Melrose High School

H. Elaine Brackett “Bing Jinx”

H. Elaine Brackett (“Bing Jinx”) is one of 256 graduates in the class of 1942 at Melrose High School, Melrose, Massachusetts. The 1942 yearbook entry gives: came from Coolidge School; activities listed: Freshman Girls' Club; a write-up.

Class of 1942

256 in the class of 1942 · 17 more named Brackett

Full name: H. Elaine Brackett
Known as: Bing Jinx
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1942
Came from: Coolidge School
Headed for: Academy Modern, where you plan to take up modeling

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Same surname 15
Classmates 255
Same schools 15

In context

Going through the Melrose High School class of 1942 from A to Z by surname, Elaine is the 30th of 256 names on this site. Elaine's portrait is on scan page 29, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 18 to 173. 15 other graduates came from Coolidge School, the school Elaine is listed as coming from. Against 205 for 1939, the class of 1942 comes to 256 names on this site.

On the same scan page	Marion Louise Boyd, Joseph F. Brackett, Philip Brian Brady
Same earlier school	Coolidge School: 15 other classmates

What Elaine did at school

Freshman Girls' Club
Girls' Club 3, 4
Handicraft Club 3
Outing Club 3

What the yearbook said

Pep ,vim,and vigor describe Bing to a T. Her vivaciousness and love for fun have won her man(y) friends. In the winter you will find her whizzing down some mountain side, and in the summer gleefully riding the waves. We wish you success, Elaine, at Academy Modern, where you plan to take up modeling.

The class of 1942

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Others named Brackett

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Also came from Coolidge School

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Melrose High School yearbook, 1942, page 29. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item log1942melr).

Published 1942. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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