Cambridge High and Latin School

Alice Basto Jones “Skippy, Al”

Alice Basto Jones (“Skippy, Al”), Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1930 (Cambridge, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from Peabody Grammar School; headed for Art School; lived at 81 Washington Avenue.

Class of 1930

483 in the class of 1930 · 250 more named Jones

Full name: Alice Basto Jones
Known as: Skippy, Al
Lived at: 81 Washington Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1930
Came from: Peabody Grammar School
Headed for: Art School

Also searched as: Alice Jones; Alice B. Jones; Jones, Alice.

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Household 1
Neighbours 3
Same surname 166
Classmates 482
Same schools 47

In context

Of the 483 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1930 that have pages here, Alice is 228th in surname order. On the scan, the entry sits on page 66, around the middle of the stretch from page 21 to page 118 where this site found the book's portraits. Alice's “Art School” falls in the same group as 15 of the 430 plans printed for the class (3%): an art or music school. Alice did not arrive alone from Peabody Grammar School: 30 other graduates name it too. Among first names, the class of 1930 favours Mary (30), Anna (14) and John (14); the class of 1929 had Mary (28), Margaret (17) and Helen (15).

On the same scan page	Helen Joffe, Eleanor Marie Johnson, Kenneth Frank Johnson, Vera Maiken Johnson
Same earlier school	Peabody Grammar School: 30 other classmates
Same kind of plan	art or music school: 15 of 430 classmates with a plan (3%)
Same first name	Alice: 6 other people in the class

At home, 81 Washington Avenue

Same surname, same address — very likely a brother or sister.

Dorothy Robinson JonesCambridge 1927

What Alice did at school

Home Room Committee, 1927-28-29
Class Notes Collector, 1927-28-29-30

What the yearbook said

Behold her lavishing blonde lock There is nothing she couldn't block

Also grew up on Washington Avenue

The class of 1930

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Others named Jones

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

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Also came from Peabody Grammar School

Also headed for Art School

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1930, page 66. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1930unse).

Published 1930, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Malden Public Library / Boston Public Library via the Internet Archive.

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