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

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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 , . ,

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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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ALBERT RICHARD PETTINGILL 19 Burke Street Haverbzll Marmcburettr Varsrty Football 5 4 Varsrty Baseball 5 Avoman 3 4 News Edrtor 3 Wznged Beaver 4 Sports Edrtor 4 Hrstory Club 4 Chemrstry Club 4 Harvard Book Prrze Student Councrl 4 Dorm Monrtor 4 Al arrrved at Avon rn hrs Junror year and set to work rmmedrately to make a name for hrmself He proved to be a tremendous football player and won a varsrty letter each year Hrs dogged determrnatron rn sprred the team as much as hrs great abrlrty to play Repent srnners' the game he loves Hrs athletrc prowess drdn t stop wrth football As Avons star prtcher he made a great contrrbutron to the baseball team Hrs battrng average was one of the hrghest rn the schools hrstory and hrs fieldrng was sparklrng As a member of the A Club rn hrs lunror year and Presrdent rn hrs senror year he worked hard to further the athletrc program here It rs not often that good athletes are scholars but A1 rs an exceptron to the rule Hrs name appeared con srstently on the Honor Roll or Dean s Lrst jornrng the Amman rn hrs fifth form year he was promptly made News Edrtor The Wznged Beaver was qurck to catch hrm too He was appornted Sports Edr tor rn hrs senror year and performed the drflicult rob wrth success The sports pages rn thrs book exhrbrt hrs fine workmanshrp Very popular among hrs fellow students because of hrs good nature and sense of responsrbrlrty Al was elected to the Student Councrl rn hrs senror year He served as Commrssroner of Athletrcs and as a dormrtory monrtor rn Pelrcan I . 7 ,4 Y 's u D 3 3 3 3 7 ,.