Somerville High School

Ruth-E. Bourke “Ruthie”

Somerville High School in Somerville, Massachusetts, listed Ruth-E. Bourke (“Ruthie”) among 470 graduates in the class of 1929. The entry gives: General course; activities listed: Girls' Glee Club and Typewriting Awards; lived at 17 Warwick St. Portrait and entry from the 1929 yearbook, page 33.

Class of 1929

470 in the class of 1929 · 5 more named Bourke

Full name: Ruth-E. Bourke
Known as: Ruthie
Lived at: 17 Warwick St, Somerville, Massachusetts
School: Somerville High School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Course: General

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Household 2
Clubs & teams 4
Neighbours 4
Same surname 2
Classmates 469

In context

470 people from the Somerville High School class of 1929 appear on this site, and Bourke puts Ruth-E. 36th among them. Ruth-E. is printed on page 33 of the scan, right at the start of the 29-to-101 run of portrait pages. In the Somerville High School class of 1929, 42% of the 461 printed courses are General (192 people), Ruth-E. included. A college or college-preparatory course was the choice of 20% of those who printed a course in the class of 1929; the neighbouring classes show 24% in 1928 and 23% in 1930. “Radiator Year Book” is the name this yearbook gives itself.

On the same scan page	George Wagner Bollman, Rose Boraks, Edward Boudreau, Rebecca M. Bowles and 3 more
Same course	General: 192 of 461 classmates with a course (42%)
The book's own title	Radiator Year Book

At home, 17 Warwick St

Same surname, same address — very likely brothers and sisters.

What Ruth-E. did at school

Girls' Glee Club 19
Typewriting Awards

Fellow members from Ruth-E.'s own class:

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The class of 1929

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Others named Bourke

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

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Source

Somerville High School yearbook, 1929, page 33. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item radiatorsomervi1929some_0).

Published 1929, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Somerville Public Library via the Internet Archive.

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