Melrose High School

Barbara Lillian Dixon “Barbs Dickie”

Barbara Lillian Dixon (“Barbs Dickie”) is one of 256 graduates in the class of 1942 at Melrose High School, Melrose, Massachusetts. The 1942 yearbook entry gives: came from Coolidge School; activities listed: Freshman Girls' Club and Junior Prom Committee; a write-up.

Class of 1942

256 in the class of 1942 · 24 more named Dixon

Full name: Barbara Lillian Dixon
Known as: Barbs Dickie
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1942
Came from: Coolidge School

Also searched as: Barb Dixon; Barbara Dixon; Barbara L. Dixon; Dixon, Barbara.

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Same surname 15
Classmates 255
Same schools 15

In context

This site lists 256 people from the Melrose High School class of 1942; sorted by surname, Barbara comes 50th. Barbara is printed on page 42 of the scan, in the first third of the 18-to-173 run of portrait pages. Among first names in the Melrose High School class of 1942, Barbara comes 2nd in frequency (11 people). 15 other graduates came from Coolidge School, the school Barbara is listed as coming from. In the class of 1942, 65% of the plans we could classify (22 of 34) were a college or university; the neighbouring class shows 45% in 1939.

Same earlier school	Coolidge School: 15 other classmates
Same first name	Barbara: 10 other people in the class

What Barbara did at school

Freshman Girls' Club
Girls' Club 3, 4
Bowling I
Junior Prom Committee 20
Chorus i
Ski Team 4

What the yearbook said

Barb's four years in high school have brought great reward to her, for not only has she won many friends with her sparkling personality, but she has taken an active part in athletics, proving herself to be a "natural." Acrobatic dancing is her favorite pastime, and she intends to make it her career.

The class of 1942

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Others named Dixon

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

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Also came from Coolidge School

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Source

Melrose High School yearbook, 1942, page 42. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item log1942melr).

Published 1942. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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