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

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George rs the second of the three Vrerrngs to have attended Avon havrng come here srx years ago when he was a first former Throughout hrs stay at Avon he drstrngurshed hrmself by hrs performance rn sports and classes and by hrs friendly good natured personality Intellectual currosrty drove George to join the Chem rstry Club He also proved a major asset to our Glee Club as a first bass Hrs prrncrpal extracurricular actrvr tres were evrdent on the playing fields Whether at foot ball or swrmmrng George excelled In football he played junior varsrty and varsrty successrvely rn hrs lunror and senior years On the varsrty George could be recognrzed as the Brg Red s end He was not only a capable player but a hard playing hard lighting one In the wrnter he turned hrs talents from the grrdrron to the pool to become a fast 40 yard sprrnter for Avon Durrng hrs last two years he raced rn almost all the freestyle relays When the time came for swrmmrng surts to be put away George brought out hrs baseball and sprkes A powerful hrtter hrs batting average was one of Avon s hrghest Wrth hrs fast and strong throw W. GEORGE VIERING Dyer Avenue C ollinwille, Connecticut Varsity Football 4 junior Varsity Football 2, 3, Varsity Swimming 5, 4 junior Varsity Swimming 1, 2 Varsity Baseball 4 junior Varsity Baseball I 2 3 Glee Club 2 4 Chemistry Club 4 Sarlrng Club 2 5 4 rng arm he was an effective second baseman a real threat to base runners attempting to get the extra base on a hrt to the outfield He was awarded junior varsrty and varsrty letters rn every sport rn which he partrcr pated This could only happen to a day boy 7 ! 7 3 ! r v 1 . , . , , ' . . ' a . . . - l .YE ' 1 7 ' 3 ' x - rr - r H . , . ' .A 4 J . Q ' 7 ' 1 ,. f,I, f' -' , if 5 ha- . X ' 1 Q r , . . . Q -. .. . D,

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NATHAN ROGERS TRACY 7 Wert 73rd Street New York 23 New York Varsrty Football 3 4 Varsrty Swrmmrng 3 4 Varsrty Baseball 3 4 Chapel Chorr 3 Presrdent 3 Glee Club 4 Presrdent 4 Avon Herts 3 4 Gold Key 3 4 A Club 3 4 Dorm Monrtor 3 4 One mrght thrnk that a Tracy tradrtron had been firmly establrshed here at Avon as Brll was an outstand rng member of hrs class rn 1958 and Nate satrsfactorrly frlled hrs brothers shoes for thrs year We regret there aren t more of them to come These are the trmes that try men s soles Avon welcomed Nate as a junror rn September of 1957 Thrs young man rmmedrately made hrs name a famrlrar one on campus as he played varsrty football and rorned the Glee Club He also became a member of Colonel Evans swrmmers at the pool and served under Dr Mrtchell on the Gold Key When the Student Coun crl realrzed Nates abrlrty as a leader they selected hrm to be a monrtor of Pelrcan Dormrtory He was also voted rnto the schools athletrc organrzatron the A Club In the sprrng Nate played second base on the varsrty baseball team whrle contrnurng to do a fine job rn the many organrzatrons he had already jorned Returnrng rn September of 1958 now a senror and that much more mature and wrse Nate contrnued to contrrbute of hrs leadershrp abrlrtres to hrs class and school He was confronted wrth the responsrbrlrtres of Presrdent of the Glee Club and Chapel Chorr as well as those of a dorm monrtor all of whrch he fulfilled rn the frnest manner In hrs senror year Nate once agarn recerved varsrty letters for hrs efforts rn football swrmmrng and base ball Both the Gold Key and the A Club found Nate among rherr ranks I r Q I r 1 u n 7 ! , . , ' , . . 1 ' ' . . , . . . 9 - - - ' - u n 7 ' 1 I D 1 ' y 7 x , - u n an - 1 n

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WILLIAM WELCH 817 Gramlwew Cbzlhcothe Murourz Varsity Football 2 3 4 Varsity Track 2 4 Varsrty Baseball 3 Form Representative 2 It was rn the fall of 1956 the state of Mrssourr had just sent up a square shouldered bull necked athlete named Brll Welch to be the representative from that state to the North Although small rn stature Brll looked the athlete from the moment he donned hrs unrform Possessed of a colorful personality and sincere man rndeed on Avons campus How are your taters7 Brlls greatest contrrbutron to the school was hrs athletrc abrlrty rn football track and baseball In hrs sophomore year he played varsrty halfback and junior varsrty quarterback Then rn hrs junior year playing varsrty ball contrnually Brll was one of the marn rea sons for the fabulous season of the Red and Blue rmpossrble opposrtron he pushed hrs team on to touch down after touchdown He continued hrs playing and rn hrs senror year had another fine season In the winter Brll played basketball He compen sated for lack of height by speed and accurate shooting When weather became warmer and spring was rn the arr Brll again put on a parr of spikes and ran for the track team or supported the baseball team In baseball hrs favorite sport he pitched using a good fast ball and even better curve or else played shortstop on occa sron A fine hrtter wrth a batting average of over 300 he continually helped the Avon varsrty by drrvrng rn runs When on the track team he ran the 440 yard dash In addrtron to hrs excellence rn the field of sports Brlly was voted the fourth form representative to the student councrl and later became a dorm monrtor In hrs studres Brll marntarned a good average Hrs name appeared on the Honor Roll several trmes 4 4 B, M I 3 . , - . . . . 1 , i . , . I . , . . 1 , . . . . , . l , . friendliness, he was soon to become a very popular Able to maneuver himself through or around seemingly . , - ' 9 , . 7 ' ' 3 ' Q . . , . , . , . . . , 1 , - 4 y . . . . , I . . 1 . . , . r .