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

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RICHARD NOYES 211 Meadow Plamr Road Szmrbury Connectzcut Intramural Soccer 1 2 3 jumor Varsxty Soccer 4 Trampohne 1 2 Intramural Swlmmmg 3 4 Jumor Varslty Tennis 1 Softball 2 Jumor Varsnty Baseball 3 4 Llbrary Commnttee 2 4 Winged Beaver 4 When Dlck flrsr came to Avon as a day boy f1ve years ago h1s only means of transportatlon for the several males from hrs home an Snmsbury to Avon was hxs old dtlapndated blcycle The bxcycle however was yunked and replaced by a fine new 1958 automoblle Am I late? Thls IS merely a graphic example of the progress thxs boy has made Hls bemg a day boy dld not hamper hnm from making many frtends and leadmg an actnve school 1 e In arhletncs Dnck played yuntor varsnty baseball m has last two years as an outfielder He also partxupated ln soccer trampolme sw1mm1ng and softball In soc cer he recenved a yumor varsxty letter nn h1s senlor year and m hls freshman year he won the same m tenms Although he was not among the outstandmg schol ars of the senlor class he dld matntaxn above average grades and was an authornty on World War II as hxs excellent papers on the subject for Western C1v1l1za txon showed A hkable fellow mdeed wrth h1s qutet but pene tratmg manner he was a line member of thus years semor class Performlng several needed servlces for hls com munnty as both lxbrary monntor and typxst for the Wmged Beaver he dld not shrlnk from extracurrlcular act1v1t1es 1 1 1 1 , .. , t 1 x , . . , , 1 f . ' l , . 1 1 v ' ' a 1 - s , . . . , Y I1 w 1 a 1 1. H

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X Kr 5 Jr George returned to Avon last fall for hrs srxth year Wrth hrs fine sense of humor and pleasant personalrty he had made a large number of frrends here Whrle rn the lower school he was elected Vrce warden of forms I and II rn hrs second year George rs a rrdrng enthusrast Berng the owner of a full blooded Arabran mare he rs somewhat of an expert on the subyect Whrle the school stables were rn operatron he spent most of hrs afternoons pursurng hrs hobby At the stables he was always ready to lend a hand to a younger rrdrng enthusrast Durrng the wrn ter and sprrng terms, he drvrded hrs other athletrc rn terests between swrmmrng and varsrty track He worked a great deal wrth communrty servrcc, one phase of whrch was represented by hrs efforts rn the Owl Club He was a member for four years and gave many of hrs Saturday nrghts rn fulfillment of hrs dutres to thrs club He sang rn the Glee Club and rn the Boar s Head Festrval Durrng hrs last year, George took the bar course and served as a lawyer rn the school's L 56 LVL ft EQRGE FREDERICK MOTTER IV Vzrgmza Avenue Extemzon York Penmylvama Owl Clubl 2 5 4 Glee Club 2 5 4 Chapel Chorr 3 Rrdrng Club 1 2 Intramural Soccer 5 Varsrty Track 3 Intramural Swrmmrng 4 Communrty Servrce 1 2 court system Many of hrs class members can vouch for the qualrty of the honey George obtarned from hrves of hard workrng bees whrch he and hrs roommate Rolf Olson cared for rn therr spare trme over the last three years 'l002, 1003, 1004, ,I XMLL, M CQ-f Tmxfl Q S ,r lvvb Zyrf Q 4 V Lf I V hd 'LP 4' 1 I , 1 D y .fl LL!! fl I ll we We I M fp' 4,1 L, , H Ati W., gkgfv, 011711 I ,LL V L V ,fa X coffxgovi LAI, Ulf f ,ivy gif? !.-cl dl Xi,gbCzfv,1AjQV,fL high, F Xybrdv u JXVLL if I lt I KIVA' 1 ,L f' . . . . ILL A . 4, Y - ,Af- I fly' Y 3 7 . D Y 5 3, 4 if . . , . . k X

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Rolf rs one of the few srx year men graduatrng thrs year Durrng hrs last three years at Avon he proved hrmself an rnvaluable member of the track and cross country teams at Avon The fall term saw hrm coverrng the cross country courses of many schools where hrs fine runnrng con trrbuted greatly to Avons vrctorres In the sprrng hrs rnterests turned to the crnder track where hrs many accomplrshments rncluded the breakrng of the record for the quarter mrle He always worked for the team and because he led rt ro many vrctorres he was rn hrs senror year elected captarn of both the cross country and track teams Rolf worked hard at many types of communrty servrce He became a member of the Owl Club after hrs second year The srngrng groups on campus also felt hrs presence for he drvrded hrs trme durrng hrs last two years between the Glee Club and the Chapel Chorr He worked serrously rn hrs studres and was a OLF HUMPHREY OLSON 25 Garden Street Wetberrfeld Connectzcut Owl Club 1 2 5 4 Varsrty Track 2 3 4 Captarn 4 Captarn 4 Glee Club 2 3 4 Chapel Chorr 2 5 Intramural Soccer 1 Softball 1 conscrentrous partrcrpant rn many extracurrrcular ac trvrtres however between meetrngs classes and track meets he found trme to gather the harvest from the hrves of bees whrch he and George Motter kept at the school Now, whrch way do I go? J fl lr l PK Llp I x . K ,' W 4 L X , 1 L, X r Vp' V W U L f V 1, Nl KN 1 ' X 1 I , Q 'I lx V L pl l T , k Lu p , ,Ulu X .J J 7 'Q lx ' ff V M , ,V U 0 KR fl ul! ffl! .L , l ' L 'Ll . , . I ' I I bu' Lf! I yl' X, Y . x 3 Q l sl at a M -U C ' L' 0 Cross Country 3, 4 ,YA j ' l will l LL .' ' 15 , 2 1 , , V ' i X10 y ffol rf 'l l - F flffl l lfyg I W I V, K IQ 1 LV If X. f 4 ' . . . . . L , . ,