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

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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

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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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f s'rEPHEeyaifHARLgs SUMNER 512 El shelf f New Haven nectzcut ,Winged Beaver 3 4 '- Photography Edrtor L Gold Key 1 2 3 41: 'F Secretary 4 Avoman 1 2 4 .J dge 51 Ib ub '3 ffl-Dance mrte 344 r c 2 N 'JN ars Head Festrval 3 fb Head Football Manager 1 f Head Basketball Manager 1 1 Head Baseball Manager 1 Head Student Trarner 4 Art Club 4 Werght Lrftrng 3 1 U' ll wi Q Even rn Steves early days as a hrst form r rn the lower school one could see rn hrm the trarts whrch were to lead to success asprratron and petseverence the desrre to undertake drfficult tasks and the assrduousness to complete them These characterrstrcs earmarked Steve s srx frurtful years at Avon Much of Steve s trme was devoted to those outsrde actrvrtres whrch so enrrch ones lrfe at school whrle at What are we havrng tonrght for drnnet, Steve? e same trme benefitrng the communrty Elected to the Gold Key rn hrs thrrd year Steve served capably and was voted Secretary for hrs senror year The Dance Commrttee benefited from hrs efforts as Drrector of Decoratrons and Lrghtrng and hrs orrgrnal work brought hrm many and profuse complrments Hrs man agement of the specral effects department of the Boat s Head Festrvals of 1957 and 1958 was rndeed one reason why those fetes were so effectrve Steves lrterary and photographrc talents were put to use on all of the school publrcatrons the Avomfm N ova and the Wznged Beaver On the first he was a socrety page wrrter on the second a poet on the last the Photography Edrtor Hrs artrstrc talent led hrm to porn the Art Club whrch he served as Presrdent Steve was an actrve partrcrpant rn all fields of sport Where he could not partrcrpate he worked as manager and trarner notably m football, baseball, and basketball He was able to hold hrs own on the track team where he won a varsrty letter Steve's academrc record was exemplrfied by hrs ex cellent effort that won hrm the esteem of hrs masters and fellow students The hrgh regard rn whrch hrs peers held hrm rs rndrcated by hrs apporntment to the yudr crary, one of the most coveted honors rn student gov ernment ,111 vi fr ,X LX4 I arf, . -4 wl y'1 L! jk' ' Y 47 ful It 'V ,w',. ,W ,frf' Mu ,fQfff1 'f , 1 ,L My f , , bl' ,L-4 'vi ly' . .AJ ,Q lf CM vw -1 I 'Lf' Of' rf X- A. 'VIC . if rc' 77' gf Ll! J ,fl 1 ' V I D ' , fir lx L4 ' ' l' , ' lx Q61 fw , L clit L l 47 ,ff V lol! fr 'I l I 3 L' f V- V fr lid 9 7 ll If L 1 , H v 0, in I cl e on tv t ' 12 fl r . U X-., ' Lawyer 3 4 L 1 Ula K! ' UK ff' N' 1 Q Lf? 'Lvl' T, k 47? N DJ, X Q ' ' t ' f U7 ' l 1 fl M ljl W 4 - -uf! . - . . zjlbbx V-I G4JA,h:.U li ' M ill fvf' ,JVIX 1 u , A .- - , X ' 4 :Ll AJiP6Jb62lf ,zvuffdxv xr , W: . , . . th . . . U