Lawrence High School · Falmouth, Massachusetts

Elvira Jean Costa

Class of 1936, Lawrence High School, Falmouth, Massachusetts: Elvira Jean Costa. The yearbook entry prints: came from Falmouth Junior High School; activities listed: Editor-in-Chief of the Lawrencian; born in 1917. Portrait and entry from the Lawrencian, page 46.

Class of 1936

60 in the class of 1936 · 24 more named Costa

Full name: Elvira Jean Costa
Born: June 17, 1917
Born in: New Bedford
School: Lawrence High School
Graduated: Class of 1936
Course: Secretarial
Came from: Falmouth Junior High School

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Same surname 23
Classmates 59
Same schools 63

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 60 names from the Lawrence High School class of 1936, Elvira stands 12th. In the scan, Elvira appears on page 46, in the first third of the run of 60 portraits read for this site (pages 44 to 64). In the Lawrence High School class of 1936, 27% of the 60 printed courses are Secretarial (16 people), Elvira included. Elvira did not arrive alone from Falmouth Junior High School: 50 other classmates name it too. 18% of those in the class of 1936 who printed a course took a college or college-preparatory one, against 33% in 1937.

On the same scan page	Cynthia Gardner Cahoon, Robert Elmer Cardoze, John Joseph Cavanaugh, Betty Pearl Chase and 1 more
Same earlier school	Falmouth Junior High School: 50 other classmates
Same course	Secretarial: 16 of 60 classmates with a course (27%)
The book's own title	The Lawrencian (editor: Elvira Costa)

What Elvira did at school

Co-salutatorian of class of ’36
Editor-in-Chief of the Lawrencian
Honor Pins ’34, ’35 and ’36

The class of 1936

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Lawrence High School yearbook, 1936, page 46. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item lawrencian1936lawr).

Published 1936. Scan courtesy of the contributing library via the Internet Archive.

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