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

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It was an optrmrstrc and forward lookrng B Frank lrn Rernauer who arrrved at Avon for the frrst trme or February 3 1958 from Rrdgewood New jersey He was prepared to work hard as he knew he would have to rn order to achreve the worthy goal he sought admrssron to the Unrversrty of Pennsylvanra s Wharton School of Frnance and Commerce Chrp s prrncrpal asset rs hrs frrendly personalrty He made many frrends among both the students and faculty durmg hrs relatrvely short stay at Avon and he was especrally popular wrth the members of hrs own senror c ass In the athletrc department Chrp went out for var srty sports all three terms As one of the managers of the 1958 59 varsrty swrmmrng team hrs very efhcrent way of carryrng hrmself was an outstandrng factor rn keeprng the darly team practrces gorng smoothly He was awarded letters both for hrs managershrp and also for hrs work on soccer and track He played both center and halfback on the varsrty soccer team durrng the fall Chrp partrcrpated greatly rn the communrty servrce program and hrs work on the Gold Key was greatly +5 B FRAIQKLIN REINAUER III 34 North umzy Avenue Rzdgwoo New Jamey y V Tra Varsrty ccer 4 rsrry Swrmrngng 4 rstory Glub 4 ap recratetlx by Dr Mmzhell, as well as the regular goers of Srihdfy afternoort In the Hrstory Club he contrrbpted hrs ralens of peech and clear thrnkr todielp m e that clubs meetrngs a rewar mg ex perrence And rn thrs corner of the monrtor s room I l 5 I jjj J I' 'r F . 1 , ' I 'ft I 1 W r, X ' 1 'A lim' aj. .. 4 C13 1 1 - ' 5 NJ . . . J' 1 ' ,VJ if 7' I by 5 I ,J ' , . y U5 A y X -I A of-A ,W s - rf 9 I -,J P . I Y ' r- ff 1 bl- I N . . 'A . 'l .9 . 9 . 'A' Lf 1 , ' ' - l ' - , if V vu . K , J rr' v,t..f vA l ' L., I A 1 . 5, . . - 35 . . . . . - . i

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PETER MCCRAE RAMSEY 711 Bonita Drive Winter Park, Florida Varsity Track 2 j.V. Football 2 Sugar Bush 1 Gold Key 3 4 Winged Beaver 4 Avonian 4 Intramural Swrmmrng 2 5 4 Intramural Soccer 5 Softball 3 4 Werght Lrftrng 4 In the fall of 1954 a small shy lrttle boy appeared on the Avon campus as an erghth grader Frve years later an affable young man strode confidently towards Mr Prerpont who held hrs drploma Thus the meta morphosrs of Pete Ramsey Closer examrnatron of thrs l was lust lookrng for my math book srr transrtron from a boy to a mature young man reveals that durrng hrs five year stay at Avon Pete attarned thrs change of stature because of hrs academrc and athletrc successes and hrs actrvrtres rn the student or ganrzatron In hrs freshman year Pete was a member of the Sugar Bush As a sophomore hrs name gradually be came a famrlrar one on the campus as he yorned junror varsrty football rntramural swrmmrng and varsrty track Durrng hrs junror year Peres athletrc efforts were dr rected towards rntramural soccer rntramural swrmmrng and softball He also served on the Gold Key Whrle a senror Pete had undergone the final stage of thrs transrtron He jorned the Winged Beaver and the Avon ian as well as contrnurng to serve on the Gold Key Peres athletrc rnterests whrle a srxth former were rn tramural swrmmrng werght lrftrng and softball 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 1 1 - , ' , . . . . . , . . , - xt , Q- A ....-, , , 1 imp' . . . . . , . 5 G X , . . . . . 1, rf,-f' 1 . - . . . ' H 1 - ' Q na- Z 5 t 1 r Q q 1 4 5' 'K 1 1 1 .. - - - .1 , .

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I . 1 Y J I X . J , 'I , O , 1 ' 1 , W , . N , - X V: I A Q 1 'A EDWARD M RICKARD 175 Villa Avenue Bmigeport C onnectzcut JV Tennrs 3 4 Community Service 4 Basketball 4 Dorm Monitor 4 Ed arrived on the Avon scene rn March of 1957 having previously attended Fairfield Prep a day school rn Fairfield Connecticut The town of Farrfreld rs also the permanent residence of the Rrckards Upon hrs advent at Avon Ed took an actrve interest rn extra Anybody got a weed? curricular actrvrtres He achieved the happy medium of being neither too shy and neutral nor too brash and outspoken and thrs Won for hrm the admrratron and respect of the student body Since hrs arrival took place rn the early sprmg Ed immediately set for himself the task of improving hrs tennis game After many hours of practice on the courts he overcame stiff competition and made the junior varsity team The followrng fall Ed contributed hrs ect and jorned the Gold Key That fall he also be came a member of the student government by being appointed by the council to the positron of a monitor rn Elephant Dormitory Entrrely fair and lust rn hrs enforcement of the Code of Ordinances he became one of the most popular yet efficient Ass1stantCommrs sroners of Publrc Safety Ed s studrous yet pleasing personality and friend lmess won hrm many frrends among the student body and faculty 1 1 ul I f 4 V1 , p. . u . I . . , , . 7 I t , . t , , , . . . . , ' 3 . a , . I . , . . time and effort to the seasonal community service proj- : ' a ' 5 A fl in If 1 I 2 . ' ' ' 13 , . ' . . . 1 1 '