Melrose High School

James O'Neil “Jimmie Peggie Jim”

James O'Neil (“Jimmie Peggie Jim”) is one of 247 graduates in the class of 1936 at Melrose High School, Melrose, Massachusetts. The 1936 yearbook entry gives: came from St. Mary’s School; headed for Study of Deisel engines; a write-up.

Class of 1936

247 in the class of 1936 · 72 more named O'Neil

Full name: James O'Neil
Known as: Jimmie Peggie Jim
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1936
Came from: St. Mary’s School
Headed for: Study of Deisel engines
Pastime: “Making furniture in his workshop”

Also searched as: Jim O'Neil; Jimmy O'Neil; O'Neil, James.

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Same surname 69
Classmates 246
Same schools 10

In context

247 people from the Melrose High School class of 1936 appear on this site, and O'Neil puts James 167th among them. James is printed on page 67 of the scan, in the first third of the 19-to-158 run of portrait pages. Across 10 classes of Melrose High School on this site, from 1928 to 1942, 26 people are named James; the class of 1942 has the most, 7. 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	Frank O'Leary, Russell O'Neil, Margaret A. Oliver

What James did at school

Football 1
Chorus 1, 2, 3

What the yearbook said

Jimmie came from St. Mary’s to enter M. H. S. in 1931. His charm and personality have led him to make a host of friends. Jimmie has a great weakness for hockey, which he plays at every opportunity. His favorite pastime is making bits of furniture in his little workshop which he has improvised down in his cellar. Jimmie intends to take up the study of Deisel engines when he graduates from high school. Good luck anyway, Jim.

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Also came from St. Mary’s School

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Source

Melrose High School yearbook, 1936, page 67. 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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