Brookline High School

William Bell “Belly”

William Bell (“Belly”) was one of 103 graduates in the class of 1923 at Brookline High School, Brookline, Massachusetts. Printed details: headed for Salesmanager; activities listed: Track Team; lived at 19 Tabor Place. Portrait and entry from the 1923 yearbook, page 23.

Class of 1923

103 in the class of 1923 · 62 more named Bell

Full name: William Bell
Known as: Belly
Lived at: 19 Tabor Place, Brookline, Massachusetts
School: Brookline High School
Graduated: Class of 1923
Headed for: Salesmanager
Ambition: “Salesmanager”
Pastime: “Salesman”

Also searched as: Belly Bell; Bill Bell; Billy Bell; Bell, William.

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Clubs & teams 17
Neighbours 2
Same surname 37
Classmates 102

In context

This site lists 103 people from the Brookline High School class of 1923; sorted by surname, William comes 6th. William is printed on page 23 of the scan, right at the start of the 22-to-51 run of portrait pages. William shared “Track Team” with 10 classmates, going by what the yearbook prints. In the 9 classes of Brookline High School between 1923 and 1931 that this site covers, 37 people have the first name William, with the largest group (12) in 1931. Count the first names and the class of 1923 gives Dorothy (6) and Mary (6), where the class of 1924 gives Helen (5), James (5) and Mary (5).

On the same scan page	Ruth A. Bates, Lillian Beale, Louise Bentley
Same club	Track Team: 10 other classmates
Dedication, as printed	“Arthur W. Roberts IN SINCERE APPRECIATION OF HIS MANY YEARS OF UNTIRING SERVICE”

At home, 19 Tabor Place

The 1925 Brookline Directory (W. A. Greenough Co.) lists these people named Bell at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

James B Bell (wife Delia), operator householderpage
Elizabeth M Bell, telephone operator lived herepage
Wm Bell, chauffeur lived herepage
Wm J Bell, student lived herepage

The Bell household is listed here in 1920 too.

What William did at school

Track Team 130

Fellow members from William's own class:

What the yearbook said

Half as sober as a fudge

Also grew up on Tabor Place

The class of 1923

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Others named Bell

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

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Source

Brookline High School yearbook, 1923, page 23. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item murivian1923broo).

Published 1923, 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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