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

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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

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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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CHARLES W DAVIS 62 Blur Street Eart Hartford C onnectzcut Varsrty Football 2 5 Co Captarn 4 Varsrty Swrmmrng 2 Varsrty Track 3 4 Avoman 2 3 4 Varslry Baseball 2 Drnrng Room Commrtree 4 Glee Club 2 5 4 Chapel Chorr 2 Lrbrary Commrttee 2 Wznged Beaver 3 4 Commumty Servrce 1 2 A Club 2 3 4 Secretary 4 Durrng Chucks live years at Avon he won many frrends both among students and faculty He made hrs most sxgnrlicant contrrbutrons to the school rn the field of athletrcs In the fall Chuck always played varsrty football and wrth hrs fme abrlxty and spxrxt he helped You there' the team to Wm many vrctorres In hrs semor year hrs popularrty wrth hrs teammates was plainly shown as he was elected Co captann of the team Wrth the first snows he turned hrs rnterests to swrmmmg where he drstnnguxshed hlmself as a powerful freestyler and breaststroker An all around athlete he was not con tent to go out for only two varsrty sports but proceeded to work as a shot putter and broad jumper on the track team rn the sprrng In hrs sophomore year Chuck played baseball and made the varsity team as a thrrd baseman He was elected to the A Club rn hrs sopho more year becommg secretary of the organrzatron rn hrs semor year Chuck appeared rn the Boars Head Festtval for three years In hrs second year at Avon he yorned the Glee Club and for one year sang rn the Chapel Chorr He served conscrentrously on the Dmmg Room Com mrttee the Lrbrary Staff the Avonum and the W1nged Beaver Hrs other actrvrtres ranged from ROTC rn hrs Hrst year to the Hrstory Club As a semor hrs capa crty for leadershnp was put to use when he was ap pornted a dormrtory monrtor 'Qi- J x 34 . , , I s . , Q a 1 ' y 9 1 9 u H x 1 a ' 7 - s 1 1 1 . ' , ' 7 ' 1 1- n - - 9 . , . ' a , . 1 9 . , ' .. ..