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

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Mr Webster defrnes the word sage as berng char acterrzed by wrsdom prudence and good judgment Henry Sage rn hrs short one year stay wrth us has gone far to fulfill these qualrtres rn hrs own character Here we had a quret and studrous lad who always seemed to be domg somethrng constructrve and looked rather scornfully at those occupatrons whrch were not of a helpful nature erther to hrmself or to hrs communrty here at Avon These habrts certamly pard off by earnrng hrm the fine grades whrch he recerved as well as the respect of hrs teachers and fellow students Henry came to Avon from St Pauls rn Concord New Hampshrre and soon became an actrve member of the senror class rn several rnterests whrch he pursued drlrgently Photography was one of hrs keener hobbres Some of the prctures whrch he produced wrth nothrng more than a three and a half dollar box camera would rrval those of the most expensrve photography equrp ment Of hrs several outstandrng prctures more than a HENRY WILLIAM SAGE Dune Road Southampton Long lrland New York Hrstory Club 4 Communrty Servrce 4 Hockey 4 Tennrs 4 few are here reproduced rn thrs yearbook The Hrstory Club represented another of hrs rnterests He was sev eral trmes recognrzed by rts other members as showrng a remarkable mastery of words and a qualrty of leader shrp whrch rs an asset to any organrzatron May I have the car Saturday Gramma9 I 1 .1 H - . . . , . . . a a ' s 1 . 7 3 , . ' 3 ,. - y 1 1- U , .

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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 '

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STEPHEN MAG SCHWOLSKY 59 Bloomfield Avenue Hart ord Comzectzcut Rlfle Team 1 jumor Varsrty Swrmmmg 1 2 3 4 Rndmg 2 Commumty Servlce 3 Softball 3 Intramural Swnmmmg 4 Llbrary Staff 3 Wmged Beaver 4 Busmess Manager Steve first came to Avon five years ago From that tnme on he contrlbuted greatly to a number of school acuvrtres Although hampered by a severe physlcal handxcap whrch he recerved m an automobile acctdent durtng hrs Here s another hundred first year Steve stnll dnd not neglect enther hrs studtes or varslty sports He kept up wxth hns class after months of absence on the one hand and turned to swnmmmg as a sport on the other For four years he was a potent force behmd many of the team s sttrrmg vtctones Hts mterest IU that sport knew no bounds and he even stgned up for mtramural swnmmmg m the fall Durmg the days when there were horses at Avon Steve dtd much rtdmg He was one of the most ex pernenced rlders at school It IS unfortunate that he was not able to contmue perfectmg h1s skrll 1n that sport Steve was an tmportant member of the Llbrary Commrttee He was always efliclent and knew exactly what to do to make the lnbrary run well He further contrlbuted to communlty servlce by jolnxng the com mumty servlce squad Steve gave unsnntmgly of h1s time to the Wznged Beaver He made an outstandmg name for htmself as Busmess Mamger by gettmg advertxsements for the yearbook whxch topped the prevnous record by well over live hundred dollars f , 7 5 9 - Q . . . . . . . Q , - - - - - 1 7 4 x u u n