Mr. Tinker
Mr. Tinker was an English teacher at Choate and had Jack for his English V class. [253, p. 132]
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George Wheeler
George Wheeler was a friend of Jack’s from Choate and he and his wife Jane hosted a dinner for his old school chum after the…
May 3, 1958 (Saturday)
JFK was in Massachusetts for the weekend and spoke at the Luncheon for the Conference of Industrialists in West Springfield. He then drove down to…
History Club
Jack was in Wallingford, Connecticut where he addressed the history club as a panel member of a Choate Ethel Walker panel. The other speakers were…
Anniversary
JFK was in Wallingford, Connecticut where he spoke after dinner on the third day of ceremonies celebrating the 50 year anniversary of the founding of…
September 28, 1946
JFK was in Wallingford, Connecticut where he gave an address at his prep school Choate. [30]
January 8, 1936
JFK wrote his close Choate prep school friend Lem Billings. [30]
April 29, 1935
JFK’s father wrote a letter to him at Choate responding to complaints from his teacher J.J. Maher about his poor classwork and messiness. Joe Kennedy…
Quarter
Jack was on the Choate campus and wrote to his father, warning him that his grades for the quarter would n9t be satisfactory. “I thought…
July 25, 1934
JFK was on summer break from Choate. He wrote a profane and smutty letter to his Choate roommate K. Lemoyne Billings, calling Lem names using…
History 73
Jack was on campus at Choate this Saturday and took time to write a note to his Rose, reporting marks of History 73, French 67,…
Telegram
Jack was at Choate preparing for his year-end examinations and received a 16th birthday telegram from his father, Dear Jack, Mother and I send love…
Snowfall
Jack wrote his father a letter describing his school football team’s last game and the snowfall that caused it. He also somewhat with some relief…
Communion
Jack was at Choate and attended Sunday morning Mass, where he dutifully took communion. Later in the day he listened to a lecture on Labrador…
October 2, 1931
JFK arrived at the prep school Choate in Wallingford, Connecticut, two weeks after the start of the term. Before he can enroll, however, he must…
Table
Jack wrote to his parents, ruefully reporting among other things that he was assigned to Dr. Hume’s table in the Choate dining hall for the…
December 9, 1929
JFK wrote a letter to his father, who was in California with his mistress Gloria Swanson. He gives details about his brother Joe, Jr. being…
Herb Merrick
JFK pal from Choate who visited during vacations and weekends at the Kennedy households in Hyannis Port and Bronxville, New York.
Hugh “Bud” Wynne
JFK pal from Choate who visited during vacations and weekends at the Kennedy households in Hyannis Port and Bronxville, New York.
Smokey Wilde
JFK pal from Choate who visited during vacations and weekends at the Kennedy households in Hyannis Port and Bronxville, New York. Smokey also joined Jack…