Malden High School

Reta Tanofsky “Ret”

Malden High School in Malden, Massachusetts, listed Reta Tanofsky (“Ret”) among 133 graduates in the class of 1927. The entry gives: came from C. A. Daniels School; headed for Stenographer; activities listed: Glee Club and Typewriting. Portrait and entry from the Owapam, page 39.

Class of 1927

133 in the class of 1927 · 1 more named Tanofsky

Full name: Reta Tanofsky
Known as: Ret
School: Malden High School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Course: Commercial
Came from: C. A. Daniels School
Headed for: Stenographer

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Clubs & teams 75
Classmates 132
Same schools 206

In context

Going through the Malden High School class of 1927 from A to Z by surname, Reta is the 125th of 133 names on this site. Turning the scan to page 39 shows Reta; the portraits we read from this book run from page 12 to page 42. “Glee Club” appears in 22 entries from the Malden High School class of 1927, Reta's among them. Among the 108 people in the class who printed a plan, 18 (17%) named going to work, as Reta did (“Stenographer”). A college or college-preparatory course was the choice of 27% of those who printed a course in the class of 1927; the neighbouring classes show 33% in 1926 and 24% in 1928-B.

On the same scan page	Edward Stone, Mildred Elizabeth Tupper, Esther Valinsky
Same club	Glee Club: 21 other classmates
Same club	Thrift Council: 6 other classmates
Same kind of plan	work: 18 of 108 classmates with a plan (17%)
Same course	Commercial: 48 of 132 classmates with a course (36%)

What Reta did at school

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What the yearbook said

A happy, singing, jolly maiden.

The class of 1927

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Also came from C. A. Daniels School

Also headed for Stenographer

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Source

Malden High School yearbook, 1927, page 39. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item maldonianyearboo1927mald).

Published 1927, 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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