Newton High School

Eleanor Louise Bissell “Chub, '^EUie”

Newton High School in Newton, Massachusetts, listed Eleanor Louise Bissell (“Chub, '^EUie”) among 125 graduates in the class of 1920. The entry gives: headed for Bryant & Stratton; lived at 34 Warwick Rd., West Newton, Mass; born in 1902. Portrait and entry from the 1920 yearbook, page 23.

Class of 1920

125 in the class of 1920 · 3 more named Bissell

Full name: Eleanor Louise Bissell
Known as: Chub, '^EUie
Born: January 25, 1902
Lived at: 34 Warwick Rd., West Newton, Mass
School: Newton High School
Graduated: Class of 1920
Course: Classical
Headed for: Bryant & Stratton

Also searched as: Ellie Bissell; Eleanor Bissell; Eleanor L. Bissell; Nell Bissell.

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Neighbours 2
Same surname 1
Classmates 124

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 125 names from the Newton High School class of 1920, Eleanor stands 12th. Find Eleanor on page 23 of the scan; the people on this site from the Newton High School class of 1920 are spread over pages 21 to 52. From 1910 to 1928, 42 Newton High School graduates on this site share the first name Eleanor, spread over 15 classes. Of the 125 entries in the class with a course, 90 (72%) say Classical, Eleanor's among them. The class of 1920: 89% of classifiable plans point to a college or university, versus 82% in 1919 and 86% in 1921.

On the same scan page	Henry Bjorkman, Caroline Bovey, Robert B. Brigham, Everett Mills Brooks
Same course	Classical: 90 of 125 classmates with a course (72%)
Same first name	Eleanor: 5 other people in the class

What the yearbook said

she knows her man, and when he rants and hair

Also grew up on Warwick Rd., West Newton, Mass

The class of 1920

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Others named Bissell

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

Marie BissellMelrose 1936

Also headed for Bryant & Stratton

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Newton High School yearbook, 1920, page 23. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item newtonian1920newt).

Published 1920, 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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