Brookline High School
Ruth Wood “Rnthie, Rufus”
Ruth Wood (“Rnthie, Rufus”) is one of 219 graduates in the class of 1927 at Brookline High School, Brookline, Massachusetts. The 1927 yearbook entry gives: headed for College; activities listed: French Club and Glee Club; lived at 170 Winthrop Road.
Class of 1927
219 in the class of 1927 · 139 more named Wood
- Full name
- Ruth Wood
- Known as
- Rnthie, Rufus
- Born
- B. May 19, 1910, Leominster, Mass.
- Lived at
- 170 Winthrop Road, Brookline, Massachusetts
- School
- Brookline High School
- Graduated
- Class of 1927
- Course
- College
- Headed for
- College
- Ambition
- “To be a success”
- Pastime
- “Going out for sports”
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At home, 170 Winthrop Road
The 1925 Brookline Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Wood at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.
- Clifton H Wood (wife Alice L), mus householderpage
What Ruth did at school
- French Club 460
- Glee Club 231
- Basketball 79
- Class Hockey Team 29
- Hockey Team 76
- Class Gym Team 16
- Class Day Dance 173
- Marshal Class Day ’26 208
- Girls' League 474
- Publicity Committee Girls’s League ’27 474
- Senior Advisor ’27
Fellow members from Ruth's own class:
What the yearbook said
My treasures are my friends
Also grew up on Winthrop Road
The class of 1927
Helen M. WingateBrookline 1927
Herbert S. WoodsBrookline 1927
Robert Kay WilsonBrookline 1927
Celia ZimanBrookline 1927
Fessenden WilderBrookline 1927
Roger B. WhitmanBrookline 1927
Others named Wood
Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.
William W. WoodSoldiers of the Great War, 1920: Massachusetts 1920
James A. WoodSoldiers of the Great War, 1920: Massachusetts 1920
Thomas WoodSoldiers of the Great War, 1920: Massachusetts 1920
Franklin Neal WoodNeedham 1928
Robert Daniels WoodNeedham 1930
James WoodArlington 1927
Also headed for College
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Source
Brookline High School yearbook, 1927, page 81.
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Internet Archive (item murivian1927broo).
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