Newton High School

John Louis Wiggin “Jack, Wiggles”

John Louis Wiggin (“Jack, Wiggles”) appears in the 1922 yearbook of Newton High School in Newton, MA, listed at 1821 Washington St., Auburndale. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.

Class of 1922

137 in the class of 1922 · 14 more named Wiggin

Full name: John Louis Wiggin
Known as: Jack, Wiggles
Born: June 18, 1906
Lived at: 1821 Washington St., Auburndale, Newton, Massachusetts
School: Newton High School
Graduated: Class of 1922
Course: Classical
Came from: Roger Wolcott School
Headed for: Harvard

Also searched as: Jack Wiggin; John Wiggin; John L. Wiggin; Johnny Wiggin.

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Neighbours 1
Same surname 11
Classmates 136
Same schools 78

In context

This site lists 137 people from the Newton High School class of 1922; sorted by surname, John comes 134th. John is printed on page 64 of the scan, near the end of the 23-to-65 run of portrait pages. In the 15 classes of Newton High School between 1912 and 1928 that this site covers, 57 people have the first name John, with the largest group (10) in 1925. John's “Harvard” falls in the same group as 57 of the 105 plans printed for the class (54%): a college or university. Against 105 for 1921 and 116 for 1923, the class of 1922 comes to 137 names on this site.

On the same scan page	Henry Whitmore Jr, Miriam Whitmore, Franklin Webster Wiggin
Same kind of plan	college or university: 57 of 105 classmates with a plan (54%)
Same course	Classical: 82 of 137 classmates with a course (60%)
Same first name	John: 6 other people in the class

What the yearbook said

with a smile that is childlike and bland

Also grew up on Washington St., Auburndale

Winifred Louise BlackwellNewton 1928

The class of 1922

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Others named Wiggin

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

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Also came from Roger Wolcott School

Also headed for Harvard

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Source

Newton High School yearbook, 1922, page 64. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item newtonian1922newt).

Published 1922, 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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