Brookline High School
Robert Purinton
Robert Purinton, Brookline High School class of 1930 (Brookline, Massachusetts). The entry prints: headed for Boston University; activities listed: Swimming and French Club; lived at 15 University Road.
Class of 1930
251 in the class of 1930 · 7 more named Purinton
- Full name
- Robert Purinton
- Lived at
- 15 University Road, Brookline, Massachusetts
- School
- Brookline High School
- Graduated
- Class of 1930
- Course
- Technical
- Came from
- F. O. Driving
- Headed for
- Boston University
Also searched as: Bob Purinton; Bobby Purinton; Purinton, Robert.
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In context
This site lists 251 people from the Brookline High School class of 1930; sorted by surname, Robert comes 189th. On the scan, the entry sits on page 86, in the last third of the stretch from page 35 to page 103 where this site found the book's portraits. Robert's “Boston University” falls in the same group as 68 of the 118 plans printed for the class (58%): a college or university. Robert is one of 26 listed under Technical among the 237 classmates whose course is printed (11%). A college or university was the plan of 68 of 89 classmates with a classifiable plan in the class of 1930 (76%), compared with 76% in 1929 and 79% in 1931.
| On the same scan page | Virginia Price, Sidney K. Rabinovitz, Irving Rabinowitz |
|---|---|
| Same street | University Road: 6 other classmates |
| Same club | Swimming: 13 other classmates |
| Same club | French Club: 70 other classmates |
| Same kind of plan | college or university: 68 of 118 classmates with a plan (58%) |
| Same course | Technical: 26 of 237 classmates with a course (11%) |
At home, 15 University Road
Same surname, same address — very likely a brother or sister.
The 1931 city directory lists Robert Purinton with the occupation “student” (page).
The 1931 Brookline Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Purinton at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.
- Charles L Purinton (wife Florence B), teas B householderpage
- Charles L Purinton Jr., clerk lived herepage
- Ralph E Purinton, student lived herepage
- Robert Purinton, student lived herepage
The Purinton household is listed here in 1928 too.
What Robert did at school
Fellow members from Robert's own class:
What the yearbook said
It is good to lengthen to the last a sunny mood
Also grew up on University Road
The class of 1930
Virginia PriceBrookline 1930
Sidney K. RabinovitzBrookline 1930
Mary PottertonBrookline 1930
Irving RabinowitzBrookline 1930
Vincent J. Pollina JrBrookline 1930
Dorothy M. RedmondBrookline 1930
Others named Purinton
Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.
Grace E. PurintonMedford 1926
Charles Adams PurintonHarvard College, Class of 1920 (Harvard Nineteen Twenty Class Album) 1920
Royce D. PurintonSpringfield College 1906
Also headed for Boston University
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Source
Brookline High School yearbook, 1930, page 86.
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