Melrose High School

Florence Guptill “Guppie”

Florence Guptill (“Guppie”), Melrose High School class of 1938 (Melrose, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from Calvin Coolidge School; headed for Lowell State Normal; a write-up.

Class of 1938

277 in the class of 1938 · 5 more named Guptill

Full name: Florence Guptill
Known as: Guppie
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1938
Came from: Calvin Coolidge School
Headed for: Lowell State Normal

Also searched as: Guppie Guptill; Flo Guptill; Guptill, Florence.

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Same surname 3
Classmates 276
Same schools 95

In context

277 people from the Melrose High School class of 1938 appear on this site, and Guptill puts Florence 89th among them. The entry is on page 45 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 16 to page 207. Among the 120 people in the class who printed a plan, 6 (5%) named a normal school or teachers college, as Florence did (“Lowell State Normal”). 18 people named Florence turn up in 8 Melrose High School classes on this site, 1925 to 1942. 56% of the graduates in the class of 1938 whose plans we could classify named a college or university, against 57% in 1936 and 45% in 1939.

On the same scan page	Shirley Guertin, George M. Guibord, Marion Elizabeth Guptill
Same earlier school	Calvin Coolidge School: 68 other classmates
Same kind of plan	teacher training: 6 of 120 classmates with a plan (5%)

What Florence did at school

Glee Club (4)
Chorus (1, 2, 3, 4)
Girls' Club (4)

What the yearbook said

If you’ve never heard “Guppie” sing, you’ve missed a treat. Her low, contralto voice can be heard every Sunday morning when she sings at a church in Medford. Not only singing keeps “Guppie” in Medford twice a week! When it comes to doing the “jerry hop,” she can beat the best at it. Next year our songbird is planning to attend Lowell State Normal to continue in her music career.

The class of 1938

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Others named Guptill

Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.

Also came from Calvin Coolidge School

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Source

Melrose High School yearbook, 1938, page 45. 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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