Melrose High School

Mary Barbara Burr “Barb”

Mary Barbara Burr (“Barb”) is one of 166 graduates in the class of 1926 at Melrose High School, Melrose, Massachusetts. The 1926 yearbook entry gives: activities listed: Freshman Field Hockey and Field Hockey; a write-up.

Class of 1926

166 in the class of 1926 · 10 more named Burr

Full name: Mary Barbara Burr
Known as: Barb
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1926

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Clubs & teams 153
Same surname 5
Classmates 165

In context

Of the 166 entries from the Melrose High School class of 1926 read for this site, Mary's is 23rd alphabetically. Turning the scan to page 19 shows Mary; the portraits we read from this book run from page 12 to page 69. In the 13 classes of Melrose High School between 1925 and 1942 that this site covers, 36 people have the first name Mary, with the largest group (8) in 1938. Mary is listed under “Euclidean Society”, along with 14 other classmates. In the class of 1926, 58% of the plans we could classify (21 of 36) were a college or university; the neighbouring classes show 73% in 1925 and 40% in 1927.

On the same scan page	Sadie Katherine Burns, Esther Florence Burt
Same club	Field Hockey: 7 other classmates
Same club	Masque and Wig: 24 other classmates

What Mary did at school

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What the yearbook said

Energetic “Barb” started out in her Freshman year to make a name for herself by going out for field hockey, in which she received her numerals. Busy as a bee, and everywhere at once, “Barb” soon became prominent and popular. With her ever-ready smile and pleasing ways, “Barb” will be a favorite wherever she goes. “Barb” followed up her freshman hockey career by making varsity during her three final years. Her three years of brilliant playing came to a fitting climax when she scored the only goal for Melrose against Winchester in 1925, that won the Northern League Championship.

The class of 1926

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Other people named Mary Barbara Burr in the archive

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Mary Barbara BurrFramingham State Normal School 1930

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Source

Melrose High School yearbook, 1926, page 19. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item log1926melr).

Published 1926, 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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