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

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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

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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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In the four years Matt was at Avon he burlt a repu tation as a well rounded person Hrs actrvrtres as a leader and athlete combtned wrth his wrnnrng person alxty to make htm one of the most popular students rn the school Hrs leadership was exemplrfied by the fact that he was form representatrve during hrs first year later a dorm monrtor and finally head dorm monitor years and served as Warden of our school the first semester of hrs senior year Matt partrcnpated rn other actrvrtres while at Avon He was on communrty service for four years and also on the Drntng Room Committee After three years on the Gold Key he was made Pres1dent of that organr zatlon but as a result of h1s new duties as Warden he was forced to resign Matt excelled rn the field of sports He appeared on the varsxty soccer team for three years For four years he was on the varsity swrmmrng team won many races broke and set a remarkable number of records and was the recrprent of several sports trophres It rs not sur CHARLES MATTHEW SCGTT TIERNEY 6 Roller Road Charleflon West Vzrgzma Varsrty Soccer 3 4 JV Soccerl 2 Varsrty Swrmmmgl 2 3 4 Captarn 4 Intramural Basketball 2 3 Gold Key 2 3 4 Glee Club 2 5 Lrbrary Committee 2 Drmng Room Committee Student Councrl 5 4 Warden 4 Dorm Momtor 3 4 Class Representative 1 A Clubl 2 3 4 Vrce President 4 JV Tennis 2 3 4 prrsmg that he became Captain of the swimming team When the sprmg came to Avon Matt appeared on the tennis courts He started playing tennis tn hrs second year and was a member of both varsity and lunror var stty tennis teams But lm the Warden 1 7 . 5 3 3 7 7 7 ! . . . 2 3 7 .. Z , , . . , , 7 . , . u He was elected to the Student Council his last two . ly . ' J . . - '-vii ,,.. , . 4 ' 7 D H I 7 1 7 , ' ,i