Salem Classical and High School

James Howland Ballou

James Howland Ballou was a senior at Salem Classical and High School in Salem, Massachusetts, in 1939, one of 298 graduates. The yearbook entry gives the name and portrait; no other details have been transcribed.

Class of 1939

298 in the class of 1939 · 13 more named Ballou

Full name: James Howland Ballou
School: Salem Classical and High School
Graduated: Class of 1939

Also searched as: Jim Ballou; James Ballou; James H. Ballou; Jimmy Ballou.

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Same surname 11
Classmates 297

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Of the 298 names from the Salem Classical and High School class of 1939 that have pages here, James is 6th in surname order. On the scan, the entry sits on page 18, right at the start of the stretch from page 17 to page 97 where this site found the book's portraits. In this class James is the third most common first name, carried by 10 people. In the class of 1939 the first names most often shared were Robert (19), John (17) and James (10); the class of 1938 had John (15), Ruth (11) and Richard (6).

On the same scan page	Ruth Aronson, Rosaline Mary Barbarino, Arthur Martin Barbeau
Same first name	James: 9 other people in the class

What the page does not say. James's entry, as read here, has no home address, no clubs or activities. Share of the class's entries that do: home address 79% and clubs or activities 66%. The book may have left them out, or the reading may have missed them; check the scan.

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Salem Classical and High School yearbook, 1939, page 18. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item salemhighschooly1939clas).

Published 1939. Scan courtesy of the contributing library via the Internet Archive.

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