Salem Classical and High School

Benjamin Michael Bencal

Benjamin Michael Bencal is one of 331 graduates in the class of 1941 at Salem Classical and High School, Salem, Massachusetts. The 1941 yearbook entry gives: lived at 22 Irving Street; a motto.

Class of 1941

331 in the class of 1941 · 2 more named Bencal

Full name: Benjamin Michael Bencal
Lived at: 22 Irving Street, Salem, Massachusetts
School: Salem Classical and High School
Graduated: Class of 1941

Also searched as: Ben Bencal; Benjamin Bencal; Benjamin M. Bencal; Bencal, Benjamin.

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Neighbours 5
Same surname 1
Classmates 330

In context

331 people from the Salem Classical and High School class of 1941 appear on this site, and Bencal puts Benjamin 25th among them. In the scan, Benjamin appears on page 20, right at the start of the run of 331 portraits read for this site (pages 17 to 103). Counting only people with pages here, the class of 1941 has 331 entries, while the neighbouring classes have 298 for 1940 and 326 for 1942. First names that recur in the class of 1941: John (18) and Mary (12). In the class of 1940: John (14), Mary (11) and Joseph (9). The yearbook calls itself “The Witch”, edited by H. Carlton Whitman.

On the same scan page	John Sylvester Barry, Thaddeus Stanley Bartnicki, Henry Joseph Beauvais
The book's own title	The Witch (editor: H. Carlton Whitman)

At home, 22 Irving Street

The 1935 Salem City Directory (Sampson & Murdock) lists these people named Bencal at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Walter A Bencal, lea worker lived herepage

What Benjamin did at school

Band 1, 2, 3, 4
Orchestra 2, 3, 4
Orchestra Director 4
Baseball 4

What the yearbook said

Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom.

Also grew up on Irving Street

The class of 1941

All 331 in this class →

Others named Bencal

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

Stella Marion BencalSalem Classical and 1938

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Source

Salem Classical and High School yearbook, 1941, page 20. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item salemhighschooly1941clas).

Published 1941. Scan courtesy of the contributing library via the Internet Archive.

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