Melrose High School

Norma Jefts “Dyna”

Norma Jefts (“Dyna”) is one of 277 graduates in the class of 1938 at Melrose High School, Melrose, Massachusetts. The 1938 yearbook entry gives: came from Roosevelt School; headed for Colby College; activities listed: Program Committee.

Class of 1938

277 in the class of 1938 · 2 more named Jefts

Full name: Norma Jefts
Known as: Dyna
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1938
Came from: Roosevelt School
Headed for: Colby College

Also searched as: Dyna Jefts; Jefts, Norma.

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Same surname 1
Classmates 276
Same schools 99

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 277 names from the Melrose High School class of 1938, Norma stands 121st. Turning the scan to page 54 shows Norma; the portraits we read from this book run from page 16 to page 207. Among the 120 people in the class who printed a plan, 54 (45%) named a college or university, as Norma did (“Colby College”). Norma did not arrive alone from Roosevelt School: 75 other classmates name it too. Counting only people with pages here, the class of 1938 has 277 entries, while the neighbouring classes have 247 for 1936 and 205 for 1939.

On the same scan page	Barbara Irons, Albert Isaksen, Marie Jenkins
Same earlier school	Roosevelt School: 75 other classmates
Same kind of plan	college or university: 54 of 120 classmates with a plan (45%)

What Norma did at school

Poetry Club (1, 2)
Chorus (1, 2)
Girls’ Club (3, 4)
Program Committee
G. L. A. (3, 4)

What the yearbook said

Norma, with her wealth of personality and keen intellect, is well described bv the ward “DYNA-mic.” She came to us as “most ladylike” from the Roosevelt in ’34, and certainly recaptured the title here. We shall remember her as a very attractive model in the Girls’ Club fashion show. Boating is her hobby, and next year she plans to “sail” right up to Colby College.

The class of 1938

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Others named Jefts

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

Vivian Lucille JeftsCambridge 1921

Also came from Roosevelt School

Also headed for Colby College

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Source

Melrose High School yearbook, 1938, page 54. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item log1938melr).

Published 1938. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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