Pomfret School - Griffin Yearbook (Pomfret, CT)

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WILLIAM LINCOLN PAYSON, JR. Wee Will Weevil Squarra Entered in Fourth Form - Achaean Dorm Assistant '50g Football Letter '49g Baseball Squad '48g Numeral Hatg Banner Night Committee '49. Throughout Bill's sojourn at Pomfret he has displayed a continual interest in athletics, and his contributions to the league sports have been outstanding. Better known as 'Squassa' or 'Pays' lpronounced with a sibilant hissj, he has also taken an active part in other activities, and this year figured heavily in the rule of the fourth dorm. Above everything else, 'Pays' will best be recalled as the boy who could not remember to turn in his laundry on Saturday mornings. Cambridge Massachusetts Harvard ARTHUR GERALD PETTIT Gerry Gel Entered in Third Form Achaean Squash Champion 49 50 Crew Squad 47 48 49 Pontefract Board 49 50 Library Committee 47 48 49 50 Glee Club 49 50 Entering Pomfret in the fall of 1946 Gerry quickly settled into the pattern of school life Always a hard worker he proved himself an apt student and participated in a number of extra curricular activities One of Gerry s favorite pastimes was squash which he played excellently being school champ his pumor and senior years His complete self control and quiet humor should be valuable assets at Yale next year Rumson New Jersey Yale l li IVAN SERGE POUTIATINE Pooch Prmce Entered in Third Form Ionian Hockey Squad 48 49 50 Athletic Store Manager 50 Athletic Council 50 Headwaiter 50 French Dramatic Society 49 50 Secretary 50 Assistant Chapel Boy 48 Shop Key 49 50 Glee Club 49 50 Com munity Chorus 49 50 Choir 50 Ivans three most outstanding characteristics were his love for music his delight in the outdoors and the willpower he always displayed in doing his work conscientiously His management of the AA store has been efhcient as has his approach to his studies Besides his love of classical music and his enjoyment in singing he has taken great pleasure in playing tennis and hockey He is very much interested in the Held of engineering Loudonville New York Ya e 20 i ...I ,..' it sy, .,. -....- .. ts ivy, ,- v - y Y - ' i Q t - ...b - .. - . -yi 1 VA ,I -i, . -.. .- fl- i i as i - .. ,,. ..- V it li' . ,..-, ii - ' 1 1 Y , l

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VAN COURT LUCAS JR Luke Lowe Entered nn Fourth Form lonxan Dorm Assxstant 50 Ionian V1cePres1dent 49 Presxdent 50 Basketball Squad 49 Baseball Squad 48 49 50 Athletrc Councrl 50 Secretary Athletrc Assoclatnon 50 Headwalter 50 Luke dldn t waste any tnme when he came to Pomfret but entered rrght unto the swmg of school lnfe and soon became a valuable mem ber of many orgamzatlons Whlle he spent much of hrs trme nn such admnmstratrve jobs as the AA and headwaxter groups Luke was also a ood athlete and contrrbuted much to varsxty and league sports Hls number of friends durmg has stay at Pomfret Westport Connectlcut Mxddlebury JOHN ALBERT MUHLENBURG Mule Baron Entered ln Frfth Form Ioman Soccer Squad 50, Glee Club '50, Choxr '50 Wyomlssrng, Pennsylvaura Oberlm JOSEPH COWAN MCKINNEY Gm KXIVI Mack lrzrb Entered rn Sxxth Form Ioman Soccer Squad 50 Cholr 50 Glee Club 50 Photography Club 50 Pomfret would not have been the same without the red headed lnshman hrs mellow vorce and Londonderry blarney added qulte a tang to the Form Mack spent much of h1s tlme smgle scullmg at the Crew lake and earnmg his salt at the Chateau Toomey An expert rn the fleld of Anglo lrlsh relatrons he constantly expounded h1s vtews on that subyect but preferred to dle behind the wheel of a Brxtlsh sports car rather than on the field of battle Maghera Northern Ireland Trrmty College Dublm l 1 9 N , . . , 5 . . . . , ,A . I L D I , H, a 2 Q . , , . 5 ' . . ' quxet unruffled personalrty offended no one, and made hxm a large , . Q . , Q , Q , . - . . , . . , . , ,

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PETER REED RANSOM Pun Peecbz Poo Rann Entered rn Fourth Form Achaean Dorm Assrstant 50 Athletrc Councrl 50 Athletrc Assocratron Vrce Presrdent 50 Football Squad 47 Letter 48 49 Hockey Letter 48 49 50 Basbeall Squad 48 Letter 49 50 Captarn 50 Numeral Hat Numerals Mernorral Socrety 50 Pontefract Board 48 49 Carnrval Commrttee 50 Glee Club 49 50 Secretary 50 It was a sunny day for Pomfret athletrcs when Pete frrst stepped onto the campus rn 1947 Smce then hrs leadershrp and team play on the grrdrron on the rrnk and as captarn of the nrne have been consrs tently excellent Of? the held hrs skrll and finesse at the keyboard was surpassed only by hrs crafty manrpulatron of the card deck Almost unrvetsally popular Puss was also known for hrs mtense rnterest rn the school New Canaan Connectrcut Prrnceton PETER KEMBLE SIMONDS Pete Moon Lunar Entered rn Second Form Ionran Dorm Assrstant 50 Form Presrdent 46 47 Football Squad 46 Letter 48 49 Captarn 49 Hockey Squad 46 47 Letter 48 49 Baseball Squad 47 48 Numeral Hat Numerals Athletrc Councrl Athletrc Equrpment Manager 50 Track Meet Commrttee 49 Chapel Boy 48 Student Vestry 49 50 Pontefract Board 48 Dance Commrttee 50 Glee Club 49 From hrmself rn as captarn equrpment years and rally to the efhcrency Wrth whrch they were run Brooklrne Massachusetts Harvard the very begrnnrng Pete was a good athlete drstrngurshrng both Football and Hockey and thrs year he drd a fine job rn the former of the two sports Hrs work rn the athletrc rental store was one of the best robs done there rn recent hrs contrrbutrons to other school organrzatrons added mater I-IANSON SHALLCROSS REYNOLDS Hanny Moure Entered rn Second Form Ionran Dorm Assrstant 50 Student Councrl 49 50 jornt Commrttee 50 Football Squad 49 Basketball Squad 49 50 Numeral Hat Numerals Crew Squad 46 47 Frrst Boat 46 Pontefract Board 49 50 Sports Edrtor 50 Memorral Socrety 50 Carnrval Commrttee 49 50 Tuck Shop 49 50 Manager 50 Cheerleader 50 Gun Club 49 50 Chorr 46 47 50 Glee Club 49 NewYork Timer Concessron 50 Drarnatrc Assocratron 46 47 48 49 50 Prrncrpal The Happy journey Winter .ret Our Town In the past five years few students have contrrbuted more to Porn fret than Hanny One of the fathers of the new school constrtutron adopted thrs year hrs energy and enthusrasm have added rmmeasurably to Pomfrets student government Also outstandrng rn Drarnatrcs the lrttle mouse wrll long be famous for makrng love to the actress rn Our Town as well as for hrs contrrbutrons to league athletrcs Mount Vernon New York Harvard 21 1 7 - , , an ,r y ! !7 ! D , r ,, 3 Q! ' - , 1 I - - , , , , r, , , as , , v, , s, , , ,, 7 un r r rr ,,, , r K --.,... .- . !!7Y7 I - , . Y . - , y - , , . , . - 7 , ,, .4f. ., . ,,50, ,, , , 50, . .50, . ..49, v ,. ,- , . , , , . ,