Melrose High School

Gertrude Niles “Gert”

Class of 1938, Melrose High School, Melrose, Massachusetts: Gertrude Niles (“Gert”). The yearbook entry prints: came from Roosevelt School; a write-up. Portrait and entry from the 1938 yearbook, page 72.

Class of 1938

277 in the class of 1938 · 12 more named Niles

Full name: Gertrude Niles
Known as: Gert
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1938
Came from: Roosevelt School

Also searched as: Gert Niles; Gertie Niles; Niles, Gertrude.

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Same surname 8
Classmates 276
Same schools 97

In context

Of the 277 entries from the Melrose High School class of 1938 read for this site, Gertrude's is 184th alphabetically. Turning the scan to page 72 shows Gertrude; the portraits we read from this book run from page 16 to page 207. The first name Gertrude runs through 8 classes of Melrose High School (1926 to 1942), 13 people in all. Counting Gertrude, 76 people in the class are listed as coming from Roosevelt School. This site lists 277 names for the class of 1938, against 247 for 1936 and 205 for 1939.

On the same scan page	Shirley O. Nellis, Barbara Newcombe
Same earlier school	Roosevelt School: 75 other classmates

What Gertrude did at school

Riding Club (3, 4)
Driving Club (3)
Cloak and Plume (1)
Girls’ Club (3, 4)

What the yearbook said

Gracious is her style of walking Easy is her style of talking Riding is her favorite sport Tennis sees her at her best Ready with a cheery smile GYging happiness all the while Dietetics is her ambition Every success with much admiration — to “Gert”.

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Also came from Roosevelt School

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Source

Melrose High School yearbook, 1938, page 72. 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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