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

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'vhs- 1 john Cochrane came to Avon in the beginning of his senior year from Shattuck Military Academy in Airbola Minnesota ln the fall term he tried out for the varsity soccer squad made the first string lineup and occupied the position of halfback, sometimes al ternating places with the fullback He did not possess a very powerful kick but he made up for whatever he lacked there with his great determination and drive He was a valuable asset to the soccer team as his fiery spirit rubbed off on his teammates During the winter term john participated in two sports simultaneously weight lifting and wrestling He was able to press over one hundred fifty pounds and rolled around John joined the tennis squad where his strong forearm became an important point getter for Avon Scholastrcally john achieved a fine degree of ex cellence The HIS! term he made the Honor Roll and continued his good effort through the last three terms He also used his line bass voice so effectively in the JOHN COCHRANE 33 Horkmr Road Bloomfield Comzectzcut Varsity Soccer 4 Glee Club 4 Avon Heirs 4 Glee Club that he was asked early in the fall to join the Avon Heirs In the one brief year that john was at Avon he built for himself an enviable but well earned repu tation No soccer today john? H I - he did equally well in wrestling. When the spring term I kkviwkxk L 1

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l v ' . WILLIAM L CAMP IV 44 Colton Lane Farmington Connectzcut Avonmn 3 4 Chapel Chorr 5 Glee Club 2 3 4 Basketball 2 3 Varsrty Swrmmrng 4 Avon Herrs 4 Lrbrary Commrttee 2 Dance Commrttee 3 4 Varsrty Track 4 Soccer 2 junror Varsity Tennrs 3 During hrs five year stay at Avon as a boarder as well as a day boy B111 developed rnto a most popular member of hrs class One may attribute this to the blend of cheerfulness frrendlrness and wrllrngness to How about Number 23 thrs weekend? lrmrted hrmself to any one branch of endeavor Indeed hrs rnfluence was felt rn the varrous athletrc lrterary and musrcal actrvrtres of the school In the course of hrs sophomore year Brll donated also drstrngurshed hrmself rn the Glee Club and as a lrbrary monrtor As a rumor Brll displayed hrs lrterary talents by yornrng the Avonzan In sports as a fifth former Brll lent hrs abrlrty and team sprrrt to the rntramural bas ketball and junror varsrty tennrs teams He also branch ed out from the Glee Club to the Chapel Chorr By hrs junror year he had become noted as one of Avon s socralrtes and was elected to the varrous Dance Com mrttees As a senror Brll contrnued to make a fine name for hrmself at Avon by addrng the varsrty swrmmrng and varsrty track teams to the lrst of actrvrtres rn which he had drstrngurshed hrmself Brll also was voted rnto the Avon Herts thereby encompassrng all three of Avons musrcal organrzatrons .4 0 , o t I . Q D- 1 , , . , I I . D ' ii- : 3 k 3 7 ! 7 work which composed his personality, for Bill never his services to the soccer and basketball teams, and D I . . . . I , , . Q r ' 7 7 I

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RICHARD GRAHAM CROFT 1021 Park Avenue New York City New York Glee Club 1 2 3 4 Chapel Chorr 1 2 3 Avon Herts 5 4 Avoman 4 Varsrty Track 1 2 Intramural Soccer 1 2 5 Intramural Swrmmrng 2 Wrestlrng 1 Intramural Tennrs 3 4 Communrty Servrce 3 It seems longer than four years ago that Drck ar rrved at Avon because srnce that trme he has left an rmpressron on our school that most people would take much longer to create Who can forget Drcks some trrnes subtle sometrmes obvrous wrt at the occasronal 5. Thrs rs the way Chevalrer does rt bull sessrons he attended or orrgrnated7 The amazrng and often perplexrng srtuatrons rn whrch he finds hrm self rn New York or Parrsran socrety always draw smrles from hrs apprecratrve audrences A genurne man of the world Drck has experrenced and seen srtuatrons that most people would have to leave to therr rmagrn atrons Drck rs partrcularly rnterested rn musrc Not one year passed when Drck was not rn the Glee Club rn the chorr hrs fine tenor vorce was an rnvaluable asset the Avon Herrs must also be mentroned When he jorned the latter two years ago everyone spontaneously recognrzed hrs rmportance as a small group srnger Undoubtedly Drck played a consrderable role rn mak mg thrs group successful enough to srng on televrsron Although Drck could hardly consrder a career as a professronal athlete he was not rdle rn thrs field For three years he played rntramural soccer and lent hrs muscle to swrmmrng tennrs and wrestlrng durrng other seasons of the year He was a member of the varsrty track team for two seasons 1 s s a l l 3 7 . 1 s , ,. 9 7 - 7 I , a . . . . . . a 1 1 ' ' - . . z Q , is - , . . . . y . 1 rig rx h p . . . 1 .,,. , - Q-its ' 754' , . . . ' . , , 7 .. . . . . ,,