Brookline High School
John F. Drum “Jack”
Class of 1929, Brookline High School, Brookline, Massachusetts: John F. Drum (“Jack”). The yearbook entry prints: headed for Boston Latin School; activities listed: Book Committee and Dramatics; lived at 1559 Beacon Street. Portrait and entry from the 1929 yearbook, page 45.
Class of 1929
249 in the class of 1929 · 5 more named Drum
- Full name
- John F. Drum
- Known as
- Jack
- Lived at
- 1559 Beacon Street, Brookline, Massachusetts
- School
- Brookline High School
- Graduated
- Class of 1929
- Course
- College
- Headed for
- Boston Latin School
- Ambition
- “College”
- Pastime
- “Trying to get by”
Also searched as: Jack Drum; John Drum; Johnny Drum; Drum, John.
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In context
Of the 249 entries from the Brookline High School class of 1929 read for this site, John's is 58th alphabetically. The entry is on page 45 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 31 to page 96. Beacon Street runs through 9 Brookline High School classes on this site (1923 to 1931); 82 people list it. The first name John runs through 9 classes of Brookline High School (1923 to 1931), 52 people in all, and is most common in 1931 (11). The class of 1929 has 249 names here, where the neighbouring classes have 232 for 1928 and 251 for 1930.
| On the same scan page | Muriel Dodson, Joseph Walter Donohue, Edith Anne Druker |
|---|---|
| Same street | Beacon Street: 10 other classmates |
| Same club | Dramatics: 22 other classmates |
| Same course | College: 81 of 239 classmates with a course (34%) |
| Same first name | John: 7 other people in the class |
At home, 1559 Beacon Street
The 1931 city directory lists John F. Drum with the occupation “student” (page).
The 1928 Brookline Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Drum at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.
- John D Drum (wife Anna), Iwyr B householderpage
The Drum household is listed here in 1920, 1925 and 1931 too.
What John did at school
- Book Committee
- Dramatics 213
Fellow members from John's own class:
What the yearbook said
lie lives to learn
Also grew up on Beacon Street
The class of 1929
Edith Anne DrukerBrookline 1929
Edward M. DuaneBrookline 1929
Joseph Walter DonohueBrookline 1929
Thomas Joseph Duddy JrBrookline 1929
Muriel DodsonBrookline 1929
Thurza DurantBrookline 1929
Others named Drum
Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.
Also headed for Boston Latin School
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Source
Brookline High School yearbook, 1929, page 45.
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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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