Melrose High School
Elinor E. Knight “El Ellie”
Elinor E. Knight (“El Ellie”) was a senior at Melrose High School in Melrose, Massachusetts, in 1939, one of 205 graduates. The yearbook entry gives the name and portrait; no other details have been transcribed.
Class of 1939
205 in the class of 1939 · 44 more named Knight
- Full name
- Elinor E. Knight
- Known as
- El Ellie
- School
- Melrose High School
- Graduated
- Class of 1939
Also searched as: Elinor Knight; Knight, Elinor.
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In context
Of the 205 entries from the Melrose High School class of 1939 read for this site, Elinor's is 115th alphabetically. Turning the scan to page 59 shows Elinor; the portraits we read from this book run from page 16 to page 201. Count the first names and the class of 1939 gives John (15), Ruth (8) and Barbara (6), where the class of 1938 gives Robert (13), John (12) and Richard (10). The class of 1939 has 205 names here, where the neighbouring classes have 277 for 1938 and 256 for 1942.
| On the same scan page | Grace Louise Knight |
|---|---|
| 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. Nothing on grammar school and clubs or activities appears for Elinor, though classmates' entries carry them (grammar school 45% and clubs or activities 41%); Elinor's entry may print them and have been mis-read, or not print them at all.
The class of 1939
Helen KileyMelrose 1939
Grace Louise KnightMelrose 1939
Helen G. KileyMelrose 1939
June Sheldon LanderMelrose 1939
Virginia KennistonMelrose 1939
Thelma LanninMelrose 1939
Others named Knight
Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.
Arthur Julius KnightWorcester Polytechnic Institute 1917
Carl Dunham KnightWorcester Polytechnic Institute 1918
Arthur Julius KnightWorcester Polytechnic Institute 1919
Carl Dunham KnightWorcester Polytechnic Institute 1926
Arthur Julius KnightWorcester Polytechnic Institute 1927
Ethel KnightArlington 1930
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Source
Melrose High School yearbook, 1939, page 59.
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