Cambridge High and Latin School

Arthur Joseph Avery “Shrimp, Half Pint”

Arthur Joseph Avery (“Shrimp, Half Pint”) was one of 483 graduates in the class of 1930 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Webster Grammar School; headed for University of Southern California; lived at 63 Jay Street. Portrait and entry from the 1930 yearbook, page 22.

Class of 1930

483 in the class of 1930 · 19 more named Avery

Full name: Arthur Joseph Avery
Known as: Shrimp, Half Pint
Lived at: 63 Jay Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1930
Came from: Webster Grammar School
Headed for: University of Southern California

Also searched as: Art Avery; Arthur Avery; Arthur J. Avery; Avery, Arthur.

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Household 1
Neighbours 14
Same surname 11
Classmates 482
Same schools 73

In context

Arthur Joseph Avery is number 6 of 483 in the alphabetical list of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1930 on this site. The entry is on page 22 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 21 to page 118. Arthur has 4 first-name namesakes in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1930. The yearbook lists 47 people from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1930 as coming from Webster Grammar School, including Arthur. In the class of 1930 the first names most often shared were Mary (30), Anna (14) and John (14); the class of 1929 had Mary (28), Margaret (17) and Helen (15).

On the same scan page	Donald G. Ball, Arthur Meyer Barber, Marion Bernice Barber, Lucille Elnora Barnes
Same earlier school	Webster Grammar School: 46 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 206 of 430 classmates with a plan (48%)
Same first name	Arthur: 4 other people in the class

At home, 63 Jay Street

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

Raymond AveryCambridge 1927

The 1930 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Avery at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Margaret Avery, widow of Samuel householderpage
Raymond Avery, clerk lived herepage

The Avery household is listed here in 1921, 1927 and 1928 too.

What Arthur did at school

Home Room Committee, 1926-27

What the yearbook said

A sense of humor is the salt of life What's the odds, so long as you're happy?

Also grew up on Jay Street

The class of 1930

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Others named Avery

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

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Also came from Webster Grammar School

Also headed for University of Southern California

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Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1930, page 22. 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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