Brookline High School
Shirley Blanchard “Shy”
Shirley Blanchard (“Shy”), Brookline High School class of 1924 (Brookline, Massachusetts). The entry prints: activities listed: Glee Club and French Club; lived at 25 Evans Road; a motto.
Class of 1924
118 in the class of 1924 · 50 more named Blanchard
- Full name
- Shirley Blanchard
- Known as
- Shy
- Lived at
- 25 Evans Road, Brookline, Massachusetts
- School
- Brookline High School
- Graduated
- Class of 1924
- Pastime
- “Spending money. Boards”
Also searched as: Shy Blanchard; Blanchard, Shirley.
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In context
Of the 118 entries from the Brookline High School class of 1924 read for this site, Shirley's is 8th alphabetically. The entry is on page 24 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 22 to page 58. Shirley shared “French Club” with 30 classmates, going by what the yearbook prints. Against 103 for 1923 and 179 for 1925, the class of 1924 comes to 118 names on this site.
| On the same scan page | James B. Billings, James Brennan |
|---|---|
| Same club | Glee Club: 7 other classmates |
| Same club | French Club: 30 other classmates |
| Dedication, as printed | “IN DEEP AFFECTION WE, THE CLASS OF NINETEEN TWENTY-FOUR DEDICATE THIS VOLUME OF THE BROOKLINE HIGH SCHOOL YEAR BOOK” |
At home, 25 Evans Road
Same surname, same address — very likely a brother or sister.
The 1925 Brookline Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Blanchard at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.
- Arthur A Blanchard (wife Eugenia L), prof householderpage
The Blanchard household is listed here in 1920 too.
Also pictured in group photographs
Faces matched to caption names, and confirmed against Shirley's senior portrait.
In the same photographs:
What Shirley did at school
- Secretary Alpha Phi ’24
- Marshal ’24
- Glee Club 231
- French Club 460
- Class Day Marshal ’23 208
- Class Day Dance 173
- Debating Club 33
- Class Debating Team 8
- Sagamore Staff 24 153
Fellow members from Shirley's own class:
What the yearbook said
For if she will, she will; and if she won't, she won’t
Also grew up on Evans Road
The class of 1924
James B. BillingsBrookline 1924
James BrennanBrookline 1924
Josephine BensonBrookline 1924
Sara BruceBrookline 1924
Agnes BenningtonBrookline 1924
Eleanor BrutcherBrookline 1924
Others named Blanchard
Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.
Edwin N. BlanchardSoldiers of the Great War, 1920: Massachusetts 1920
Roy Clarence BlanchardWorcester Polytechnic Institute 1913
Charles Frederic BlanchardSt. Bernard's 1942
Abby BlanchardMedford 1924
Hartwell Willis BlanchardMedford 1930
Susie Annette BlanchardFitchburg 1912
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Source
Brookline High School yearbook, 1924, page 24.
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Internet Archive (item murivian1924broo).
Published 1924, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Malden Public Library / Boston Public Library via the Internet Archive.
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