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

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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 ,.

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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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Tom arrrved ar Ax on at the begmnrng of hrs sen1or year Durmg the fall term he played football on Avon s varsrty team He started out as a fullback but because of mjurxes was forced to swltch to guard where he performed lrke a veteran Scrapplness was a srgnrlicant part of hrs playnng In the wmrer Tom took wenght lrftlng to keep rn shape 1n the sprmg he was a capable performer on Coach Cochrane s baseball team playxng erther as prtcher or center fielder Tom was a conscxentrous student A member of the Hlstory Club he partncrpated rn numerous debates many of Whrch he won Tom was a qulet person whlle at Avon never one to waste t1'ne He seemed to have an unobtrusxve pur poseful way of gomg to and from hrs varrous actrvmes He spent a lot of tnme d1scuss1ng football wrth brother THOMAS F PETTINGILL 19 Burke Street Haverhzll Marraclauretlr Hrstory Club 4 Chemlstry Club 4 Varsity Football 4 Varsxty Baseball 4 Al Together they made one of the best brother com bmatmons both m sports and rn the classroom that Avon has ever seen Tom came to Avon as just another senxor but left as one respected by all as a student and athlete Physxcs physrcs 1 . Y . . . . . , . . . . - 1 1 , . , , 1 1 , s , ' v 1 , . 1 1 1 1 A 1 , ' H - - -1