Salem Classical and High School

Mary Catherine Garrity

Mary Catherine Garrity, Salem Classical and High School class of 1941 (Salem, Massachusetts). The entry prints: lived at 140 North Street; a motto.

Class of 1941

331 in the class of 1941 · 19 more named Garrity

Full name: Mary Catherine Garrity
Lived at: 140 North Street, Salem, Massachusetts
School: Salem Classical and High School
Graduated: Class of 1941

Also searched as: Polly Garrity; Mary Garrity; Mary C. Garrity; Molly Garrity.

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Household 2
Neighbours 33
Same surname 15
Classmates 330

In context

Going through the Salem Classical and High School class of 1941 from A to Z by surname, Mary is the 124th of 331 names on this site. On the scan, the entry sits on page 47, in the first third of the stretch from page 17 to page 103 where this site found the book's portraits. The name Mary appears 12 times among the 331 names on this site from the class. North Street turns up in 6 different Salem Classical and High School classes between 1939 and 1945, 34 people in all. Against 298 for 1940 and 326 for 1942, the class of 1941 comes to 331 names on this site.

On the same scan page	Emma Anna Garrette, Carmela Sylvia Giuggio, Jane Sophie Gorczyca
Same street	North Street: 4 other classmates
Same first name	Mary: 11 other people in the class
The book's own title	The Witch (editor: H. Carlton Whitman)

At home, 140 North Street

Same surname, same address — very likely brothers and sisters.

The 1937 Salem City Directory (Sampson & Murdock) lists these people named Garrity at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Jas I Garrity (wife Cath E), laborer Steet Dept householderpage

The Garrity household is listed here in 1935 too.

What Mary did at school

Student Council 1
Girls' Athletic Club 1, 2, 3
Commercial Club 2, 3
Camera Club 2
Movie Club 3
Basketball 2, 3, Second Team Captain 4

What the yearbook said

A live wire in a dull world.

Also grew up on North Street

The class of 1941

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Others named Garrity

Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.

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Source

Salem Classical and High School yearbook, 1941, page 47. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item salemhighschooly1941clas).

Published 1941. Scan courtesy of the contributing library via the Internet Archive.

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