Somerville High School

Eleanor McGowan “Binky”

Eleanor McGowan (“Binky”), Somerville High School class of 1931 (Somerville, Massachusetts). The entry prints: General Course; activities listed: Glee Club; lived at 95 Cedar Street.

Class of 1931

563 in the class of 1931 · 22 more named McGowan

Full name: Eleanor McGowan
Known as: Binky
Lived at: 95 Cedar Street, Somerville, Massachusetts
School: Somerville High School
Graduated: Class of 1931
Course: General Course

Also searched as: Binky McGowan; Ellie McGowan; Nell McGowan; McGowan, Eleanor.

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Clubs & teams 160
Neighbours 32
Same surname 19
Classmates 562

In context

Of the 563 names from the Somerville High School class of 1931 that have pages here, Eleanor is 327th in surname order. The entry is on page 72 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 27 to page 102. In the Somerville High School class of 1931, 40% of the 535 printed courses are General Course (213 people), Eleanor included. Eleanor is listed under “Glee Club”, along with 81 other seniors. Among first names, the class of 1931 favours John (23), William (17) and Dorothy (16); the class of 1930 had John (18), Mary (16) and Edward (11).

On the same scan page	Elizabeth McGlone, Neil McGrath, George McKenna, Norman McKewen and 3 more
Same club	Glee Club: 81 other classmates
Same course	General Course: 213 of 535 classmates with a course (40%)

What Eleanor did at school

Glee Club 711

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Also grew up on Cedar St

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Source

Somerville High School yearbook, 1931, page 72. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item radiatorsomervi1931some_0).

Published 1931. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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