Lawrence High School

Arlene D. Smerdon

Lawrence High School in Lawrence, Massachusetts, listed Arlene D. Smerdon among 512 graduates in the class of 1944. The entry gives: came from Bruce; headed for Nurse; born in 1927. Portrait and entry from the Blue and White, page 105.

Class of 1944

512 in the class of 1944 · 1 more named Smerdon

Full name: Arlene D. Smerdon
Born: May 22, 1927
School: Lawrence High School
Graduated: Class of 1944
Course: Nurses Preparatory
Came from: Bruce
Headed for: Nurse

Also searched as: Arlene Smerdon; Smerdon, Arlene.

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Classmates 511
Same schools 108

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 512 names from the Lawrence High School class of 1944, Arlene stands 455th. On the scan, the entry sits on page 105, in the last third of the stretch from page 12 to page 119 where this site found the book's portraits. Of 350 classmates who gave a plan, 45 (13%) point to nursing; Arlene's entry says “Nurse”. The yearbook lists 65 people from the Lawrence High School class of 1944 as coming from Bruce, including Arlene. Of the 496 entries in the class of 1944 that print a course, 154 (31%) are college or college-preparatory, where the neighbouring class has 34% in 1945.

On the same scan page	Margaret Anne Simm, Pauline Mary Smaha, Dorothy Constance Smith
Same earlier school	Bruce: 64 other classmates
Same kind of plan	nursing: 45 of 350 classmates with a plan (13%)
Same course	Nurses Preparatory: 55 of 496 classmates with a course (11%)
The book's own title	The Blue and White

What the yearbook said

“He that is of merry heart, hath a continual- feast”

The class of 1944

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Also came from Bruce

Also headed for Nurse

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Lawrence High School yearbook, 1944, page 105. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item lawrencehighscho1944lawr).

Published 1944. Scan courtesy of the contributing library via the Internet Archive.

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