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

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Frrst Row Cleft to rrghtl Sherman Boyce Carey Warner Second Row Cleft to rrghtj Krmball Noye Rrchtmyer Dodd G Wells Law Rozmsky Thrrd Row Cleft to rrghtb Tosr Hoyt Henderson Sagal Renss Lawrence Mules Berry Hall Greene Fourth Row Cleft to flghtp Talraferro Hadden Gustamachro Vnllard Serfert W E Gordon Mel vrlle Blakeley Mtchaelson Rovettr Werss Jones H Vlrller Wrcart Frfth Row Cleft to rrghtj Vrner Harrrs Youngman Scovrll Lapham Beck Usrch Duff G Brown W Reese THIRD FGRM HISTORY A strange lookmg obyect landed on the vrllage green and was notrced by Henry Vrllard and Steve Youngman as they strolled down to rntramural swrmmrng They approached what appeared to be a space shrp yust rn txme to observe five d1m1nut1ve creatures emerge from the craft Take me to your leader' vorced the captarn Henry and Steve complned and escorted therr vrsrtors to john Beck the form representatrve Upon meetxng ohn the extra terres trral vrsrtor asked lf he mlght not be taken on a tour of the school Hrs reason for requestrng thrs was that hrs people planned to rnvade earth rn the year 1966 and w1shed to see of what calrber the young leaders of earth would be John very courteously offered to take the party to meet the other members of the class The f1rst stop was the athlettc field where john Wrcart Gerry Blakeley and Dave Mules were playrng on the lunror varsrty soccer team The team was managed by another member of the Class of 62 Mrke Vrner Across the field they could see Dodd Henderson Sagal Rovettr and others practncrng therr tacklmg and blockrng On the way back to the mam campus they passed near thc cross country course only to see a blur later rdentrfied as Dan Berry streak by The group then ambled down to the swrmmmg pool where they vtewed enthusrastrc young sec ond formers dorng therr part The thtrd form was not wrthout 1ts scholars as Krmball Law Lapham and Warner recerved As rn Latm whrle Snerman and Mrles made therrs rn algebra In addrtron Henry X tllard was recognrzed as the hardest worker along wrth oe Gu 1stamach1o The vartous campus organtzatrons were ably supported bs the thlrd form partrcularly the Gold Key Glee Club and Hrstory Club In addmon the servrces of these boys were much apprecrated by the Avoman and Wznged Beaver Now John rnformed the lrttle men from the outer regrons that therr tour of the school was finrshed The leader then arose statmg The people of my planet are not rn a posrtron to cope wtth the brams brawn and spmt shown here If th1s tvprfies the youth of the future ours and all other planets should abandon all desrgns of takmg over Wrth that they re entered therr vehrcle and blasted off for parts unknown v I , 7 , 4, , , . -1 1 - . , C. 1. -... ...t-W -.. I 1 1 1 f 1 1 l .1 1 - 1 1 I , , , A. , 1 1 1 1 f 1 1 ' 1 1 1 - ' 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - 1 - . . . A - 1 1 , . . , ' , - . - 1 1 ,, ,, . . - 11 1 11 - - - . . , , 1 1 ' v - J 1 ' ' 9 J 2 . . . . 7 , 1 1 1 . - , , . . . . . - - 11 - - - 1 1 1 . . , . 1 1 - 1 , 1 . . . . . . , - - ,, . . - I - 7 - .

