Melrose High School

Ruth D. West “Pudgie”

Ruth D. West (“Pudgie”) 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 · 51 more named West

Full name: Ruth D. West
Known as: Pudgie
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1942
Came from: Calvin Coolidge School

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Same surname 32
Classmates 255
Same schools 40

In context

256 people from the Melrose High School class of 1942 appear on this site, and West puts Ruth 248th among them. On the scan, the entry sits on page 103, around the middle of the stretch from page 18 to page 173 where this site found the book's portraits. Ruth is also the first name of 4 other people in the Melrose High School class of 1942. Calvin Coolidge School appears as the earlier school of 46 people in the class, Ruth among them. Names on this site: 256 for the class of 1942, compared with 205 for 1939.

On the same scan page	Barbara E. Wentzel, Ruth Whidden, Doris B. Whitehouse
Same earlier school	Calvin Coolidge School: 45 other classmates
Same first name	Ruth: 4 other people in the class

What Ruth did at school

Freshman Girls' Club
Chorus 3

What the yearbook said

Ruthie is an all-round sport, attending most of the football and basketball games. Outside of school, she spends much time dancing, skating, bowling, and swimming. She also attends many theaters. He wish after school is to be a file clerk.

The class of 1942

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Others named West

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Also came from Calvin Coolidge School

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Source

Melrose High School yearbook, 1942, page 103. 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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