Brookline High School
Florence E. Buxton “Buckie, Flo”
Class of 1929, Brookline High School, Brookline, Massachusetts: Florence E. Buxton (“Buckie, Flo”). The yearbook entry prints: headed for Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School; activities listed: Basketball and Glee Club; lived at 30 Upland Road. Portrait and entry from the 1929 yearbook, page 38.
Class of 1929
249 in the class of 1929 · 9 more named Buxton
- Full name
- Florence E. Buxton
- Known as
- Buckie, Flo
- Lived at
- 30 Upland Road, Brookline, Massachusetts
- School
- Brookline High School
- Graduated
- Class of 1929
- Course
- College
- Headed for
- Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School
- Ambition
- “To find my niche”
- Pastime
- “Reading and talking”
Also searched as: Flo Buxton; Florence Buxton; Buxton, Florence.
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In context
Going through the Brookline High School class of 1929 from A to Z by surname, Florence is the 28th of 249 names on this site. The entry is on page 38 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 31 to page 96. Florence shared “French Club” with 66 graduates, going by what the yearbook prints. Business or secretarial school was the plan of 13 of the 127 classmates who printed one (10%), and Florence is listed with “Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School”. Against 232 for 1928 and 251 for 1930, the class of 1929 comes to 249 names on this site.
| On the same scan page | Amy Nedra Burnes, Freddie Cameron, Richard Cavanaugh |
|---|---|
| Same club | Basketball: 12 other classmates |
| Same club | Glee Club: 69 other classmates |
| Same kind of plan | business or secretarial school: 13 of 127 classmates with a plan (10%) |
| Same course | College: 81 of 239 classmates with a course (34%) |
At home, 30 Upland Road
Same surname, same address — very likely a brother or sister.
The 1931 Brookline Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Buxton at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.
The Buxton household is listed here in 1925 too.
What Florence did at school
- Basketball 79
- Glee Club 231
- Girls' League 474
- Senior Advisor ’29
- Marshal ’28
- French Club 460
- Secretary-Treasurer Spanish Club ’29 171
Fellow members from Florence's own class:
What the yearbook said
A woman whom the world will bow before
Also grew up on Upland Road
The class of 1929
Amy Nedra BurnesBrookline 1929
Freddie CameronBrookline 1929
Esther BurgenBrookline 1929
Richard CavanaughBrookline 1929
Barbara D. BugbeeBrookline 1929
Evelyn M. CharbonneauBrookline 1929
Others named Buxton
Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.
Elliott BuxtonSpringfield Trade 1943
Edna Marion BuxtonFitchburg 1925
Lucie BuxtonMalden 1930
Erville BuxtonBrookline 1924
M. Dorothy BuxtonBrookline 1927
Clara Lillian BuxtonFitchburg Normal School 1925
Also headed for Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School
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Source
Brookline High School yearbook, 1929, page 38.
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Internet Archive (item murivian1929broo).
Published 1929, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Public Library of Brookline via the Internet Archive.
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