Malden High School

Blanche Tokson “Boom”

Blanche Tokson (“Boom”) was one of 132 graduates in the class of 1929 at Malden High School, Malden, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Lincoln Junior High School; headed for Stenographer; activities listed: Sigma Phi and M. H. S. English Club. Portrait and entry from the 1929 yearbook, page 57.

Class of 1929

132 in the class of 1929 · 1 more named Tokson

Full name: Blanche Tokson
Known as: Boom
School: Malden High School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Course: Commercial
Came from: Lincoln Junior High School
Headed for: Stenographer

Also searched as: Boom Tokson; Tokson, Blanche.

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Clubs & teams 53
Classmates 131
Same schools 127

In context

Of the 132 names from the Malden High School class of 1929 that have pages here, Blanche is 117th in surname order. Turning the scan to page 57 shows Blanche; the portraits we read from this book run from page 13 to page 62. Of 94 classmates who gave a plan, 14 (15%) point to going to work; Blanche's entry says “Stenographer”. Commercial was the course of 28 out of 132 classmates who printed one (21%), including Blanche. The share taking a college or college-preparatory course was 32% in the class of 1929 (42 of 132), against 24% in 1928-B and 29% in 1930-A.

On the same scan page	Carl Eugene Thoresen, Alice Rose Tierney
Same earlier school	Lincoln Junior High School: 28 other classmates
Same kind of plan	work: 14 of 94 classmates with a plan (15%)
Same course	Commercial: 28 of 132 classmates with a course (21%)

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The class of 1929

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Also came from Lincoln Junior High School

Also headed for Stenographer

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Source

Malden High School yearbook, 1929, page 57. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item maldonianyearbo1929mald_0).

Published 1929, 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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