Malden High School

Sylvia Maxine Folk “Syly”

Sylvia Maxine Folk (“Syly”), Malden High School class of 1929 (Malden, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from Lincoln Junior High School; headed for Chandler Secretarial School; activities listed: German Entertainment.

Class of 1929

132 in the class of 1929 · 5 more named Folk

Full name: Sylvia Maxine Folk
Known as: Syly
School: Malden High School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Course: General
Came from: Lincoln Junior High School
Headed for: Chandler Secretarial School

Also searched as: Syly Folk; Sylvia Folk; Sylvia M. Folk; Folk, Sylvia.

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Clubs & teams 4
Classmates 131
Same schools 91

In context

Sylvia Maxine Folk is number 28 of 132 in the alphabetical list of the Malden High School class of 1929 on this site. In the scan, Sylvia appears on page 23, in the first third of the run of 132 portraits read for this site (pages 13 to 62). 12 people named Sylvia turn up in 9 Malden High School classes on this site, 1927 to 1931. Of the 132 entries in the class with a course, 42 (32%) say General, Sylvia's among them. A college or university was the plan of 37 of 72 classmates with a classifiable plan in the class of 1929 (51%), compared with 69% in 1928-B and 58% in 1930-A.

On the same scan page	Norma Alice Flint
Same earlier school	Lincoln Junior High School: 28 other classmates
Same kind of plan	business or secretarial school: 9 of 94 classmates with a plan (10%)
Same course	General: 42 of 132 classmates with a course (32%)

What Sylvia did at school

German Entertainment 5

Fellow members from Sylvia's own class:

What the yearbook said

Lucky, indeed, is the man who gets Sylvia for his secretary. At least, she will always be able to read her shorthand notes, and what more would you ask of a girl?

The class of 1929

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Also came from Lincoln Junior High School

Also headed for Chandler Secretarial School

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Source

Malden High School yearbook, 1929, page 23. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item maldonianyearbo1929mald_0).

Published 1929, 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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