Brookline High School
Hester Muriel Blatt “Hess”
Hester Muriel Blatt (“Hess”), Brookline High School class of 1929 (Brookline, Massachusetts). The entry prints: College course; activities listed: Sagamore and Glee Club; lived at 359 Tappan Street.
Class of 1929
249 in the class of 1929 · 3 more named Blatt
- Full name
- Hester Muriel Blatt
- Known as
- Hess
- Lived at
- 359 Tappan Street, Brookline, Massachusetts
- School
- Brookline High School
- Graduated
- Class of 1929
- Course
- College
- Ambition
- “To discover odorless H2 SO«”
- Pastime
- “Marrying and divorcing atoms”
Also searched as: Hess Blatt; Hester Blatt; Hester M. Blatt; Blatt, Hester.
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In context
249 people from the Brookline High School class of 1929 appear on this site, and Blatt puts Hester 19th among them. Hester's portrait is on scan page 35, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 31 to 96. Of the 239 entries in the class with a course, 81 (34%) say College, Hester's among them. Across 7 classes of Brookline High School on this site, 23 people give Tappan Street as a street, from 1923 to 1931. Against 232 for 1928 and 251 for 1930, the class of 1929 comes to 249 names on this site.
| On the same scan page | Helene Grace Bennett, Richard Bent, Howard S. Berger |
|---|---|
| Same street | Tappan Street: 4 other classmates |
| Same club | Sagamore: 20 other classmates |
| Same club | Glee Club: 69 other classmates |
| Same course | College: 81 of 239 classmates with a course (34%) |
At home, 359 Tappan Street
Same surname, same address — very likely a brother or sister.
The 1931 city directory lists Hester Muriel Blatt with the occupation “student” (page).
The 1928 Brookline Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Blatt at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.
- Wm M Blatt (wife Lucy L), Iwyr B householderpage
The Blatt household is listed here in 1931 too.
What Hester did at school
- Sagamore 153
- Glee Club 231
- French Club 460
- Girls' League 474
- German Club 139
- Senior Advisoy ’25
Fellow members from Hester's own class:
What the yearbook said
flow the wit brightens!
Also grew up on Tappan Street
The class of 1929
Howard S. BergerBrookline 1929
Lillian BolesBrookline 1929
Richard BentBrookline 1929
Wilfrid Trottier BouvierBrookline 1929
Helene Grace BennettBrookline 1929
Myra Natalie BreskyBrookline 1929
Others named Blatt
Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.
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Source
Brookline High School yearbook, 1929, page 35.
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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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