Melrose High School

Edward Alther “Eddie Gingie”

Melrose High School in Melrose, Massachusetts, listed Edward Alther (“Eddie Gingie”) among 277 graduates in the class of 1938. The entry gives: came from Calvin Coolidge School; a write-up. Portrait and entry from the 1938 yearbook, page 19.

Class of 1938

277 in the class of 1938 · 1 more named Alther

Full name: Edward Alther
Known as: Eddie Gingie
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1938
Came from: Calvin Coolidge School

Also searched as: Ed Alther; Eddie Alther; Alther, Edward.

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Classmates 276
Same schools 95

In context

Of the 277 entries from the Melrose High School class of 1938 read for this site, Edward's is 3rd alphabetically. Find Edward on page 19 of the scan; the people on this site from the Melrose High School class of 1938 are spread over pages 16 to 207. 68 other classmates came from Calvin Coolidge School, the school Edward is listed as coming from. Edward has 4 first-name namesakes in the Melrose High School class of 1938. A college or university was the plan of 54 of 96 classmates with a classifiable plan in the class of 1938 (56%), compared with 57% in 1936 and 45% in 1939.

On the same scan page	Marcia Aechtler, Douglas Allanbrook, Frank M. Amazeen
Same earlier school	Calvin Coolidge School: 68 other classmates
Same first name	Edward: 4 other people in the class

What Edward did at school

Football (1)
Swimming (3, 4)

What the yearbook said

Eddie’s interest and ability have made him a valuable member of the swimming club. He is the kind of friend every one likes, and we know that the qualities which have brought him recognition here will stand him in good stead in future life.

The class of 1938

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Also came from Calvin Coolidge School

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Melrose High School yearbook, 1938, page 19. 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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