The
following list of Chester High School graduates is from the 1939 Chester
High School Annual, available at Delaware County
Historical Society.
CHS CLASS of 1939
Principal
George W. Pedlow
Class Officers
Class President: Ralph BIll D'Iorio
Vice President: Wallace "Wally" Journey
Secretary: Elizabeth "Bibby" McClure Holcroft
Treasurer: Vincenzia Jane Stalloni
The Class of 1939
| Year |
Last
Name |
First
Name |
Middle
Name |
Deceased |
Married
Name |
Course |
Address |
Town |
Notes |
| 1939
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Andrews
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Gertrude
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Jeanne
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| 1939
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Baillie
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William "Dexter"
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Malcolm
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| 1939
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Barbacane
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Vincent
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| 1939
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Bartholf
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Albert "Zeke"
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Upland
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| 1939
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Baylin
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Gloria "Babs"
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| 1939
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Beauchamp
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Mabel
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Elizabeth
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| 1939
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Beldecos
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Nicholas "Nick"
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Andrew
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| 1939
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Bell
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Joseph "Joe"
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| 1939
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Benson
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Raciel "Rae"
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Merriam
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| 1939
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bILINSKI
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jENNIE
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| 1939
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Bleyler
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William "Bill"
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Chester Funeral Director
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| 1939
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Blumensweig
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Florence "Tootsie"
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| 1939
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Bonier
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Albert "Otch"
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| 1939
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Bonier
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Anne
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| 1939
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Booth
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Edwin
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| 1939
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Booth
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John
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R
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| 1939
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Boulden
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Everett
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| 1939
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Boulton
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Harry "Lefty"
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| 1939
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Boutelle
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William "Bottle"
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| 1939
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Brientnall
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Margaret "Margy"
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| 1939
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Briggs
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Ruth
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| 1939
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Briner
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Frank "Bus"
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| 1939
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Brown
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Henry "Hank"
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| 1939
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Brown
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Richard
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Lawton
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| 1939
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Bruner
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Margaret "Marge"
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| 1939
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Bufano
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Estelle "Buff"
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Marie
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| 1939
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Burtt
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James "Shadow"
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Cox
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| 1939
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Butler
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Elva "Sis"
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Maryanna
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| 1939
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Cameron
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Marjorie "Marge"
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Ellen
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| 1939
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Carmine
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Hampton "Hamp"
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| 1939
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Carney
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John "Colt"
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Edward
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| 1939
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Cassell
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Lititia "Dish"
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Margretta
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| 1939
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Chieffi
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Catherine "Cass"
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Linwood
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| 1939
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Childs, Jr
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Alfred "Al"
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Hendrickson
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| 1939
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Chominski
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Albin
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Anthony
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| 1939
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Cometz
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Martin "Marty"
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| 1939
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Conte
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Thomas
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Samuel
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| 1939
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Coombs
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Dorothy "Dot"
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Jane
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| 1939
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Cox
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Frieda
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| 1939
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Cross
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Nancy
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Almira
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| 1939
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Crossett
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Irene "Blondie"
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Sara
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| 1939
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Cullis
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Eloise "Shorty"
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Crochett
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| 1939
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Davis
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Chester "Cad"
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A
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| 1939
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Dawson
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James
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| 1939
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Decker
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Eugene "Jeep"
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| 1939
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Decker
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John
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R
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| 1939
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Dickerson
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Lillie
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Mae
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| 1939
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Dinski
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Katherine
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| 1939
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D'Iorio
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Ralph
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Bill
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Class President
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| 1939
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Dupree
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Leonce
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Faculty & Staff:
George W. Pedlow, Principal
Karl E. Agan, Assistant Principal
Edna S. Emmott, Girls' Counselor
Mildred Moore, Secretary to the Principal
Mary L. Springer, Assistant Secretary
English & Public Speaking Department:
Edna M. Wagner, Head
Leah Bloom
H. Louise Buck
Mary V. Carroll
Ann M. Cole
Amanda B. Gum
Leah E. Jordan
Gertrude E. Lawton
Sarah D. McCartney
Mary C. Muldoon
Clara P. Riley
Abigail S. Rowland
Selina E. Turner
Margaret Walker
Marguerite Welsh
Commercial Department:
Charles J. Jensen, Head
Catherine M. Buck
Samuel D. Craven
James G. Devor
Edna S. Emmott
Bertha A. Helms
Jennie Mahon
Carolin V. Murdock
Robert Prosser
Albina A. Tedesco
Phyllis R. Waxman
Languages:
Amelie Graf
Norma B. Handloff
Harold V. Hartman
Herman Mailman
Margaret K. Muldoon
Martha L. Pancoast
Joseph E. Rhen
Doris Wolson
Industrial Department:
Frank Coulter, Head
G. Bailey Alexander
David M. Baker
Raymond H. Brandt
Clayton E. Buell
David Congleton
G. Roy Hosler
Henry B. Kulp
Howard Lutton
John C. Pentecost
Francis C. West
Social Science Department:
Caroline M. Jackson, Head
John Abrams
Florence O. Benjamin
Pamela M. Berglund
Alfred D. Buono
Hannah F. Cassell
Basil C. Clare
Sarah P. Holcroft
George D. Lange
Paul W. Pritchard
Theodore Smithers
Mathematics Department:
Emile H. Huber, Head
Ellis C. Dwyer
Robert Lannen
Silas H. Shoemaker
Frank Stein
Milton C. Woodlen
George D. W. Waller
Science Department:
Effie M. HIbbs, Head
Margaret S. Dunn
Vincent A. Halbert
Zena M. Hunter
Regina G. Hynes
William G. Minich
Music Department:
Charles D. Long, Head
Lewis R. Zelley
Art Department:
Thelma Z. Hartman
A. Marguerite N. Thorn
Librarian:
Agnes C. Lorenz
Physical Education:
Joseph Green
Arleyne L. Pittenger
Substitutes:
Catherine C. Cape
Sonia Galey
Class History:
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