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

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A tall handsome boy came to spend three years at Avon and rn this trme became not only one of the most popular students rn the school but one of its prominent leaders as well very talented singer He yorned the Glee Club as a first bass the Avon Herrs and the Chapel Chorr In hrs senror year he was elected Vice president of the Glee Club and head of the Avon Herrs A good student Walt was on the Honor Roll every year but he was also an athlete as hrs several junior varsrty letters will testify In the fall he played soccer and was the regular goalre rn hrs junior and senror years in the winter when the rce was available he liked to play hockey or just skate for exercise Walt played base ball rn the spring and hrs talent as an outfielder was rewarded by another lunror varsrty letter rn that sport Because of hrs popularrty and the students respect for him Walt became a monitor rn hrs junior year He proved to be so successful rn the performance of hrs WALTER GREENE KINCAID jordan Road New Hartford New York Varsity Soccer 2 4 Hockey 2 4 Glee Club 2 3 4 Vice Presrdent Avon Herrs 2 3 4 Presrdent 4 Chapel Chorr 2 3 Student Councrl 4 Dorm Monitor 3 4 dutres that he was made head dorm monitor of Eagle rn hrs senror year Walt was also actrve rn student government He was elected to the Student Councrl became the Commissioner of Welfare and then the Dean of Yale please Q 1 7 7 ' 7 3 - 4 3 3 Q 7 1 ' 3 Young George quickly became recognized as a Chairman of the Dance Committee. , . 9 ' . - 9 ' 9 Z 3 3 , . .. ,

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ROBERT PARKE HUTCHINSON 230 Rose Lane Haverford Pennrylvama Werght Lrftrng 3 4 Intramural Skrrng 3 Intramural Softball 3 4 Intramural Tennis 4 Avoman 4 Wm ed Beaver 4 g Gord Key 4 Hutch made hrs rnrtral appearance at Avon rn the spring of 1957 lr was not long before he was recog nrzed as one of the more popular members of hrs class One may attrrbute thrs fact to hrs wrnnrng smrle and friendly manner Anyone gorng my way? After a comparatrvely brref period of orrentatron hrmself rn drverse fields of endeavor Perhaps first and foremost among these was skrrng He proved to be an able manipulator of skrs and poles but because of an unfortunate accrdent was compelled to remarn rnactrve on the slopes Not easrly drsmayed he switched to werght lrftrng and worked toward the rehabrlrtatron of hrs temporarily rnactrve physrque In the sprrng he swrtched to tennrs and enjoyed a most successful season on the courts Hutch s other prrme rnterests included the lrterary publrcatrons at Avon the Avoman and the Wrnged Beaver Whrle a member of the staffs of these organr zatrons he displayed commendable lndustry and lrter ary apprecratron These talents drd not go unnotrced for durrng hrs senror year Hutch was selected as Make up Edrtor for the Wmged Beaver He was proud to be a part of the team that produced this yearbook Hutch was also a member of the Gold Key I n . . , Y . la ' , - to an Avonian's way of life, Hutch began to distinguish . Q - . 9 7 ' 1 ' 9 3 , - ' 1 , .

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HENRY KOHN 16 Cbelrea Lane Wert Hartford C onnectzcut Sugar Bush 1 2 3 4 Nlmrod Clubl 2 5 4 In the fall of 1955 Sk1p made hls 1n1t1al appearance on the Avon campus as a freshman and rmmedxately set for hrmself the task of xmprovnng the condntnon of Avons woods and streams Hrs dllngence was not un rewarded for m that year he became a member of the A man s cabin rs hls castle Nxmrod Club an unusual honor for a first year man Wmter came and the snows and cold weather but Sknp possessed of a true love for the woods offered hns serv xces to the Sugar Bush The sprmg finally came and Skxp once agam took to helpmg out where help was needed He assnsted Mr Durphey ln h1s communrty servrce project of restormg to an excellent playmg sur face Avon s athlettc fields whxch had been so sernously damaged by the Hoods Sknps sophomore year at Avon was marked by hrs contmued unsellishness rn glvmg freely of hrs tlme to make Avon a better place to 11ve He also spent more txme wxth hrs books ln order to bring up hrs marks In h1s yumor year learmng that the Nimrod Club was undertaklng to build a new cabm Skxp rmme dlately plunged wholeheartedly mto the constructxon actxvmes Before the year was over the cabin was com plete and Sknp along with the other Nunroders felt a great sense of accomplxshment In hrs senlor year faced wlth the problems of the slxth form as well as college entrance Sklp snll found tune to assist Mr Durphey rn the latters endeavors as well as to lead the new Nxmroders and pass along to them hxs vast knowledge of the woods J 3,2 :aa 3 Y ' Q r , . , . .. . . s , . . . 1 l ., . . . . . . . 7 , . I , ' 1 s a 9 . . . , - 1 .. . ..