Cambridge High and Latin School

Elizabeth Beatrice Powers “Beth”

Elizabeth Beatrice Powers (“Beth”) is one of 483 graduates in the class of 1930 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. The 1930 yearbook entry gives: headed for Boston University; activities listed: G. A. A; lived at 137 Spring Street.

Class of 1930

483 in the class of 1930 · 93 more named Powers

Full name: Elizabeth Beatrice Powers
Known as: Beth
Lived at: 137 Spring Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1930
Came from: Sacred Heart School
Headed for: Boston University

Also searched as: Beth Powers; Betty Powers; Elizabeth Powers; Elizabeth B. Powers.

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Clubs & teams 234
Neighbours 35
Same surname 72
Classmates 482
Same schools 208

In context

Elizabeth Beatrice Powers is number 364 of 483 in the alphabetical list of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1930 on this site. Elizabeth's portrait is on scan page 94, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 21 to 118. Elizabeth is one of 10 in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1930 whose entry names Sacred Heart School as the school they came from. From 1914 to 1930, 86 Cambridge High and Latin School graduates on this site share the first name Elizabeth, spread over 16 classes and peaking at 10 in 1927. Of the 371 plans printed for the class of 1930 that name a kind of next step, 206 (56%) are a college or university, where the neighbouring class has 56% in 1929.

On the same scan page	Bertha V. Powell, Gertrude Esther Powers, Donald Charles Preko, Norma Isabel Pringle
Same earlier school	Sacred Heart School: 9 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 206 of 430 classmates with a plan (48%)
Same first name	Elizabeth: 8 other people in the class

At home, 137 Spring Street

The 1930 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Powers at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

James J Powers (wife Hannah), horse shoer householderpage

The Powers household is listed here in 1925, 1927 and 1928 too.

What Elizabeth did at school

G. A. A. 522

Fellow members from Elizabeth's own class:

What the yearbook said

BETH” “One who is always willing to lend Whatever she has to all her friends

One who is always willing to lend Whatever she has to all her friends.

Also grew up on Spring Street

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Also came from Sacred Heart School

Also headed for Boston University

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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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