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

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AL 3, One of the new boys to jorn thrs year s srxth form was Denny Goodrrch who harls from Greenwrch Con nectrcut Havrng attended a boardrng school before Denny found he knew the ropes and frtted rnto the pat tern of lrfe here wrth comparatrve ease That fall Denny jorned Mr Clarks Work crew contrrbutrng hrs afternoons to the worthy project of communrty servrce Durrng the wrnter he went out for sprrrt whrch made the hockey season an enjoyable one When sprrng arrrved hrs yolly face appeared once more among the communrty servrce workers One of Denny s favorrte outsrde sports was golf whrch he played on many weekends Denny also partrcrpated rn several other extracur rrcular actrvrtres durrng hrs free trme Hrs mam asset was hrs exceptronal tenor vorce whrch garned hrm ad mrttance rnto the Glee Club and the Avon Herts He was also a farthful hunter Durrng the fall grumblrng students frequently heard hrm leave early rn the morn mg for the wrlds to bag a pheasant or other game My it DENNETT WALLACE GOODRICH Fox Run Lane Greemwcb Connectzcut Avon Herrs 4 Communrty Servrce 4 Glee Club 4 Hockey 4 But although Denny partrcrpated rn these numerous actrvrtres he devoted much of hrs trme to studyrng What Avon wrll mrss wrth the departure of Denny rs hrs fun lovrng personalrty He became one of the most popular members of the senror class Sweets a T I 11' , Q . I . , , I . . . . . . ' ' 3 7 ' 7 . . 1 . . , intramural hockey and his interest in the latter created I ! . , : l I 1 D

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Q5 Aeffitheifaw I-Lad?-0 W djner ,u Q A he V QA Afuoman 2 V News E t 9, Managrng JA Drnrng Room C mt 3 4 Co Charrman 4 Hrstory Club 2 3 4 Lf .Jr Treasurer 3 Aff Vrce Presrdent 4 idx, ,R Communrty Servrce 1 2 3 ,X Chemrstry Club 4 Boars Head Festrval 5 4 Brology Laboratory Assrstant 3 Owl Club 4 Now 4 lf' After four years at Avon Lanny had a remarkable slate of achrevements to look back upon wrth prrde He excelled both rn scholastrc and extracurrrcular ac trvrtres Hrs wrnnrng the hrghly coveted form prrze at the end of hrs sophomore year was merely a srgn of thrngs to come thereafter he never once farled to achreve the Deans Lrst jornrng the Avoman durrng hrs first year Lanny You think you ve got problems. drd not allow hrmself to settle down to medrocre wrrt mg Every artrcle he wrote had a drstrnctrve qualrty that conveyed the message qurckly and easrly It rs not surprrsrng therefore that he became Managrng Edrtor durrng hrs Junror year He brought a lrvely enthusrasm and a fine journalrstrc skrll to bear effectrvely upon the posrtron Not only drd he spend hours of hrs trme for the newspaper but days and nrghts on end fullillrng hrs dutres as Assrstant Edrtor of the Yearbook of whrch he became Edrtor rn Chref rn hrs senror year Over the years Lanny somehow squeezed trme from hrs rndeed crowded schedule to yorn a large num ber of student organrzatrons He became one of Avon s most versatrle sons As Treasurer of the Hrstory Club durrng hrs yunror year he drd such a fine job that the followrng year he became rts Vrce presrdent He was also appornted Co charrman of the Drnrng Room Com mrttee at the begrnnrng of hrs senror year Possessed of mechanrcal skrll he served as projectronrst for the Saturday nrght movres at the Forge Theater Lanny always partrcrpated rn some way or another rn the school court system He first made hrs mark there as a lawyer rn hrs sophomore year The followrng year he became Vrllage Attorney and finally rose rn the court hrerarchy to the drstrngurshed posrtron of judge in his senior year. 'ff 3

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HOLLIS JOSEPH GRIFFIN 27 Indum Hzll Road Wznnetka lllmou Hxstory Club 4 Varsxty Swxmmlng 4 Varsxty Tennns 4 Although new at Avon thxs year Holl1s found com paratlvely lxttle dlfliculty nn orlentmg hlmself to an Avontan s way of 11fe One of Avon s mrdwestern rep resentatxves from Wlnnetka Illrnols to be exact Hollrs although reserved always had a good word for Who? Me? everyone Thls fnendllness and smcerlty was much apprecxated by the student body Durnng h1s stay here Hollls became known as a most enthusnastnc book man He was one of Mr Love lands better students and m addltlon was among the more actlve members of the Hxstory Club Hollxs keenest mterest outsxde of the school IS sanlmg On many an occasnon he held an enthralled audience of students wrth hrs tales of the balmy after noons that he had spent Cl'UlSlI1g nn h1s Star Class on the placnd waters of Lake Mxchngan Hollls love for the water naturally led hxm to become a member of Avon s nntramural water polo team Hollls other prlme athletlc lnterest whnle at Avon was tennls In the sprmg he proved himself a valuable addmon to the tennxs team wnth hrs fine court play and sportsmanllke manner 1 9 ' ' ., . , . . . . ' ' 1 9 7 1 s ' ' ' . , . .. 7 7 ., . . . . . . ., - , ., . .. . - a , . .. ..