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

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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

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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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jk Z ffgefnfjfeff' ep ,,7U,5e7,jM,,, 41434 251 t mamwmgwwfffwfyemu QM fbrkff WW Mafccvzl Mvfvq WENDELI. RONCEVALLE P ILLIPS Rectory Street Rye New York Junror Varsrty Football 2 Varsrty Swrmmrng 2 3 4 Gold Key 3 4 A Club 3 4 Hrstory Club 4 Musrc Prrze 3 Assrstant CChapelJ Organrst Glee Club 2 3 4 Durrng hrs three years at Avon Ronnre drstrn gurshed hrmself rn many fields of endeavor Possessed of a remarkable love of musrc Ronnre was the most musrcally rnclrned student rn the school He played numerous trmes for our chapel servrces here In fact Solrtude 61 W Z 147' he was able to play that complrcated and drfficult rn strument the organ wrth evrdent skrll Another of Ronnre s prrme rnterests was swrmmrng A far better than average swrmmer hrs last mrnute relay sprrnts more than once saved the varsrty team from defeat On many a cold wrnters afternoon he could be found down at the swrmmrng pool churnrng up the water wrrh hrs 40 yard freestyle and 160 yard medley for Colonel Evans Ducks Ron devoted much of hrs free trme to the Gold Key and Hrstory Club An actrve partrcrpant rn the Hrstory Club debates he was a valuable member of the latter organrzatron Academrcally Ron certarnly deserved recognrtron Several trmes on the Deans Lrst and Honor Roll he was a hard worker and was rewarded for hrs efforts K - ' 1 , Q 4 , - 44 H ft 'f -, ' for ' e f I A f ' ll ' F 'L X. , ZW' . .. ,y Y 9 ' '2,3,4 ,7 , . - 1 ' 1 I , 7