Cambridge High and Latin School

Hortense Wetherbee “Horty, Shirley”

Hortense Wetherbee (“Horty, Shirley”), Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923 (Cambridge, Massachusetts). The entry prints: headed for Leland Powers; activities listed: Senior Drama Cast and Senior Drama Committee; lived at 41 Wendell Street.

Class of 1923

319 in the class of 1923 · 12 more named Wetherbee

Full name: Hortense Wetherbee
Known as: Horty, Shirley
Born: August 23, 1907
Lived at: 41 Wendell Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts
School: Cambridge High and Latin School
Graduated: Class of 1923
Came from: Agassiz Grammar School
Headed for: Leland Powers

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Household 1
Group photos 8
Neighbours 42
Same surname 8
Classmates 318
Same schools 33

In context

Of the 319 names from the Cambridge High and Latin School class of 1923 that have pages here, Hortense is 314th in surname order. The entry is on page 118 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 39 to page 119. Agassiz Grammar School appears as the earlier school of 18 people in the class, Hortense among them. Names on this site: 319 for the class of 1923, compared with 254 for 1922 and 366 for 1924. On its own title page this book is “The Cambridge Review”.

On the same scan page	Mary Elizabeth Whiting, George Lane Winlock, Jr., Elizabeth Julia Wiseman
Same earlier school	Agassiz Grammar School: 17 other classmates
The book's own title	The Cambridge Review

At home, 41 Wendell Street

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

Richard WetherbeeCambridge 1922

The 1921 Cambridge Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Wetherbee at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

George M Wetherbee (wife Daisy), salesman householderpage

The Wetherbee household is listed here in 1917, 1918, 1919 and 1920 too.

Also pictured in group photographs

Faces matched to caption names, and confirmed against Hortense's senior portrait.

In the same photographs:

What Hortense did at school

Pres. of Girls Debating, 1920-21
Get-together Committee, 1920-21
Prize Speaking Contest, 1920-22
Sec'y of G. A. A., 1923
Treas. of K. B., 1923
Senior Drama Cast
Senior Drama Committee

What the yearbook said

Horty” “Shirley” “HORTY HERSELF, THE ADORABLE CHILD WINS THE DAY

Horty herself, the adorable child little and charming, and a tiny bit wild enchanting as Shirley in the senior play proved to the 'Hardshells' that love wins the day.

Also grew up on Wendell Street

The class of 1923

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Others named Wetherbee

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

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Also came from Agassiz Grammar School

Also headed for Leland Powers

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Source

Cambridge High and Latin School yearbook, 1923, page 118. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item cambridgehighlat1923unse).

Published 1923, 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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