Clinton High School

John Francis McGrail “Big Jack Skippy”

Class of 1935, Clinton High School, Clinton, Massachusetts: John Francis McGrail (“Big Jack Skippy”). The yearbook entry gives the name and portrait; no other details have been transcribed. Portrait and entry from the Memorabilia, page 81.

Class of 1935

119 in the class of 1935 · 11 more named McGrail

Full name: John Francis McGrail
Known as: Big Jack Skippy
School: Clinton High School
Graduated: Class of 1935

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

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Going through the Clinton High School class of 1935 from A to Z by surname, John is the 78th of 119 names on this site. On the scan, the entry sits on page 81, in the last third of the stretch from page 5 to page 103 where this site found the book's portraits. John has 5 first-name namesakes in the Clinton High School class of 1935. 49% of those in the class of 1935 who printed a course took a college or college-preparatory one, against 41% in 1934. The yearbook's own front pages give “Learn Prom Others, But Think Por Yourself” as the class motto.

On the same scan page	Helen Jane McLaughlin, Mary Margaret McLaughlin
Same first name	John: 5 other people in the class
The book's own title	Memorabilia

What the page does not say. The reading found no course, no clubs or activities, no write-up or quotation for John. Across the Clinton High School class of 1935 the shares are course 74%, clubs or activities 70% and write-up or quotation 66%; worth checking the scan before assuming the book left them out.

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Clinton High School yearbook, 1935, page 81. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item memorabilia1935clin).

Published 1935. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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