Melrose High School
Gwendolyn B. Defreitas “Gwen Gwenny”
Gwendolyn B. Defreitas (“Gwen Gwenny”) was a senior at Melrose High School in Melrose, MA, in 1939. The yearbook prints the name and the portrait; this page adds classmates and a link to the original scan.
Class of 1939
205 in the class of 1939 · 2 more named Defreitas
- Full name
- Gwendolyn B. Defreitas
- Known as
- Gwen Gwenny
- School
- Melrose High School
- Graduated
- Class of 1939
Also searched as: Gwendolyn Defreitas; Defreitas, Gwendolyn.
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In context
Of the 205 entries from the Melrose High School class of 1939 read for this site, Gwendolyn's is 64th alphabetically. Turning the scan to page 39 shows Gwendolyn; the portraits we read from this book run from page 16 to page 201. For Melrose High School, the site holds 205 people from the class of 1939, against 277 for 1938 and 256 for 1942. In the class of 1939, 45% of the plans we could classify (9 of 20) were a college or university; the neighbouring classes show 56% in 1938 and 65% in 1942.
| Dedication, as printed | “DEDICATED TO BLAIR C. WTLSOX HIS FRIENDLINESS AND SINCERE COMPANIONSHIP HAVE MADE HIM OUR ADVISER COMRADE, AND FRIEND” |
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What the page does not say. Gwendolyn's entry, as read here, has no grammar school, no clubs or activities. Share of the class's entries that do: grammar school 45% and clubs or activities 41%. The book may have left them out, or the reading may have missed them; check the scan.
The class of 1939
R. Woodbury DayMelrose 1939
Marjorie Tucker DinesMelrose 1939
Ethelyn R. DarrahMelrose 1939
Helena Josephine DonahueMelrose 1939
Nancy CushmanMelrose 1939
Frances Ann DoyleMelrose 1939
Others named Defreitas
Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.
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Source
Melrose High School yearbook, 1939, page 39.
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Internet Archive (item log1939melr).
Published 1939. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.
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