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Portrait of Francis H. Kentley, Brookline High School, class of 1931
As printed in the 1931 yearbook

Brookline High School

Francis H. Kentley “Buddy”

Francis H. Kentley (“Buddy”) appears in the 1931 yearbook of Brookline High School in Brookline, MA, listed at 58 Beals Street. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.

Class of 1931

273 in the class of 1931 · 1 more named Kentley

Full name
Francis H. Kentley
Known as
Buddy
Lived at
58 Beals Street, Brookline, Massachusetts
School
Brookline High School
Graduated
Class of 1931
Course
Commercial.
Headed for
Boston University

Also searched as: Buddy Kentley; Frank Kentley; Francis Kentley; Kentley, Francis.

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In context

Of the 273 names from the Brookline High School class of 1931 that have pages here, Francis is 145th in surname order. The entry is on page 71 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 34 to page 110. Of 231 classmates who gave a plan, 128 (55%) point to a college or university; Francis's entry says “Boston University”. The first name Francis appears 14 times in the 7 Brookline High School classes read for this site (1923 to 1931). Of the 252 entries in the class of 1931 that print a course, 89 (35%) are college or college-preparatory, where the neighbouring class has 39% in 1930.

On the same scan pageClifford Lawrence Kells, Doris Kelsey
Same streetBeals Street: 4 other classmates
Same kind of plancollege or university: 128 of 231 classmates with a plan (55%)
Same courseCommercial: 62 of 252 classmates with a course (25%)

At home, 58 Beals Street

The 1931 Brookline Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Kentley at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

  • James Kentley (wife Ellen H), hosemn Eng householderpage
  • Charles J Kentley, bookkeeper lived herepage
  • Harold T Kentley, chauffeur lived herepage

The Kentley household is listed here in 1925 and 1928 too.

What the yearbook said

Always with an eye for beauty, he admired the fair sex.

Also grew up on Beals Street

The class of 1931

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Also headed for Boston University

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Source

Brookline High School yearbook, 1931, page 71. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item murivian1931broo).

Published 1931. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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