Stoughton High School

Melba Capen

Melba Capen was one of 40 graduates in the class of 1937 at Stoughton High School, Stoughton, Massachusetts. Printed details: a motto; a write-up. Portrait and entry from the Semaphore, page 7.

Class of 1937

40 in the class of 1937 · 12 more named Capen

Full name: Melba Capen
School: Stoughton High School
Graduated: Class of 1937

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Same surname 11
Classmates 39

In context

Of the 40 entries from the Stoughton High School class of 1937 read for this site, Melba's is 5th alphabetically. On the scan, the entry sits on page 7, right at the start of the stretch from page 7 to page 12 where this site found the book's portraits. This site lists 40 names for the class of 1937, against 55 for 1938. On its own title page this book is “Semaphore”.

On the same scan page	Stella Alosevitch, George Anderson, Robert Beaton, Elsa Jo Beatty and 5 more
The book's own title	Semaphore

What Melba did at school

Commercial Club 4

What the yearbook said

Plain living and high thinking.

When we see Melba, we see Maude; when we think of Melba we think of her smile and good nature. She has never failed in any of her undertakings in the past and we know she will fulfill her ambition and be a "perfect secretary."

The class of 1937

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Others named Capen

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Stoughton High School yearbook, 1937, page 7. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item stoughtonhighsch1937stou).

Published 1937. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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