Malden High School

John Edmund Phinney “Jack”

John Edmund Phinney (“Jack”) was one of 118 graduates in the class of 1928-B at Malden High School, Malden, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Maplewood School; headed for Executive; activities listed: Band. Portrait and entry from the Maldonian, page 42.

Class of 1928-B

118 in the class of 1928 · 14 more named Phinney

Full name: John Edmund Phinney
Known as: Jack
Born: May 30, 1908
School: Malden High School
Graduated: Class of 1928
Course: Commercial
Came from: Maplewood School
Headed for: Executive

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Clubs & teams 34
Same surname 13
Classmates 117
Same schools 91

In context

John Edmund Phinney is number 78 of 118 in the alphabetical list of the Malden High School class of 1928-B on this site. Turning the scan to page 42 shows John; the portraits we read from this book run from page 13 to page 58. There are 5 people named John in the Malden High School class of 1928-B; the entry on this page is one of them. Maplewood School appears as the earlier school of 16 people in the class, John among them. Plans for a college or university made up 69% of the classifiable plans in the class of 1928-B (53 of 77), against 65% in 1927-B and 40% in 1929-A.

On the same scan page	Guy Harold Phillips, Eugenia Antigone Phyllides
Same club	Band: 5 other classmates
Same earlier school	Maplewood School: 15 other classmates
Same course	Commercial: 38 of 118 classmates with a course (32%)
Same first name	John: 4 other people in the class
The book's own title	Maldonian (editor: George Lodgen)

What John did at school

Band 59

Fellow members from John's own class:

What the yearbook said

He is most wise, patient, and kind.

The class of 1928

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Others named Phinney

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

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Also came from Maplewood School

Also headed for Executive

Norman WeinsteinHigh School of Commerce 1940

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Source

Malden High School yearbook, 1928, page 42. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item maldonianyearbo1928mald_0).

Published 1928, 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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