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Portrait of Ruth Shirton, Melrose High School, class of 1939
As printed in the 1939 yearbook

Melrose High School

Ruth Shirton

Ruth Shirton, class of 1939, Melrose High School (Melrose, Massachusetts). The yearbook entry gives the name and portrait; no other details have been transcribed. Portrait and entry from the 1939 yearbook, page 85.

Class of 1939

205 in the class of 1939 · 1 more named Shirton

Full name
Ruth Shirton
School
Melrose High School
Graduated
Class of 1939

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Of the 205 names from the Melrose High School class of 1939 that have pages here, Ruth is 181st in surname order. Ruth's portrait is on scan page 85, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 16 to 201. 7 other people in the class share the first name Ruth. The class of 1939: 45% of classifiable plans point to a college or university, versus 56% in 1938 and 65% in 1942.

On the same scan pageArthur J. Sheridan, Mildred Smarden, Evelyn Louise Smith
Same first nameRuth: 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 the page does not say. Grammar school and clubs or activities are missing. The rest of the Melrose High School class of 1939 has them often (grammar school 45% and clubs or activities 41%), so the gap may belong to the reading rather than to Ruth. The scan is the authority.

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Source

Melrose High School yearbook, 1939, page 85. 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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