Winchester High School

Achilles Penn “HERK”

Class of 1930, Winchester High School, Winchester, Massachusetts: Achilles Penn (“HERK”). The yearbook entry prints: came from Wadleigh School; activities listed: Basketball; born in 1912. Portrait and entry from the 1930 yearbook, page 43.

Class of 1930

79 in the class of 1930 · 5 more named Penn

Full name: Achilles Penn
Known as: HERK
Born: Winchester, March 27, 1912
School: Winchester High School
Graduated: Class of 1930
Came from: Wadleigh School
Headed for: Plans to work
Pastime: “Basketball”

Also searched as: Herk Penn; Penn, Achilles.

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Same surname 4
Classmates 78
Same schools 54

In context

Going through the Winchester High School class of 1930 from A to Z by surname, Achilles is the 67th of 79 names on this site. Achilles's portrait is on scan page 43, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 20 to 51. Achilles did not arrive alone from Wadleigh School: 54 other graduates name it too. Achilles's plan is printed as “Plans to work”, which counts here as going to work; 7 of the 28 classmates who named a plan (25%) named the same kind.

On the same scan page	George Penn, George Arthur Philbrick
Same earlier school	Wadleigh School: 54 other classmates
Same kind of plan	work: 7 of 28 classmates with a plan (25%)

What Achilles did at school

Basketball

What the yearbook said

“ Enough with over measure.”

The class of 1930

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Others named Penn

Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.

Also came from Wadleigh School

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Source

Winchester High School yearbook, 1930, page 43. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item aberjona1930winc).

Published 1930, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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