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

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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

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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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Three years ago B111 arrrved at Avon alone and lost amongst students who were nerther It was not long however before hrs finer qualrtres of character shone lrke a beam rn the darkness and he was qurte at home among frrends B111 served Avon rn many ways Most rmportant of all he was appornted dormrtory monrtor rn hrs Junror year a posrtron whrch he held throughout hrs further As Commrssroner of Breakage rt was hrs duty to see to the reparr of school property and rn the capacrty of lawyer he served rn the student courts rn hrs first two years garnrng the trtle of Temporary judge rn hrs srxth form year Interested rn all forms of musrc Brll made srngrng hrs specral project and lorned the Glee Club as a bass He was featured rn every concert and also rn the Boar s Head Festrval He often played selectrons from hrs fabulous hr fr collectron and as a result hrs room was frequently turned rnto a mrnrature concert hall seatrng musrc lovers from all over the dorm The Drnrng Room Commrttee benefited much from B111 s servrce as Co charrman In sports B111 s frne sense of responsrbrlrty and wonderful school sprrrt WILLIAM APPLETON STAVERS Box 4252 RFD 42 Glen Mzllr Penmylvama Varsrty Cross Country 3 Hrstory Club 3 Dorm Monrtor 3 4 Temporary Judge Breakage Commrssroner 4 Drnrng Room Commrttee Co-Charrman 4 Varsrty Soccer 4 Glee Club 4 helped to spur hrs teammates on to vrctory On the cross country team hrs supreme effort resulted rn the award to hrm of a rumor varsrty letter In soccer he vs as respected not only for hrs wrllrngness to work but also for hrs abrlrty and he was grven a varsrty letter rn that sport Oops 9 JR' I , n I - V 3 . , 1 V . . . 3, 4 , . D , - , . . , . . . . 7 . . . , ' 9 3 , . . . . stay here, and in which his industry was well known. S . . j I . . . 1 ' 1 V e 1 'fs ' I s 9 D l , ' A 5