The students of Benjamin Franklin High School circa 1936-1937 didn't all have fantastic names -- there were plenty of boring monikers on the roll call (Bill Johnson, Harry Carson, Jean Lewis, etc.) as well as a few... um... unfortunate names (Moron Meeker and Dolly Leaky, I am so sorry... Sandy Sanderson, the jury's still out.) There was also a lot of repetition: dozens of Donalds, Bettys, Mildreds, Earls and Roberts.
Thankfully, though, this was a big school, and there were still plenty of fantastic names to be found on these pages -- even considering these yearbooks had some overlap with the 1938-1939 ones featured in this post (How've you been, Gaynor Petrequin? 102? Sorry I asked.)
So without any further ado, I present these fantastic names....
Lena Yaconetti
Halsey Bigger
Virginia Much
Solomon Menashe
Jack Fruit
Velda Yeska
Ivadel Beth Beaman
Irmgard Zorn
Lorilee McQuarrie
Jacqueline Montchalin
Illif VanRonk
Joauleta Johnson
Babe Lundgren
Benson Mates
Avice Ryel
Earnest Stefar
Hawley Bloomquist
Munson Dorais
Melvin DesVoigne
Harry Degermark
Viola McAllister
Rosaleen Obelisk
Mary Lois Ditto
Blossom Dobson
Esther Bridelle Swarts
Phyllis Mae Grow
Flora Frances Prideaux
Harland Max Hafter
Florence Afton O'Dill
Haruko Tsuboi
Rudolph Winters
Kerma Rowclitte
Orville Oris McCoy
Dorothy LaVonne Darling
Mildred Mae Cahoon
LaVonne McBee
Phillip Sonny Petrarca
Esther Bridelle Swartz
Erwin VanBlaricom
And, finally, my Top 10 Fantastic Names From 1936-1937:
10. Yoreka Inzurka
9. Carlyle McKnight
8. Juanita Wafler
7. Audrea Lord Slattery
6. Wava W. Wells
5. Lulu Heist
4. Valoris Iona Whetstine
3. LaJeanne Marjorie Stroup
2. Ella May Rock
and
1. Valories Evelsizer
(who I can only assume went on to pursue villainy)
These folks are all 100+ or dead, now.
And on that happy note -- I wish you a fantastic day!
