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

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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 , . .. ..

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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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K ,qszewu Grieg W va It HLANDREW GROSSMAN 54 Hall Place 9-3 4, MJ Yonkers 5 New York UL A1zoman12 3 4 Q ,I lf Typrng Edrtor 3 L Managing Edrtor 4 CM Chemistry Club 4 H74-f Community Servrcel 2 4 Cross Country 3 fl., 17N-L, Drnrng Room Committee M ffl' 90 old Key 4 In Z rstory Club 3 4 Secretary 4 0Q,,,,,r,r' ef 5 4 brary Committee 3 4 N ova 4 Edrtor rn Chref 4 'Ant ost Oflicel 2 3 4 rdrng Club 1 2 ftbal 2 3 4 rampolrne 3 znged Beaver 3 4 lgmm mm One of the few srx year men at Avon Andy rs p s sessed of a truly remarkable mmd From his very first year he consistently remamed rn the top three of hrs Lrst He received the highest mark rn the school when he took the National Merit Scholarship Test rn the spring of hrs junior year From the very begrnnrng of hrs stay at Avon Andy demonstrated hrs lrterary skills He joined the Avoman as a mere first former He became the Typing Edrtor of the paper during hrs junior year and the next year stepped up to become the Managing Edrtor second rn command only to the Edrtor rn Chref He won the prize for the finest news artrcle rn 1958 Andy lorned the Winged Beaver durrng hrs junior year and again rn hrs senror year and used hrs lrterary talents for that organrzatron At the same trme he became Edrtor rn Chref of N ova and worked to revrve the lrterary maga zine Hrs skrll at debating as well as writing brought hrm recognrtron as Secretary of the History Club rn hrs senror year For four years he served hrs communrty rn the school post oflice Andy was also able to contribute hrs services further as both lrbrary monitor and lawyer for ,6wf9J7 co the student ourts during hrs last two years at Avon Andy may not be great athletrcally but he possesses a qualrty rn regard to sports whrch makes hrm stand up main qualrty of good sportsmanshrp and firm character Get your Amman: here 5 in i 3 l 6 dl C 7 I AH I ' 1 1 .WY f . 0111-4-I CR Mn, l V I 1 . . s s 1 470 , I , . . , ' , J class, never failing to attain the Honor Roll or Dean's with some of the best. He gives his all, which is the 4+-rms