Melrose High School
Cecil Farnsworth “Skeekle Slim Legs”
Class of 1939, Melrose High School, Melrose, Massachusetts: Cecil Farnsworth (“Skeekle Slim Legs”). The yearbook entry gives the name and portrait; no other details have been transcribed. Portrait and entry from the 1939 yearbook, page 43.
Class of 1939
205 in the class of 1939 · 18 more named Farnsworth
- Full name
- Cecil Farnsworth
- Known as
- Skeekle Slim Legs
- School
- Melrose High School
- Graduated
- Class of 1939
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In context
In the alphabetical roll of 205 names from the Melrose High School class of 1939, Cecil stands 69th. The entry is on page 43 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 16 to page 201. In the class of 1939, 45% of the plans we could classify (9 of 20) were a college or university; the neighbouring classes show 56% in 1938 and 65% in 1942. First names that recur in the class of 1939: John (15), Ruth (8) and Barbara (6). In the class of 1942: Robert (15), Barbara (11) and William (8).
| On the same scan page | George L. Farrar, Richard Fay |
|---|---|
| Dedication, as printed | “DEDICATED TO BLAIR C. WTLSOX HIS FRIENDLINESS AND SINCERE COMPANIONSHIP HAVE MADE HIM OUR ADVISER COMRADE, AND FRIEND” |
What the page does not say. Cecil's entry, as read here, has no grammar school, no clubs or activities. Share of the class's entries that do: grammar school 45% and clubs or activities 41%. The book may have left them out, or the reading may have missed them; check the scan.
The class of 1939
Mary Louise FaheyMelrose 1939
George L. FarrarMelrose 1939
Frances Ann DoyleMelrose 1939
Richard FayMelrose 1939
Helena Josephine DonahueMelrose 1939
Beatrice T. FlaggMelrose 1939
Others named Farnsworth
Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.
Gladys FarnsworthFitchburg 1916
Waldo Maxwell FarnsworthFitchburg 1925
Melvin E. FarnsworthBrockton 1940
Shirley M. FarnsworthBrockton 1944
Grace Eleanor FarnsworthSpringfield 1927
Doris FarnsworthHigh School of Commerce 1940
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Source
Melrose High School yearbook, 1939, page 43.
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