Malden High School

Townsend Schaffner “Townie”

Townsend Schaffner (“Townie”) appears in the 1931 yearbook of Malden High School in Malden, MA. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.

Class of 1931

161 in the class of 1931 · 2 more named Schaffner

Full name: Townsend Schaffner
Known as: Townie
School: Malden High School
Graduated: Class of 1931
Course: Scientific
Came from: Centre Junior High
Headed for: University of Alabama

Also searched as: Townie Schaffner; Schaffner, Townsend.

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Same surname 1
Classmates 160
Same schools 104

In context

Going through the Malden High School class of 1931 from A to Z by surname, Townsend is the 124th of 161 names on this site. The entry is on page 34 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 9 to page 57. Townsend's plan is printed as “University of Alabama”, which counts here as a college or university; 8 of the 13 classmates who named a plan (62%) named the same kind. In the Malden High School class of 1931, 12% of the 95 printed courses are Scientific (11 people), Townsend included. The class of 1931: 27% of printed courses lead to college, versus 29% in 1930-A.

On the same scan page	Ada Louise Schlegel, Harry Shapiro, Hyman Carol Silverstein, Max Singer
Same earlier school	Centre Junior High: 26 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 8 of 13 classmates with a plan (62%)
Same course	Scientific: 11 of 95 classmates with a course (12%)

The class of 1931

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Others named Schaffner

Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.

June SchaffnerSaugus 1936

Also came from Centre Junior High

Also headed for University of Alabama

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Malden High School yearbook, 1931, page 34. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item maldonianyearbo1931mald_0).

Published 1931. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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