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

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Trme two am Place Mr Carneys classroom Occasron another of the famous 1958 59 yearbook meetrngs A steady tapprng norse pervades the room rn a sharp and unceasrng staccato It rs the typewrrter whrch rolled though rt were destrned to be prrnted between these covers Dave was certarnly one of the more farthful men on thrs year s Winged Beaver staff whrle servrng at the same trme as typrst for the Avon za Dave s hrst opportunrty to prove hrmself athletrc ally was by playrng on the junror varsrty football team He was always rn there pluggrng Dave also played junror varsrty tennrs as well as varsrty track He was no slow runner and hrs antrcs on the tennrs courts were a srght to behold Through some mysterrous power Dave was nearly always able to return the ball to hrs opponent He had however a unrque style of playrng that would have made the author of the tennrs rule book gaze rn wonder and amazement at such strange lookrng gyratrons The Gold Key was also a recrprent of Daves ef forts Possessed of a great porse Dave never once had the problem of havrng to prck up broken tea cups or DAVID RUSSELL MCSHAN E 60 Douglas Road Glen Rzdge New jerrey JV Football 3 4 Varsrty Tennrs 3 4 Intramural Swrmmrng 3 Werght Lrftrng 4 Avoman 4 Gold Key 4 Winged Beaver 4 Lrbrary Commrttee 4 Boats Head Festrval 4 sweep up fragments of shattered cookres In Dave we had a drfferent student-drlferent rn hrs subtle wrt hrs rather annoyrng at trmes but usually amusrng comments on lrfe rn general and one who I drdn t do rt of Dave McShane, and the reams and reams of paper was genuinely liked by his fellows. ' n.

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PETER MCCARTHY 322 Church Street Wetherrheld 9 Connecticut Rrdrng 2 Post Office 3 Work Crew 3 4 Softball 3 Wznged Beaver 4 Lrbrary Commrttee 3 Harlrng from Wethersheld Conn Pete came to Avon as a sophomore Durrng hrs three years here he proved hrmself to be a doer that rs to say he rs a Durrng hrs sophomore year the school stables were fg '5' m 'r K 5- Brg am t rt? in Wm rn operatron and rrdrng was one of Avon s ma yor sports In a rather short trme Pete became known as one of the most ardent devotees of rrdrng and on many an or rrnprovrng hrs jumprng abrlrty Pete devoted the balance of hrs trme rn the fall to managrng the football team a hard and utrrewardrng task However by the end of the season by much effort and applrcatron he had become one of Avon s most successful managers Pete served durrng the wrnter and sprrng terms on the communrty servrce squad and whrle a member of thrs organrzatron hrs servrces were very much apprecr ated as he was a frne worker He devoted much of hrs free trme partrcrpatmg rn such extracurrrcular actrvr tres as the Boars Head Festrval and Wmged Beaver As a member of the busrness staff of the latter he solrcrted a large percentage of the advertrsements ap pearrng rn thrs years yearbook . ,, ,,g . A , . Q . . 1 man of actiong Pete gets things done. afternoon he could be seen galloping through the woods Q . . . Y' . nf . r as 0

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JOHN KIRKLAND MICHAUX 3417 Ella Lee Lane Hourton Texas Varsxty Football 4 Varsrty Track 4 History Club 4 Avoman 4 A newcomer at Avon Ktrk dxd much tn a short ttme to wm the respect of hrs peers Notwtthstandtng the dtflitulty of hrs sttuatnon as a new semor he went all out rn many phases of school ltfe On the athlettc field especrallly Klrk made a name for hrmself Al Has anyone seen my horse? ready expertenced on the grtdxron he jomed the Avon football squad and became a lirst strmg varsrty letter man lillmg the positron of end Durmg the wrnter term Red exhxbrted hrs prow ess rn the swrmmmg pool as a member of Avon s var stty swtmmmg team Hrs mastery of the more d1H:lCl11t strokes combtned wrth hrs raptd pace was the wonder of the entrre team Although he dtd best rn the 100 posrtton jommg the track team durmg the sprmg term Ktrld' helped make the season a success He was prolicnent tn the htgh yump and threw the javelxn farther than any other member of the team Hrs team sprrrt and wtllmgness to cooperate were appreciated by everyone with whom he worked Krrk parttctpated rn many extracurrtcular acttvmes durmg the school year He worked m the communnty servrce program to assrst tn the smooth functnonmg of the school and was always avaliable to lend a helpmg hand For the Avoman he helped cover the athletrc program for the sports page and also worked m the typlng department In the Htstory Club he helped rn organnzmg debates and drscussnons Here hrs tntellrgent comments were welcomed I y 3 . . . . . , , . . . I n , - 3 S yard free-style, he was always ready to till any vacant I , . . 4 I . I . ' 9