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Fourth Row Cleft to rrghtj Choate Gorman Schravettr Plants Fawcett Wyatt Marks Young Vetterlern Thrrd Row Cleft to rrghtl Igo Stemberg Stewart Osborn Turner Antolrm Garces Otto McCor mrck Durphey Crawford Morrow Lacoste Grbson T Browne Second Row Cleft to rrghtj Wood Basxne Palmer Sregel Toogood Lynch Ross Bauer Gallo J Erskrne Wrre Von der Herde J Robmson Fxrst Row Cleft to rrghtb Henschel Plepla Palmer V Vrenng OBr1en Wemstern FOURTH FORM HI TORY In September 1958 after the dust had settled and all the hustle and bustle of openrng day had d1ed down each boy who fell 1nto the category of a fourth former found that he was one of a group of fifty actrve boys who were destrned for blg thrngs Flfteen of these were new to the surroundtngs but soon fell rnto thert places as capable students No sooner had classes begun than joe Basrne jeff Hen schel jeff Morrow Granny Toogood Ph1l Wrre and Vrctor through to garn junror VZISIFY letters whrle Mrke Fawcett forced htmself on a b1t harder to pull a football vars1ty letter out of the p1le At the same trme Peter Antolxnr was cap turlng a letter for soccer partrcrpatron wh1le Buddy Sregel our form representatrve played goalre and what would our cross country team have been wrthout Enrique Garces whose superlatrve sprrnts were fantastrc rn therr effectrveness As the season rolled on Tom Choate new to the school but not new to swrmmmg Pete Antolmx jeff Henschel Hank Marks and Brll Turner proved to be a great help to Colonel Exans and hrs swrmmers wxnnrng vars1ty letters and breakrng several pool records Wrth th1s athletrc record rt IS surprrsmg to find that members of the fourth form found trme to study however Gordon Durphey and Nrck Schtavettr made the Honor Roll 87 whrle Ernc Cluxton jeff Morrow and Peter Wernsteln rep resented the form on the Dean s Lrst The sprrng term brought about a revrval of actrvrty among many boys who had jorned the Radrator Club durrng the wrnter We found that we had erght men sup- portrng the baseball team The fourth form representatxves on the track team were Peter Antolmr Enrrque Garces and jeff Henschel The tenms team thrs year was bombarded wrth fourteen of our members who were sometrmes respon stble for the lnfirmary berng h1t wxth tennrs balls lf you sometrmes wonder where the qualrty of our lrterary publrcatrons comes from the answer could be that twelve fourth formers graced the ranks of these organrzatrons The songbrrds of the class nrne rn number belonged to the Glee Club and Pete Antollnr Steve Holmes Sam Chew and Brll Turner were members of the Avon Herrs Other organrza trons had therr share of these ambltrous fourth formers The Nrmrod Club elected five of them to be members, four of whom went on to work rn the Sugarbush wlth Ph1l Wrre and Errc Cluxton addrng to th1s llst Sure of berng remem bered for the b1ll they ran up for broken drshes are Gold Key members Chrchr Gallo Sam Chew jerry Robmson and Ph1l Wrre Yes the class of 61 rs makmg ltself felt already and w1ll contrnue to do so wrth mcreasmg vlgor durrng the years to come as rt moves on to the fifth and srxth forms U ' 1 , , ' ', , , , , , 3 I 3 3 3 3 ' ' ' 1 , , , - , , 1 s 1 I ' , . 5 . , - . . , 1 1 s ' ' D . I - . . 7 Vrerrng started chuggrng up the gr1d1ron and followed - - - - ' - , . . . 7 Q , - . . A 7 5 7 9 L 7 7 Y - 7 . . - - l - , , . . . . 7 I . Y 7 7 ' y . . . - . Q 7 7 I '

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Back Row Cleft to rightj Burton Walker Shaw R jones Cooper Middle Row Cleft to right? R Duff Rowse I. Turner Trimingham First Row Cleft to rightj jenkins Nary SECOND FORM HISTORY Down through the ages the number thirteen has been the tool of magicians and sorcerers and has thus been con sidered to be a harbinger of bad luck The injustice of this may be seen in the fact that his integer often ushers in good things A prime example of this rs next years third form now thirteen in number But let us start from the beginning On September 18 1958 these youngsters made their debut on the Avon campus Their first days were spent in orrentatmg themselves to life in a new element the prep in the least impede our new arrivals who in a short time were walking about the campus with an air of confidence about them The several boys possessed of various talents soon branched out in school life with each individual making his distinct impression upon his fellows In the fall the second formers took an active part in Avon s athletic program with Alan Jenkins Bob Walker and Robin jones displaytng their soccer skills while Tre Rowse Lee Turner and Dick Duff gained notoriety for their dexterity in football With the appearance of snow on Avon s campus the sec ond formers took to the water indoors of course as Peter Trimmgham Lee Turner and Dick Kinkade streaked along under the direction of Colonel Evans One should not form the impression that the second form was limited to tne sports as their only held of endeavor Indeed the originality of the boys may be seen when one considers that it was this form s members who first conceived the idea of a Radio Club and who saw this vision materialize Those instrumental in the founding of this organization were Bob Nary Tre Rowse and john Burton It is interesting to note the interrninglrng of personalities present in the second form With boys from all corners of our nation as well as Bermuda there was bound to be a clash that they had a lot in common after all Take for example a warm exuberant Southerner trying to interest a usually staid New Englander in the warm weather activities of water skiing and skin diving In additron tales of the wild and wooly West were supplied by jim Cooper Bob Walker and Rick Duff Avons vast expanse of woods also felt the presence of these little gremlins The schools two thousand odd acres were subjected to the explorations and investigations of these young woodsmen Some such as Rtchard Duff were even selected as worthy of membership in the Nimrod Club Avon expects great things of the second form in the years that lie ahead If they continue in as fine style as they have we shall not be let down . . . . , , , . . . . . - I - n school. This usually difficult period of adjustment did DOI of character. And yet, before the year's end, this group found - 9 , . , 39