Melrose High School

Ruth Lillian Nesmith “Nezie Ruthie”

Ruth Lillian Nesmith (“Nezie Ruthie”), Melrose High School class of 1939 (Melrose, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from Roosevelt School; activities listed: Freshman Girls' Club.

Class of 1939

205 in the class of 1939 · 4 more named Nesmith

Full name: Ruth Lillian Nesmith
Known as: Nezie Ruthie
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1939
Came from: Roosevelt School
Headed for: attend Miss Husted’s Sch(.)ol of Occupational Therapy

Also searched as: Ruth Nesmith; Ruth L. Nesmith; Nesmith, Ruth.

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Same surname 3
Classmates 204
Same schools 97

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 205 names from the Melrose High School class of 1939, Ruth stands 146th. On the scan, the entry sits on page 73, in the first third of the stretch from page 16 to page 201 where this site found the book's portraits. From 1925 to 1942, 59 Melrose High School graduates on this site share the first name Ruth, spread over 12 classes and peaking at 8 in 1939. Counting Ruth, 22 people in the class are listed as coming from Roosevelt School. 45% of the graduates in the class of 1939 whose plans we could classify named a college or university, against 56% in 1938 and 65% in 1942.

On the same scan page	Mildred Emily Munsen, Dorothy Nash
Same earlier school	Roosevelt School: 21 other classmates
Same first name	Ruth: 7 other people in the class
Dedication, as printed	“DEDICATED TO BLAIR C. WTLSOX HIS FRIENDLINESS AND SINCERE COMPANIONSHIP HAVE MADE HIM OUR ADVISER COMRADE, AND FRIEND”

What Ruth did at school

Glee Club 2, 3, 4
Operetta 2, 3
Girls’ Club 3, 4
Varsity Hockey 4
Freshman Girls' Club

The class of 1939

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Others named Nesmith

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

Also came from Roosevelt School

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Melrose High School yearbook, 1939, page 73. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item log1939melr).

Published 1939. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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