The
following list of Chester High School graduates is from the 1940 Chester
High School Annual:
CHS CLASS of 1940
Principal: George W. Pedlow
Girls' Counselor: Edna S. Emmott
Assistant Principal: Karl E. Agan
Senior Advisors:
Miss Jackson
Miss Benjamin
Miss Catherine Buck
Mr. Baker
Mr. Abrams
Annual Dedicated to: Zena M. Hunter
Class Officers
Class President: John "Skinny" Milton Fletcher
Vice President: Leonard Rosen
Secretary: Maude M. MacDowell
Treasurer: John "Yosh" Eugene Yaworsky
Class Historian: Doty Yost
The Class of 1940
| Year |
Last
Name |
First
Name |
Middle
Name |
Deceased |
Married
Name |
Course |
Address |
Town |
Notes |
| 1940
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Adam
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Ann
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B
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| 1940
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Andino
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Delphina "Del"
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| 1940
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Antonelli
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Joseph "Joe"
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| 1940
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Ashby
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John "Zip"
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| 1940
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Babicka
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Hedwig
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Rita
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| 1940
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Bacon
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Francis "Professor"
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| 1940
|
Baer
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Geraldine "Jerry"
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Rose
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| 1940
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Bakia
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Harry
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| 1940
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Barbour
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Almanina
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| 1940
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Barbour
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J
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Pius
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| 1940
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Barrowcliff
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Alan "Dutch"
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P
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| 1940
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Beam
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William "Bill"
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| 1940
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Bean
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Mary "Ditty"
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Elizabeth
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| 1940
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Bedwell
|
Henry
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| 1940
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Belczyk
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Walter "Buck"
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| 1940
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Beldecos
|
John
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| 1940
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Benson
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Franklin "Bents"
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Arnold
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| 1940
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Berry
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Gertrude "Sis"
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| 1940
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Betts
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William "Bill"
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K
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| 1940
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Birl
|
John
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| 1940
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Blain
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Esther "Es"
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| 1940
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Blanton
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William "Dimples"
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Dunn
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| 1940
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Blotny
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Walter "Walt"
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| 1940
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Bolton
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Mildred "Millie"
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Marie
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| 1940
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Booth
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Agnes "Lefty"
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Kathlene
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| 1940
|
Boyd
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William "Bill"
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| 1940
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Bradley
|
Anne
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| 1940
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Breeden
|
Dorothy "Dottie"
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Geraldine
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| 1940
|
Brow
|
Jeanne
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| 1940
|
Brown
|
Catherine
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| 1940
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Brown
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Estelle
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| 1940
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Brown
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Eva "Cinder"
|
Ruth
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| 1940
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Brown
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Walter "Sim"
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Simeon
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| 1940
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Buchalter
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Leonard "Bucky"
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| 1940
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Carey
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Ellen
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| 1940
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Carlton
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Mildred "Mids"
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Eleanor
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| 1940
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Chickersky
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Joscph "Chic"
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A
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| 1940
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Civatella
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Remilda "Milly"
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Luch
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| 1940
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Clark
|
William "Dob"
|
J
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| 1940
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Clendenning
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Clyde "Reds"
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| 1940
|
Coakly
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Jack "Ace"
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| 1940
|
Coles
|
Raymond
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| 1940
|
Contrisciane
|
Peter
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| 1940
|
Craig
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Wilmer
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James
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| 1940
|
Crossett
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Evelyn "Tootsie"
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Marie
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| 1940
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Cunningham
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Ruth "Short-stuff"
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| 1940
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Curry
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Norman "Reds"
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William
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| 1940
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Czarenko
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Elsie "Else"
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| 1940
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Czyzewski
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John "Nine"
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| 1940
|
Damchek
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Catherine
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Faculty & Staff:
English & Public Speaking Department:
Edna M. Wagner, Head
Leah Bloom
H. Louise Buck
Mary V. Carroll
Catherine Freney
Sonia Galey
Amanda B. Gum
Leah E. Jordan
Gertrude E. Lawton
Elizabeth McCall
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
Helen L. Buck
Samuel D. Craven
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
Industrial Department:
Frank Coulter, Head
G. Bailey Alexander
David M. Baker
Raymond H. Brandt
Clayton E. Buell
David Congleton
G. Roy Hosler
Francis G. Huss
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. Claire
Charles Giles
Sarah P. Holcroft
George D. Lange
Paul W. Pritchard
Mathematics Department:
Emile H. Huber, Head
Ellis C. Dwyer
Robert Lannen
Silas H. Shoemaker
Frank Stein
Milton C. Woodlen
George D. Waller
Science Department:
Effie M. Hibbs, Head
Peter Albanese
Margaret S. Dunn
Vincent A. Halbert
Zena M. Hunter
Regina G. Hynes
William G. Minich
Music Department:
Charles D. Long, Head
Edna Mills
Lewis R. Zelley
Librarian:
Agnes C. Lorenz
Art Department:
Thelma Z. Hartman
A. Marguerite N. Thorn
Physical Education:
Joseph Green
Arleyne L. Pittenger
Substitutes:
Florence Roberts
William Houpt
Secretary to the Principal:
Mildred Moore
Assistant Secretary:
Mary L. Springer
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