Newton High School

James Thomas Chirurg “Jimmie”

Newton High School in Newton, Massachusetts, listed James Thomas Chirurg (“Jimmie”) among 116 graduates in the class of 1923. The entry gives: came from Mason Grammar School; lived at 27 Orient Avenue, Newton Centre; born in 1906. Portrait and entry from the 1923 yearbook, page 29.

Class of 1923

116 in the class of 1923 · 1 more named Chirurg

Full name: James Thomas Chirurg
Known as: Jimmie
Born: July 22, 1906
Lived at: 27 Orient Avenue, Newton Centre
School: Newton High School
Graduated: Class of 1923
Course: Scientific
Came from: Mason Grammar School

Also searched as: Jimmie Chirurg; Jim Chirurg; James Chirurg; James T. Chirurg.

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Neighbours 2
Classmates 115
Same schools 50

In context

116 people from the Newton High School class of 1923 appear on this site, and Chirurg puts James 21st among them. On the scan, the entry sits on page 29, in the first third of the stretch from page 23 to page 66 where this site found the book's portraits. Across 11 classes of Newton High School on this site, from 1913 to 1928, 17 people are named James. The yearbook lists 14 people from the Newton High School class of 1923 as coming from Mason Grammar School, including James. Of the 66 plans printed for the class of 1923 that name a kind of next step, 59 (89%) are a college or university, where the neighbouring classes have 75% in 1922 and 86% in 1924.

On the same scan page	Jacob Cashman, Roger Hunt Cask, Roger Enos Christie
Same earlier school	Mason Grammar School: 13 other classmates
Same course	Scientific: 29 of 116 classmates with a course (25%)

What the yearbook said

jest and youthful jollity

Also grew up on Orient Ave., Newton Centre

The class of 1923

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Also came from Mason Grammar School

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Source

Newton High School yearbook, 1923, page 29. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item newtonian1923newt).

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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