrll In the fall and wrnter terms he partrcrpated loyally rn rntramural tennrs and boxrng and also played goalre on the hockey team Although he was an avrd sports fan Matt strU had trme to devote to other extracurrr cular actrvrtres In hrs junror year he jorned the Glee Club as a second bass and rn hrs senror year became a valuable member of that organrzatron Because of hrs qualrtres of leadershrp Matt was appornted a lrbrary MATTHEW J BETLEY 65 Arlzngton Road Longmeadow Mamzchurem Glee Club 3 4 Varsrry Baseball 5 4 Lrbrary Monrtor 3 Post Office 4 Hockey 4 Intramural Tennrs 4 Boxrng 4 monrtor rn hrs rumor year ln hrs senror year he was also a member of the post otfrce crew Matt although berng actrve rn these many phases of school lrfe was also a good student and was able to marntarn a B average 2 Room study? Love r 1 1 r r ' 1 . . , ' x ' ' - - u n 1 y ' ' , . . . . . 7 9 ' . . 5 N 1 - l . if fixgwapfr .r .pr f aa, ' 5 lla? as 'Q 1 4 , - 4. . I , 5 T .. I - D..