Melrose High School

Martha R. Gilligan “Gillie Sis”

Melrose High School in Melrose, Massachusetts, listed Martha R. Gilligan (“Gillie Sis”) among 256 graduates in the class of 1942. The entry gives: came from Calvin Coolidge School; activities listed: Freshman Girls' Club; a write-up. Portrait and entry from the 1942 yearbook, page 51.

Class of 1942

256 in the class of 1942 · 10 more named Gilligan

Full name: Martha R. Gilligan
Known as: Gillie Sis
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1942
Came from: Calvin Coolidge School
Headed for: Gillie's great ambition is to either be an office worker or a telephone operator

Also searched as: Martha Gilligan; Gilligan, Martha.

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Same surname 9
Classmates 255
Same schools 40

In context

Going through the Melrose High School class of 1942 from A to Z by surname, Martha is the 84th of 256 names on this site. Martha's portrait is on scan page 51, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 18 to 173. The yearbook lists 46 people from the Melrose High School class of 1942 as coming from Calvin Coolidge School, including Martha. The first name Martha runs through 10 classes of Melrose High School (1927 to 1942), 14 people in all. This site lists 256 names for the class of 1942, against 205 for 1939.

On the same scan page	Muriel V. Giles, Lawrence F. Gilligan, Gordon Q. Glover
Same earlier school	Calvin Coolidge School: 45 other classmates

What Martha did at school

Freshman Girls' Club

What the yearbook said

Girls' Club. Martha is one of the small brunettes who has a very fascinating personality. Although she has not participated in very many sports at school, she likes to go bowling, dancing, roller skating, and walking. She is very amicable and is lots of fun. Gillie's great ambition is to either be an office worker or a telephone operator, and with her personality we know that she will ascend the steps to prosperity.

The class of 1942

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Others named Gilligan

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Also came from Calvin Coolidge School

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Melrose High School yearbook, 1942, page 51. 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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