Fantastic Names From The Past: 1930 Southern California Edition

These are actual names of students from John Burroughs Junior High School in Burbank, California. The year was 1930.

Mercelia Crutcher

Constance F. Chalmers

Marjorie Eugenia Cobb

Blossom A. Wise

Emily Escalanti

Howard Zieve

Elna Leone Noyes

Berna O'Harra

Irving Perluss

Lee Ora Funk

Dawn Adelee Yeend

Margie Marie Feigenbaum

Rollin Franklin

Gordon Gilbert Philp

Laurette Clair

Orville Holmes Joy, Jr.

Pearl Gold

Maynard C. Hathaway

Janet Powers Knox

Ray O. Hundertmark

Russelind Ann Conley

Larry Longnecker

J. Raymond Medberry

Isabel A. Moorhead

Murray Louis Rudnick

 Edith Iris Anderani

Irving L. Ashkenas

Raynelle Bell

Sydney Lucile Brough

Dorothy May Day

Madalon Culver

Justin J. Slaff

Sherman Slade

Frances B. Skinner

And here are my choices for the
Top 10 Fantastic Names Of 1930...

10. Marcella deVere Whelan

9. Grover Gail Gilmore

8. Agnes McNair Early

7. Idale H. Goodfriend

6. J. Hewes Crispin

5. Eunice Pearl Gill

4. Violette Marcivna Rightman

3. William LaTouche Gair

2. Bond Pfeifer

and

1. Rhodin Hord Scudder

And (for the first time!) we have a new category, Most UNfantastic Name, which this time around goes to...

Newell Ballreich

May you rest in peace.

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