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Portrait of Helen Shumway, Newton High School, class of 1917
As printed in the 1917 yearbook

Newton High School

Helen Shumway

Helen Shumway is one of 105 graduates in the class of 1917 at Newton High School, Newton, Massachusetts. The 1917 yearbook entry gives: came from Hyde Grammar School; lived at 29 Bowdoin St., Newton Highlands; born in 1900.

Class of 1917

105 in the class of 1917 · 8 more named Shumway

Full name
Helen Shumway
Born
January 10, 1900
Lived at
29 Bowdoin St., Newton Highlands
School
Newton High School
Graduated
Class of 1917
Course
Classical and General
Came from
Hyde Grammar School

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Eleanor Shumway — HouseholdEleanor ShumwayElizabeth Walker — NeighboursElizabeth WalkerKatharine Reynolds — NeighboursKatharine ReynoldsKenneth Bruce Walker — NeighboursKenneth WalkerEthel Douglass — NeighboursEthel DouglassDonald Reynolds — NeighboursDonald ReynoldsAlice Shumway — Same surnameAlice ShumwayHerbert Lee Shumway — Same surnameHerbert ShumwayRuth Arlene Shumway — Same surnameRuth ShumwayRita Hartwell Shumway — Same surnameRita ShumwayMildred L. Ryder — ClassmatesMildred RyderFrancis Russell Simpson — ClassmatesFrancis SimpsonRobert Page Rogers — ClassmatesRobert RogersEdward Harvey Smith — ClassmatesEdward SmithHelen Frances Rodgers — ClassmatesHelen RodgersMildred Dorothy Smith — ClassmatesMildred SmithElizabeth Jeanne King — Same schoolsElizabeth KingAnna Margaret Noble — Same schoolsAnna NobleCharles C. Noble — Same schoolsCharles Noble

In context

Helen Shumway is number 81 of 105 in the alphabetical list of the Newton High School class of 1917 on this site. On the scan, the entry sits on page 49, in the last third of the stretch from page 21 to page 56 where this site found the book's portraits. Helen did not arrive alone from Hyde Grammar School: 5 other graduates name it too. In the 16 classes of Newton High School between 1910 and 1928 that this site covers, 74 people have the first name Helen, with the largest group (15) in 1925. A college or university was the plan of 56 of 67 classmates with a classifiable plan in the class of 1917 (84%), compared with 92% in 1916 and 81% in 1918.

On the same scan pageFrancis Russell Simpson, Edward Harvey Smith
Same earlier schoolHyde Grammar School: 5 other classmates
The book's own titleNewtonian

At home, 29 Bowdoin St., Newton Highlands

Same surname, same address — very likely a brother or sister.

The 1909 Newton, Massachusetts City Directory (Sampson & Murdock) lists these people named Shumway at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

  • Harold H Shumway householderpage

Also grew up on Bowdoin St., Newton Highlands

The class of 1917

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Others named Shumway

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

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Also came from Hyde Grammar School

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Source

Newton High School yearbook, 1917, page 49. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item newtonian1917newt).

Published 1917, 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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