Somerville High School

F. Foster Thomas “Fodder”

Somerville High School in Somerville, Massachusetts, listed F. Foster Thomas (“Fodder”) among 470 graduates in the class of 1929. The entry gives: General course; activities listed: Band and Cheer Leader; lived at 264 Summer St. Portrait and entry from the 1929 yearbook, page 95.

Class of 1929

470 in the class of 1929 · 125 more named Thomas

Full name: F. Foster Thomas
Known as: Fodder
Lived at: 264 Summer St, Somerville, Massachusetts
School: Somerville High School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Course: General

Also searched as: Fodder Thomas; Foster Thomas; Thomas, Foster.

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Household 1
Clubs & teams 196
Neighbours 55
Same surname 89
Classmates 469

In context

Of the 470 entries from the Somerville High School class of 1929 read for this site, Foster's is 422nd alphabetically. Find Foster on page 95 of the scan; the people on this site from the Somerville High School class of 1929 are spread over pages 29 to 101. Across 11 classes of Somerville High School on this site, 57 people give Summer Street as a street, from 1917 to 1931. Of the 461 entries in the class with a course, 192 (42%) say General, Foster's among them. Of the 461 entries in the class of 1929 that print a course, 91 (20%) are college or college-preparatory, where the neighbouring classes have 24% in 1928 and 23% in 1930.

On the same scan page	Barbara Ellice Thomas, Muriel Thomas, Mildred A. Thorne, Leona Thurbide and 2 more
Same street	Summer Street: 8 other classmates
Same club	Band: 11 other classmates
Same club	Traffic Squad: 45 other classmates
Same course	General: 192 of 461 classmates with a course (42%)
The book's own title	Radiator Year Book

At home, 264 Summer St

Same surname, same address — very likely a brother or sister.

Nelson W. ThomasSomerville 1928

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Somerville High School yearbook, 1929, page 95. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item radiatorsomervi1929some_0).

Published 1929, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Somerville Public Library via the Internet Archive.

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