Cambridge High and Latin School

Alice Catherine Terry “Bobby Al”

Alice Catherine Terry (“Bobby Al”), Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928 (Cambridge, Massachusetts). The entry prints: headed for Business College; activities listed: Pin Committee; lived at 29 Fairfield Street.

Class of 1928

416 in the class of 1928 · 16 more named Terry

Full name: Alice Catherine Terry
Known as: Bobby Al
Lived at: 29 Fairfield Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Came from: St. John’s School
Headed for: Business College

Also searched as: Alice Terry; Alice C. Terry; Terry, Alice.

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Household 1
Group photos 2
Neighbours 13
Same surname 10
Classmates 415
Same schools 86

In context

Alice Catherine Terry is number 379 of 416 in the alphabetical list of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928 on this site. Alice is printed on page 124 of the scan, near the end of the 27-to-134 run of portrait pages. Alice has 4 first-name namesakes in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1928. Alice's “Business College” falls in the same group as 66 of the 343 plans printed for the class (19%): a business or secretarial school. Mary (21), Margaret (18) and John (16) were the first names most often repeated in the class of 1928, and Mary (26), John (22) and Ruth (14) in the class of 1927.

On the same scan page	Frank Joseph Targunsky, Louise Easton Taylor, Barbara Thomas
Same kind of plan	business or secretarial school: 66 of 343 classmates with a plan (19%)
Same first name	Alice: 4 other people in the class

At home, 29 Fairfield Street

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

David Francis TerryCambridge 1930

The 1930 city directory lists Alice Catherine Terry with the occupation “clerk” (page).

The 1928 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Terry at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

John J Terry (wife Lillian E), superintendent bldgs householderpage

The Terry household is listed here in 1919, 1921, 1925, 1927 and 1930 too.

Also pictured in group photographs

Faces matched to caption names, and confirmed against Alice's senior portrait.

Group Photograph1928

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What Alice did at school

G. A. A., 1924–26–27–28
Basketball, 1924–25–26–27–28, Captain, 1927–28
Pin Committee

What the yearbook said

Joy rises with her, like the summer’s morn.

Also grew up on Fairfield Street

The class of 1928

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Others named Terry

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

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Also came from St. John’s School

Also headed for Business College

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1928, page 124. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1928unse).

Published 1928, 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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