New Bedford High School

Gertrude Rita Fay

Class of 1936, New Bedford High School, New Bedford, Massachusetts: Gertrude Rita Fay. The yearbook entry prints: came from St. Mary’s School; headed for Simmons College; activities listed: Band and Orchestra. Portrait and entry from the 1936 yearbook, page 37.

Class of 1936

150 in the class of 1936 · 31 more named Fay

Full name: Gertrude Rita Fay
Born: November 15, 1918
School: New Bedford High School
Graduated: Class of 1936
Course: College Classical
Came from: St. Mary’s School
Headed for: Simmons College

Also searched as: Gertie Fay; Gertrude Fay; Gertrude R. Fay; Fay, Gertrude.

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Same surname 28
Classmates 149
Same schools 28

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 150 names from the New Bedford High School class of 1936, Gertrude stands 41st. Find Gertrude on page 37 of the scan; the people on this site from the New Bedford High School class of 1936 are spread over pages 19 to 72. The first name Gertrude appears 20 times in the 13 New Bedford High School classes read for this site (1927 to 1945). Gertrude's plan is printed as “Simmons College”, which counts here as a college or university; 9 of the 37 classmates who named a plan (24%) named the same kind. A college or college-preparatory course was the choice of 39% of those who printed a course in the class of 1936; the neighbouring class shows 46% in 1935.

On the same scan page	Dorothy Ida Fontaine, Eveline Dorila Fontaine
Same kind of plan	college or university: 9 of 37 classmates with a plan (24%)
Same course	College Classical: 22 of 90 classmates with a course (24%)
The book's own title	Memoirs Under the Red and White

What Gertrude did at school

Band 122
Orchestra 122
Girl’s League
Vice President of French Club ’35
Honor Student

The class of 1936

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Also headed for Simmons College

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New Bedford High School yearbook, 1936, page 37. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item memoirsunderredw1936newb).

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

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