Melrose High School
Chester Mercier Cummings “CHET”
Chester Mercier Cummings (“CHET”) is one of 152 graduates in the class of 1925 at Melrose High School, Melrose, Massachusetts. The 1925 yearbook entry gives: activities listed: Traffic Squad and Class Basketball.
Class of 1925
152 in the class of 1925 · 70 more named Cummings
- Full name
- Chester Mercier Cummings
- Known as
- CHET
- School
- Melrose High School
- Graduated
- Class of 1925
Also searched as: Chet Cummings; Chester Cummings; Chester M. Cummings; Cummings, Chester.
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In context
Of the 152 names from the Melrose High School class of 1925 that have pages here, Chester is 33rd in surname order. The entry is on page 23 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 12 to page 65. 12 people in the class list “Traffic Squad”, Chester included. Counting only people with pages here, the class of 1925 has 152 entries, while the neighbouring class has 166 for 1926.
| On the same scan page | Esther Ruth Craig, Madella Crockett |
|---|---|
| Same club | Traffic Squad: 11 other classmates |
| Dedication, as printed | “One who has been a true friend and helper throughout the past four years and who has always given to us of his best, we respectfully dedicate this first volume.” |
What the page does not say. No write-up or quotation for Chester. Other entries in the Melrose High School class of 1925 carry it far more often (write-up or quotation 43%), so either the book did not print it or our reading missed it; the scan has the final word.
What Chester did at school
- Traffic Squad 112
- Class Basketball 14
- Boys' Debating Club 17
- Year Booh Business Staff
Fellow members from Chester's own class:
The class of 1925
Madella CrockettMelrose 1925
Pauline Whittier CurtisMelrose 1925
Esther Ruth CraigMelrose 1925
Ralph Lawrence CutterMelrose 1925
Dorothy May ColeMelrose 1925
Margaret Elizabeth DavisMelrose 1925
Others named Cummings
Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.
Charles E. CummingsSoldiers of the Great War, 1920: Massachusetts 1920
Frederick Thomas CummingsMedford 1924
Douglas CummingsCentral 1945
Francis H. CummingsBoston College in the World War, 1917-1918 1924
Mary Bertha CummingsFitchburg 1929
Jean M. CummingsBrockton 1944
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Source
Melrose High School yearbook, 1925, page 23.
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Internet Archive (item log1925melr).
Published 1925, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Melrose Public Library / Boston Public Library via the Internet Archive.
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