Salem Classical and High School

Rita Jane Kennedy

Salem Classical and High School in Salem, Massachusetts, listed Rita Jane Kennedy among 331 graduates in the class of 1941. The entry gives: lived at 19 Skerry Street; a motto. Portrait and entry from the Witch, page 53.

Class of 1941

331 in the class of 1941 · 91 more named Kennedy

Full name: Rita Jane Kennedy
Lived at: 19 Skerry Street, Salem, Massachusetts
School: Salem Classical and High School
Graduated: Class of 1941

Also searched as: Rita Kennedy; Rita J. Kennedy; Kennedy, Rita.

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Neighbours 3
Same surname 77
Classmates 330

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 331 names from the Salem Classical and High School class of 1941, Rita stands 157th. Find Rita on page 53 of the scan; the people on this site from the Salem Classical and High School class of 1941 are spread over pages 17 to 103. From 1939 to 1945, 18 Salem Classical and High School graduates on this site share the first name Rita, spread over 7 classes and peaking at 5 in 1941. First names that recur in the class of 1941: John (18) and Mary (12). In the class of 1942: John (14), Richard (13) and George (12). The volume is titled “The Witch”, edited by H. Carlton Whitman, as read from its opening pages.

On the same scan page	Helen Kapnis, Florence Elizabeth Kingman, Lucille Winifred Knight
Same first name	Rita: 4 other people in the class
The book's own title	The Witch (editor: H. Carlton Whitman)

At home, 19 Skerry Street

The 1935 Salem City Directory (Sampson & Murdock) lists these people named Kennedy at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

John H Kennedy (wife Sarah A), last mkr (Lynn) householderpage
John H Kennedy Jr., machinist lived herepage

What the yearbook said

How ladylike she doth appears.

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The class of 1941

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Salem Classical and High School yearbook, 1941, page 53. 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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