Malden High School

Edwin Francis Meelia “Swede”

Class of 1929-A, Malden High School, Malden, Massachusetts: Edwin Francis Meelia (“Swede”). The yearbook entry prints: Commercial course; came from Maplewood School; headed for Boston College. Portrait and entry from the Maldonian, page 44.

Class of 1929-A

135 in the class of 1929 · 1 more named Meelia

Full name: Edwin Francis Meelia
Known as: Swede
School: Malden High School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Course: Commercial
Came from: Maplewood School
Headed for: Boston College

Also searched as: Swede Meelia; Ed Meelia; Edwin Meelia; Edwin F. Meelia.

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Classmates 134
Same schools 118

In context

Of the 135 names from the Malden High School class of 1929-A that have pages here, Edwin is 80th in surname order. In the scan, Edwin appears on page 44, around the middle of the run of 135 portraits read for this site (pages 16 to 67). Among the 96 people in the class who printed a plan, 30 (31%) named a college or university, as Edwin did (“Boston College”). The yearbook lists 23 people from the Malden High School class of 1929-A as coming from Maplewood School, including Edwin. 16% of those in the class of 1929-A who printed a course took a college or college-preparatory one, against 24% in 1928-B and 29% in 1930-A.

On the same scan page	Amy Helen Menns, Waldo Elton Merritt
Same earlier school	Maplewood School: 22 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 30 of 96 classmates with a plan (31%)
Same course	Commercial: 35 of 135 classmates with a course (26%)
The book's own title	Maldonian

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Malden High School yearbook, 1929, page 44. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item maldonianyearboo1929mald).

Published 1929, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Malden Public Library / Boston Public Library via the Internet Archive.

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