Malden High School

John Francis Killilea “Pee Wee”

John Francis Killilea (“Pee Wee”) is one of 132 graduates in the class of 1929 at Malden High School, Malden, Massachusetts. The 1929 yearbook entry gives: came from Centre Junior High School; headed for Tufts; activities listed: Le Cercle Francais and Lit.

Class of 1929

132 in the class of 1929 · 1 more named Killilea

Full name: John Francis Killilea
Known as: Pee Wee
School: Malden High School
Graduated: Class of 1929
Course: College
Came from: Centre Junior High School
Headed for: Tufts

Also searched as: Jack Killilea; John Killilea; John F. Killilea; Johnny Killilea.

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Clubs & teams 70
Classmates 131
Same schools 96

In context

Of the 132 entries from the Malden High School class of 1929 read for this site, John's is 60th alphabetically. On the scan, the entry sits on page 35, around the middle of the stretch from page 13 to page 62 where this site found the book's portraits. 5 people in the Malden High School class of 1929 are called John. John's plan is printed as “Tufts”, which counts here as a college or university; 37 of the 94 classmates who named a plan (39%) named the same kind. The class of 1929: 32% of printed courses lead to college, versus 24% in 1928-B and 29% in 1930-A.

On the same scan page	John Joseph Kierstead, Elizabeth Gordon Kimball
Same club	Le Cercle Francais: 12 other classmates
Same club	Lit: 6 other classmates
Same earlier school	Centre Junior High School: 34 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 37 of 94 classmates with a plan (39%)
Same course	College: 42 of 132 classmates with a course (32%)

What John did at school

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What the yearbook said

Here is “Johnny”, the other half of the famous “Kelliher-Killilea” team. In his quiet way “Johnny” has won a place in our hearts. Our Latin marks would surely suffer if we did not have him to translate Latin to us at recess.

The class of 1929

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Also came from Centre Junior High School

Also headed for Tufts

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Source

Malden High School yearbook, 1929, page 35. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item maldonianyearbo1929mald_0).

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

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