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

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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 .. . . . . ,,

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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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ocks arrxval at Avon rn the fall of 1956 gave everyone quxte a shock One of the tallest boys at Avon rn many a year jock wrth all of hrs srx feet seven rnches found rt dlflicult to get accustomed to the comparatrve closeness of dormrtory lrfe He soon learned however to duck when he walked about the dorms ock s eager and actrve partlcrpatron m extracutrr cular actrvrtres rs easrly notable Elected edrtor of the school paper the Avonum durrng the mrddle of hrs junror year he strove for nothmg but the best and succeeded rn rebutldmg the then wobbly newspaper on a firm foundatron In the sprmg of 1958 he man aged to get the paper out on the average of once every two weeks-a record performance m the hrstory of Avon But far be rt from Jock to have neglected hns class work Hrs name appeared frequently on both the Honor Roll and Dean s Lxst and at the end of h1s Jumor year he scored an astontshrngly hlgh mark on the Natlonal Merrt Scholarshrp examrnatlon ock further enrolled for servrce as lrbrary monrtor d1n1ng room commrtteeman and lawyer for the student courts Possessed of a line srngmg volce he was both smger and accompamst for the Glee Club a member of the Chapel Chorr and a true pnllar of the Avon Herts XIX 51 N FARQUHARSON DAVENPORT 411 larwr Lane v Louzrwlle Kentucky X Avon Herts 2 5 as 0 Glee Club 2 5 Af Accompanrst 5 V JV Soccer 2 S' JQ JV Swnmmmg 2 4 R Avonzan 2 5 4 J Editor rn Chief 3 4 ska!! N X ,gf Communrty Servnce 3 4 2 4 Boars Head Festrval 2 3 4 fx wyer 5 'Ur xllinmg Room Commrttee Hrstory Club 4 ax Club Soccer 3 Club Tenms 2 3 4 C ,Q X tl Lrbrary Momtor 3 Wmged Beaver 3 Cha lCho1r 2 3 Pe px 5X,Club Swrmmmg 4 with fl X20 Poetry Ed K Xl XO? tc 7 L UNL K Hrs husky bass was a so heard as one of the Three Kmgs rn the Boar s Head Festxval of 1956 jock partlcnpated rn a wrde number of sports A1 though he hrmself admrts he rs no Johnny Welsmuller he recerved Junror varslty letters for both swrmmmg and soccer at the end of hrs sophomore year and held the record for underwater dlstance swrmmmg Not Mt Burt agam tomght7 ' JO xg! my . . I R ri P 1 . ,f-.yt lo ,p 45 Xl. p XXX NAL fkl' . . I . u . . , LJ xx . 7 7 vnu Xl' D t.. - . . ' X CML. I ' 4 . 1 3 wx P 395' 1 ' ' 5,4 .V I -'XNNMI t nb, . ,nil , Ist? W . . ' ' 1, Cxlzc X X s , ' Q . -NN 7 ' ' I . N 5 rl L,N.7L NN Nova 4 D N 'xcv Ujx r y 'S I, x ' . ,C L 1 , Kei X L7 ULD, g' ,L,1'lln XX . lxxvv I 'W ' J gt Xjxg J , . . . . J , . .. . . .- . . . I J . . . , . . . Q 3 2