Cambridge High and Latin School

Donald Charles Preko “Chink, Dusty”

Donald Charles Preko (“Chink, Dusty”) was one of 483 graduates in the class of 1930 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Ellis Grammar School; headed for Business School; lived at 29 Creighton Street. Portrait and entry from the 1930 yearbook, page 94.

Class of 1930

483 in the class of 1930 · 1 more named Preko

Full name: Donald Charles Preko
Known as: Chink, Dusty
Lived at: 29 Creighton Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1930
Came from: Ellis Grammar School
Headed for: Business School

Also searched as: Don Preko; Donald Preko; Donald C. Preko; Preko, Donald.

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Neighbours 21
Classmates 482
Same schools 43

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 483 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1930, Donald stands 366th. Donald's portrait is on scan page 94, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 21 to 118. The first name Donald appears 16 times in the 9 Cambridge High and Latin School classes read for this site (1917 to 1930). Donald's plan is printed as “Business School”, which counts here as a business or secretarial school; 89 of the 430 classmates who named a plan (21%) named the same kind. Names on this site: 483 for the class of 1930, compared with 421 for 1929.

On the same scan page	Bertha V. Powell, Elizabeth Beatrice Powers, Gertrude Esther Powers, Norma Isabel Pringle
Same earlier school	Ellis Grammar School: 22 other classmates
Same kind of plan	business or secretarial school: 89 of 430 classmates with a plan (21%)

What Donald did at school

Football, 1928-29
Crew, 1926
Room Committee, 1926-27

What the yearbook said

CHINK” “Dusty” “Life without laughing is a dreary blank

Life without laughing is a dreary blank.

Also grew up on Creighton Street

The class of 1930

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Also came from Ellis Grammar School

Also headed for Business School

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1930, page 94. 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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