Malden High School

Florence Rita Smithers “Lovey”

Class of 1921, Malden High School, Malden, Massachusetts: Florence Rita Smithers (“Lovey”). The yearbook entry prints: General course; a motto; a write-up. Portrait and entry from the 1921 yearbook, page 33.

Class of 1921

80 in the class of 1921 · 2 more named Smithers

Full name: Florence Rita Smithers
Known as: Lovey
School: Malden High School
Graduated: Class of 1921
Course: General

Also searched as: Lovey Smithers; Flo Smithers; Florence Smithers; Florence R. Smithers.

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Classmates 79

In context

Of the 80 names from the Malden High School class of 1921 that have pages here, Florence is 67th in surname order. In the scan, Florence appears on page 33, in the last third of the run of 80 portraits read for this site (pages 16 to 37). There are 5 people named Florence in the Malden High School class of 1921; the entry on this page is one of them. 35 of the 80 classmates who printed a course (44%) took General, as Florence did. Of the 80 entries in the class of 1921 that print a course, 6 (8%) are college or college-preparatory, where the neighbouring classes have 11% in 1920 and 23% in 1922-A.

On the same scan page	Myer Shacat, Gladys Marguerite Sherburne, James Herbert Small
Same course	General: 35 of 80 classmates with a course (44%)
Same first name	Florence: 4 other people in the class

What the yearbook said

Her words do show her wit incomparable.

“Lovey” is Florence’s nickname, but “Sunshine would fit one of her fame.

The class of 1921

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Others named Smithers

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

Gertrude Alice SmithersCambridge 1919

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Malden High School yearbook, 1921, page 33. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item maldonianyearboo1921mald).

Published 1921, 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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