Somerville High School
Urban Black “Blackie”
Class of 1931, Somerville High School, Somerville, Massachusetts: Urban Black (“Blackie”). The yearbook entry prints: General Course; activities listed: Baseball and Traffic Squad; lived at 26 Spencer Avenue. Portrait and entry from the 1931 yearbook, page 30.
Class of 1931
563 in the class of 1931 · 48 more named Black
- Full name
- Urban Black
- Known as
- Blackie
- Lived at
- 26 Spencer Avenue, Somerville, Massachusetts
- School
- Somerville High School
- Graduated
- Class of 1931
- Course
- General Course
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In context
Urban Black is number 24 of 563 in the alphabetical list of the Somerville High School class of 1931 on this site. On the scan, the entry sits on page 30, right at the start of the stretch from page 27 to page 102 where this site found the book's portraits. In the Somerville High School class of 1931, 40% of the 535 printed courses are General Course (213 people), Urban included. Urban is listed under “Traffic Squad”, along with 60 other classmates. Among first names, the class of 1931 favours John (23), William (17) and Dorothy (16); the class of 1930 had John (18), Mary (16) and Edward (11).
| On the same scan page | Edna Benjamin, Frederick Berry, Edson Berthrong, Carol Bertolucci and 3 more |
|---|---|
| Same club | Baseball: 38 other classmates |
| Same club | Traffic Squad: 60 other classmates |
| Same course | General Course: 213 of 535 classmates with a course (40%) |
What Urban did at school
Fellow members from Urban's own class:
Also grew up on Spencer Ave
The class of 1931
John BishopSomerville 1931
Florence BlumsackSomerville 1931
Sumner BillingsSomerville 1931
Jessie BlundellSomerville 1931
Oriana BianchiSomerville 1931
Elsa BoothSomerville 1931
Others named Black
Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.
Harvey D. BlackSoldiers of the Great War, 1920: Massachusetts 1920
Leo BlackChelsea 1925
Elizabeth BlackSpringfield Trade 1945
Frances Katherine BlackCambridge 1929
Margaret BlackNew Bedford 1941
Abbot BlackNew Bedford 1943
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Source
Somerville High School yearbook, 1931, page 30.
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