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

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z4'??'T'lT 76'3, . Humor scholastlc abrhty energy and frnendlmess these are but a few of the qualmes that characternze Val Lapndus one of the few srx year men rn the gradu atxng class Val partrcxpated m a myrxad of dnfferent orgamzatnons on campus rangmg from the Drnmg Room Commnttee to 1V swnmmmg For two years he was a member of the Wmged Beaver As a junxor he drsplayed obvxous talent as a result he became Lxterary Edttor rn h1s semor year Val s qunck wrt and umque method of expressxon found xts way rnto the hearts of Avoman readers rn hrs col umn Lapndus Llp He began has work on the Avoman as a freshman As a lumor he had been elevated to the post of Photography Edxtor and as a senxor he rm proved the paper xmmeasutably as Feature Edxtor As a servant of the communnty Val worked as a Llbrary Momtor and Dmmg Room Commlttee mem ber Through ram or shme Val fanthfully delnvered food to the rnfirmary and took attendance at meals Val was always a fine student From his first year at Avon on his name appeared on the Honor Roll or Dean s Lrst Val ns a good swxmmer For three years he labored up and down the pool practncmg for bng meets and 0 R ,-af PAUL VLADIMIR LAPIDUS 70 Eart 96th Street New York 28 New York Avomun 1 2 3 4 Photography Edrtor 3 Feature Edntor 4 Winged Beaver 3 4 Llterary Edltor 4 Llbrary Monxtor 4 Dlnmg Room Commlttee 3 4 jumor Varslty Swnmmmg 2 3 4 Club Soccer 2 3 Intramural Softball 2 3 Avoman Feature Prize 3 Member Alliance Francalse de Hartford Dxvrng Club 4 Vxce Presndent 4 N ova 4 Managmg Edxtor 4 he recenved three lumor varsrty letters Also thns dem zen of the deep was Vnce presxdent of the newly formed Dxvmg Club rn h1s senlor year On weekends the most hkely place he could be found was at the swxmmmg pool navngatmg up and down the pool under water equrpped wnth an aqua lung Ill never pass the test , I ! 7 Q U . 3 7 7 3 7 3 .. . . .. 3 I l l s , . . , . .- , - - . . . . 7 3 , - , I , . , . . . . ,, . . ,, . . ' 1 I . . 4 3 I n Q u I . L L ' 7 , . K! W . 1' it , . Y I .. , ..

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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 .. . ..

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Sv N, Mxfxfig G r'.?fX,5 4-C9 gieia K5 1. 1-x IAQ ,A 1 NV H RICHARD HOOVER LEE fo A 1 9 40 Barker Avenue 9' fl Q' Whzte Plazm New York Glee Club 1 Avoman 2 3 Make up Edrtor 3 Hrstory Club 2 3 4 Presrdent 4 Co Charrman 3 Charrman 4 Vrllage Clerk 3 Presrdent justrce 4 Dorm Monrtor 4 Wznged Beaver 3 Throughout the four years that he was at Avon Drck was one of the outstandrng members of hrs class both rn scholastrc achrevement and extracurrrcular ac trvrtres He was the wrnner of the form prrze at the end of both hrs freshman and junror years furthermore Now what was that Latrn proverb' Qf NFO 51 he never mrssed the Deans Lrst throughout hrs stay at Avon He belonged to the Hrstory Club for hrs last three years and was elected Presrdent of that organrzatron rn hrs senror year Drck enjoyed hrstory tremendously both past and contemporary Hrs enthusrasm was con tagrous A skrlled master of the art of debatrng he led other students to greater enjoyment through parrrcr patron rn thrs part of the Hrstory Club As Presrdent he developed the Club to new herghts occasronally semrmg rmportant documentary films and fascrnatrng lectures All of thrs spread the rmportance of a know ledge of forergn affarrs throughout the student body In the Student Court Drck worked hrs way up from lawyer rn hrs sophomore year to Presrdent udge and admrnrstrator of the bar course rn hrs senror year As the prllar of the student courts he was the mam authorrty for all legal cases Servrng on the Lrbrary Commrttee for hrs last three years Drck became rts Presrdent durrng hrs senror year He was also appornted a monrtor rn Eagle Dorm and carrred out thrs posrtron wrth the same trreless energy whrch he showed rn hrs many other dutres I Z' r 5 ki J 1' 1-sy C, B C, rv KD X c 5 'D J' , f t7 g 7 K, i ff' qv CX N , 1 1 . f A 0 Jo Q ' 'Y ' ' G 'U A 4, 7 fx rg ' - 5 v Q -Q. f 'K , . QS 'tr- ' x . 9 in A ' '2 ' , xg, 9,3 Ox , Xf 1 ' 'P 5 Y N . :X M Lrbrary Commrttee 2, 3, 4 C, - ' gf I , . . I - l n u 7 ' ' ' . . . 5 , I , ' 1 ' 1 9 3 Y , . 2 l C