Somerville High School
Florence Decost “Flossie”
Somerville High School in Somerville, Massachusetts, listed Florence Decost (“Flossie”) among 120 graduates in the class of 1929. The yearbook entry gives the name and portrait; no other details have been transcribed.
Class of 1929
120 in the class of 1929 · 4 more named Decost
- Full name
- Florence Decost
- Known as
- Flossie
- School
- Somerville High School
- Graduated
- Class of 1929
Also searched as: Flossie Decost; Flo Decost; Decost, Florence.
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In context
Of the 120 names from the Somerville High School class of 1929 that have pages here, Florence is 25th in surname order. Turning the scan to page 299 shows Florence; the portraits we read from this book run from page 274 to page 349. 51 people named Florence turn up in 12 Somerville High School classes on this site, 1917 to 1931; 1922 has the most with 11. Of the 70 entries in the class of 1929 that print a course, 19 (27%) are college or college-preparatory, where the neighbouring classes have 24% in 1928 and 23% in 1930. “Somerville High School Radiator” is the name this yearbook gives itself.
| On the same scan page | John Daley, Thomas Damery, Grace Davenport, Ursula Derfus and 1 more |
|---|---|
| The book's own title | Somerville High School Radiator |
What the page does not say. No home address, no course, no clubs or activities for Florence. Other entries in the Somerville High School class of 1929 carry them far more often (home address 62%, course 58% and clubs or activities 50%), so either the book did not print them or our reading missed them; the scan has the final word.
The class of 1929
Grace DavenportSomerville 1929
Ursula DerfusSomerville 1929
Thomas DamerySomerville 1929
Benjamin DesessaSomerville 1929
John DaleySomerville 1929
William DeverSomerville 1929
Others named Decost
Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.
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Source
Somerville High School yearbook, 1929, page 299.
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Published 1929, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.
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