Melrose High School

Miriam Frances Pierce “Middie Zip”

Miriam Frances Pierce (“Middie Zip”) appears in the 1942 yearbook of Melrose High School in Melrose, MA. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.

Class of 1942

256 in the class of 1942 · 102 more named Pierce

Full name: Miriam Frances Pierce
Known as: Middie Zip
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1942
Came from: Saint Mary's School
Headed for: Middle plans to enter Saint Elizabeth's Hospital Training School for nurses after graduation

Also searched as: Miriam Pierce; Miriam F. Pierce; Pierce, Miriam.

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Same surname 82
Classmates 255
Same schools 1

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 256 names from the Melrose High School class of 1942, Miriam stands 175th. On the scan, the entry sits on page 84, around the middle of the stretch from page 18 to page 173 where this site found the book's portraits. A college or university was the plan of 22 of 34 classmates with a classifiable plan in the class of 1942 (65%), compared with 45% in 1939. The most common first names in the class of 1942 were Robert (15), Barbara (11) and William (8); in the class of 1939 they were John (15), Ruth (8) and Barbara (6).

On the same scan page	Laurence C. Pond, Dorothy Porter

What Miriam did at school

Freshman Girls' Club
Girls' Club 2, 3, 4
Imprint 3
Biology Club 3
Outing Club i

What the yearbook said

With those big brown eyes and that cheery disposition, Middle has gained many friends. Middie's favorite pastimes are knitting, sleeping, and dancing, although she is an ardent football and hockey fan. Middle plans to enter Saint Elizabeth's Hospital Training School for nurses after graduation.

The class of 1942

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Others named Pierce

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Also came from Saint Mary's School

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Source

Melrose High School yearbook, 1942, page 84. 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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