Newton High School

Florence Sawyer “Floss, Flo”

Florence Sawyer (“Floss, Flo”) was one of 350 graduates in the class of 1925 at Newton High School, Newton, Massachusetts. Printed details: headed for Welleslev; activities listed: Library Club and Club; lived at 86 Waban Avenue, Waban. Portrait and entry from the Newtonian, page 55.

Class of 1925

350 in the class of 1925 · 50 more named Sawyer

Full name: Florence Sawyer
Known as: Floss, Flo
Born: January '■ 1908
Lived at: 86 Waban Avenue, Waban, Newton, Massachusetts
School: Newton High School
Graduated: Class of 1925
Course: Classical
Came from: VVolcott Grammar School
Headed for: Welleslev

Also searched as: Flo Sawyer; Sawyer, Florence.

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Clubs & teams 156
Neighbours 10
Same surname 40
Classmates 349
Same schools 4

In context

Florence Sawyer is number 274 of 350 in the alphabetical list of the Newton High School class of 1925 on this site. Florence's portrait is on scan page 55, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 16 to 65. In the Newton High School class of 1925, 73 entries mention “English Club”; Florence's is one of them. Classical was the course of 142 out of 344 classmates who printed one (41%), including Florence. A college or university was the plan of 122 of 145 classmates with a classifiable plan in the class of 1925 (84%), compared with 86% in 1924 and 89% in 1928.

On the same scan page	William Burt Sanderson, Louise Alice Santosuosso, Elizabeth June Savage, Richard Everett Savory and 3 more
Same club	Library Club: 16 other classmates
Same club	Club: 30 other classmates
Same course	Classical: 142 of 344 classmates with a course (41%)
Same first name	Florence: 5 other people in the class
The book's own title	The Newtonian

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Newton High School yearbook, 1925, page 55. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item newtonian1925newt).

Published 1925, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Newton Free Library via the Internet Archive.

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