Melrose High School

Gordon N. McKenney “Mac Throttle Mig”

Melrose High School in Melrose, Massachusetts, listed Gordon N. McKenney (“Mac Throttle Mig”) among 247 graduates in the class of 1936. The entry gives: a write-up. Portrait and entry from the 1936 yearbook, page 62.

Class of 1936

247 in the class of 1936 · 21 more named McKenney

Full name: Gordon N. McKenney
Known as: Mac Throttle Mig
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1936
Headed for: Business

Also searched as: Gordon McKenney; McKenney, Gordon.

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Same surname 18
Classmates 246
Same schools 9

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 247 names from the Melrose High School class of 1936, Gordon stands 150th. Find Gordon on page 62 of the scan; the people on this site from the Melrose High School class of 1936 are spread over pages 19 to 158. Gordon's “Business” falls in the same group as 10 of the 104 plans printed for the class (10%): going to work. 57% of the graduates in the class of 1936 whose plans we could classify named a college or university, against 56% in 1938.

On the same scan page	Dorothy McDaniel, Phillip D. McFadden, Rose McGough
Same kind of plan	work: 10 of 104 classmates with a plan (10%)

What Gordon did at school

Glee Club 4
Freshman Baseball 1
Freshman Football 1
Orchestra 1, 2, 3

What the yearbook said

Mac entered the old high school with the class of ’34, but sickness obliged him to leave school. He returned two years later to join the class of ’36. In Mac our class has gained a true asset as well as a real friend. Mac plans to enter the business world next year. Good luck, Mac, and we wish you all the success in the world.

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Others named McKenney

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Source

Melrose High School yearbook, 1936, page 62. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item log1936melr).

Published 1936. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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