Melrose High School

Helen Phillips “Sis”

Helen Phillips (“Sis”) is one of 192 graduates in the class of 1929 at Melrose High School, Melrose, Massachusetts. The 1929 yearbook entry gives: activities listed: Nuntius and Girls' Club.

Class of 1929

192 in the class of 1929 · 109 more named Phillips

Full name: Helen Phillips
Known as: Sis
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1929

Also searched as: Sis Phillips; Phillips, Helen.

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Clubs & teams 135
Same surname 83
Classmates 191

In context

192 people from the Melrose High School class of 1929 appear on this site, and Phillips puts Helen 137th among them. In the scan, Helen appears on page 64, in the last third of the run of 192 portraits read for this site (pages 16 to 86). Across 12 classes of Melrose High School on this site, from 1925 to 1942, 35 people are named Helen; the class of 1926 has the most, 6. In the Melrose High School class of 1929, 8 entries mention “Bowling, Captain”; Helen's is one of them. This site lists 192 names for the class of 1929, against 159 for 1928 and 184 for 1930.

On the same scan page	Eben F. Phillips
Same club	Nuntius: 11 other classmates
Same club	Girls' Club: 70 other classmates

What the page does not say. Helen's entry, as read here, has no write-up or quotation, no grammar school, no plan after graduation. Share of the class's entries that do: write-up or quotation 48%, grammar school 37% and plan after graduation 30%. The book may have left them out, or the reading may have missed them; check the scan.

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Source

Melrose High School yearbook, 1929, page 64. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item log1929melr).

Published 1929, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Melrose Public Library / Boston Public Library via the Internet Archive.

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