Saugus High School

Ruth Putnam “Ruthie”

Ruth Putnam (“Ruthie”) was one of 90 graduates in the class of 1937 at Saugus High School, Saugus, Massachusetts. Printed details: Commercial course; activities listed: Sahico; a motto. Portrait and entry from the 1937 yearbook, page 33.

Class of 1937

90 in the class of 1937 · 26 more named Putnam

Full name: Ruth Putnam
Known as: Ruthie
School: Saugus High School
Graduated: Class of 1937
Course: Commercial

Also searched as: Ruthie Putnam; Putnam, Ruth.

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Same surname 22
Classmates 89

In context

90 people from the Saugus High School class of 1937 appear on this site, and Putnam puts Ruth 75th among them. Ruth's portrait is on scan page 33, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 12 to 37. Ruth's course, Commercial, is also the course of 13 others in the 87 entries that print one (16% in all). From 1931 to 1939, 16 Saugus High School graduates on this site share the first name Ruth, spread over 5 classes and peaking at 7 in 1939. In the class of 1937, 7 of 87 printed courses (8%) were college or college-preparatory ones, compared with 11% in 1936 and 10% in 1938.

On the same scan page	Elwin Pheulpin, Lois Philbrick, Margaret Pittard, Ida Priest
Same course	Commercial: 14 of 87 classmates with a course (16%)

What Ruth did at school

Sahico

What the yearbook said

"Ruthie" is our problem child. Her noisyness is over-shadowed, however, by her magnetic personality. As a member of an "office force," we guarantee she'll speed things up.

The class of 1937

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Others named Putnam

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Saugus High School yearbook, 1937, page 33. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item tontoquonian1937saug).

Published 1937. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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