Melrose High School

Barbara Irons “Barb Barbi”

Barbara Irons (“Barb Barbi”) was one of 277 graduates in the class of 1938 at Melrose High School, Melrose, Massachusetts. Printed details: headed for Massachusetts Art; a write-up. Portrait and entry from the 1938 yearbook, page 54.

Class of 1938

277 in the class of 1938 · 3 more named Irons

Full name: Barbara Irons
Known as: Barb Barbi
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1938
Headed for: Massachusetts Art
Pastime: “Swimming, tennis, bowling, skating, dancing”

Also searched as: Barb Irons; Irons, Barbara.

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Same surname 2
Classmates 276

In context

Of the 277 names from the Melrose High School class of 1938 that have pages here, Barbara is 119th in surname order. In the scan, Barbara appears on page 54, in the first third of the run of 277 portraits read for this site (pages 16 to 207). 56 people named Barbara turn up in 13 Melrose High School classes on this site, 1925 to 1942; 1942 has the most with 11. Plans for a college or university made up 56% of the classifiable plans in the class of 1938 (54 of 96), against 57% in 1936 and 45% in 1939.

On the same scan page	Albert Isaksen, Norma Jefts, Marie Jenkins
Same first name	Barbara: 6 other people in the class

What the yearbook said

A comet-like appearance in the corridor, a flashing smile and a “truck’in” as “Barbi” passes by. She came to us her junior year from Wilmington, Mass. Although she did not participate in many school activities, she enjoys swimming, tennis, bowling, skating, and dancing. She is talented artistically and hopes to continue her work at Massachusetts Art.

The class of 1938

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Others named Irons

Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.

Also headed for Massachusetts Art

Ethel BogosMalden 1929

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Melrose High School yearbook, 1938, page 54. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item log1938melr).

Published 1938. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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