Somerville High School
Ruth Stanley “Rufus”
Somerville High School in Somerville, Massachusetts, listed Ruth Stanley (“Rufus”) among 563 graduates in the class of 1931. The entry gives: Commercial Course; lived at 30 Waterhouse Street; a motto. Portrait and entry from the 1931 yearbook, page 93.
Class of 1931
563 in the class of 1931 · 36 more named Stanley
- Full name
- Ruth Stanley
- Known as
- Rufus
- Lived at
- 30 Waterhouse Street, Somerville, Massachusetts
- School
- Somerville High School
- Graduated
- Class of 1931
- Course
- Commercial Course
Also searched as: Rufus Stanley; Stanley, Ruth.
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In context
563 people from the Somerville High School class of 1931 appear on this site, and Stanley puts Ruth 488th among them. Ruth is printed on page 93 of the scan, in the last third of the 27-to-102 run of portrait pages. Commercial Course was the course of 141 out of 535 classmates who printed one (26%), including Ruth. The first name Ruth appears 106 times in the 13 Somerville High School classes read for this site (1917 to 1931), most often in 1926 (16). Of the 535 entries in the class of 1931 that print a course, 82 (15%) are college or college-preparatory, where the neighbouring class has 23% in 1930.
| On the same scan page | Anthony Speranza, William Spiers, Miriam Sprague, Phyllis Stephens and 3 more |
|---|---|
| Same course | Commercial Course: 141 of 535 classmates with a course (26%) |
| Same first name | Ruth: 5 other people in the class |
At home, 30 Waterhouse Street
Same surname, same address — very likely a brother or sister.
What the yearbook said
A friendly smile and a friendly manner.
Also grew up on Waterhouse St
The class of 1931
Miriam SpragueSomerville 1931
Phyllis StephensSomerville 1931
William SpiersSomerville 1931
James StevensonSomerville 1931
Anthony SperanzaSomerville 1931
Jessie StirlingSomerville 1931
Others named Stanley
Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.
Edgar Basil StanleyNeedham 1928
Pauline Carmen StanleyNeedham 1929
Rita Starr StanleySt. Bernard's 1935
Raymond John StanleySt. Bernard's 1936
Mary Elizabeth StanleySt. Bernard's 1938
Annabelle Bernadette StanleySt. Bernard's 1941
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Source
Somerville High School yearbook, 1931, page 93.
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Internet Archive (item radiatorsomervi1931some_0).
Published 1931. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.
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