New Bedford High School

Dorothy Pierce Heywood

Dorothy Pierce Heywood is one of 170 graduates in the class of 1933 at New Bedford High School, New Bedford, Massachusetts. The 1933 yearbook entry gives: came from Normandin Junior High School; headed for Boston University; activities listed: Secretary of First Glee Club and Color League Basketball.

Class of 1933

170 in the class of 1933 · 9 more named Heywood

Full name: Dorothy Pierce Heywood
Born: June 16, 1915
School: New Bedford High School
Graduated: Class of 1933
Course: Commercial
Came from: Normandin Junior High School
Headed for: Boston University

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Same surname 7
Classmates 169
Same schools 73

In context

170 people from the New Bedford High School class of 1933 appear on this site, and Heywood puts Dorothy 72nd among them. The entry is on page 48 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 21 to page 79. Across 23 classes of New Bedford High School on this site, from 1924 to 1945, 118 people are named Dorothy. Dorothy's plan is printed as “Boston University”, which counts here as a college or university; 12 of the 37 classmates who named a plan (32%) named the same kind. Of the 102 entries in the class of 1933 that print a course, 41 (40%) are college or college-preparatory, where the neighbouring classes have 10% in 1932 and 34% in 1934.

On the same scan page	Margery Hesford, Margaret F. Hill
Same earlier school	Normandin Junior High School: 30 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 12 of 37 classmates with a plan (32%)
Same course	Commercial: 53 of 102 classmates with a course (52%)
The book's own title	Memoirs Under the Red and White (editor: Gabrielle Champagne)

What Dorothy did at school

Secretary of First Glee Club
Secretary of 5’s Class
Color League Basketball
Traffic Squad ’32, '33
Philomathean Club ’33
Girls’ Welfare Club ’33
Cotton Week Committee ’33
May Dance Committee

What the yearbook said

“To look on the bright side Is to look on the right side of life.”

The class of 1933

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Others named Heywood

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

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Also came from Normandin Junior High School

Also headed for Boston University

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Source

New Bedford High School yearbook, 1933, page 48. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item memoirsunderred1933newb_0).

Published 1933. Scan courtesy of the contributing library via the Internet Archive.

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