Cambridge High and Latin School

Elizabeth Wright Sparks “Betty Sparky”

Elizabeth Wright Sparks (“Betty Sparky”) was one of 421 graduates in the class of 1929 at Cambridge High and Latin School, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Harvard School; headed for Chandler Secretarial School; lived at 410 Walden Street. Portrait and entry from the Cambridge Review, page 120.

Class of 1929

421 in the class of 1929 · 8 more named Sparks

Full name: Elizabeth Wright Sparks
Known as: Betty Sparky
Lived at: 410 Walden Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Came from: Harvard School
Headed for: Chandler Secretarial School

Also searched as: Betty Sparks; Elizabeth Sparks; Elizabeth W. Sparks; Beth Sparks.

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Neighbours 37
Same surname 4
Classmates 420
Same schools 51

In context

Elizabeth Wright Sparks is number 376 of 421 in the alphabetical list of the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929 on this site. In the scan, Elizabeth appears on page 120, in the last third of the run of 421 portraits read for this site (pages 25 to 132). Elizabeth has 6 first-name namesakes in the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1929. Counting Elizabeth, 31 people in the class are listed as coming from Harvard School. First names that recur in the class of 1929: Mary (28), Margaret (17) and Helen (15). In the class of 1928: Mary (21), Margaret (18) and John (16).

On the same scan page	Helen Frances Sorrentino, Mary Dorothy Souza, William H. Squires
Same earlier school	Harvard School: 30 other classmates
Same kind of plan	business or secretarial school: 70 of 364 classmates with a plan (19%)
Same first name	Elizabeth: 6 other people in the class
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 410 Walden Street

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

Susan E Sparks, widow of Joseph H householderpage
Beatrice Sparks, stenographer lived herepage
John Sparks, operator lived herepage
Marjorie Sparks, stenographer lived herepage
Wm Sparks, student lived herepage

The Sparks household is listed here in 1927 and 1928 too.

What Elizabeth did at school

G. A. A., 1926
Baseball, 1926
Room Committee, 1926

What the yearbook said

Lots of hilarity, Yet full of sincerity.

Also grew up on Walden Street

The class of 1929

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Others named Sparks

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

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Also came from Harvard School

Also headed for Chandler Secretarial School

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1929, page 120. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1929unse).

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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