Salem Classical and High School

Ruth Virginia Donovan

Ruth Virginia Donovan, Salem Classical and High School class of 1944 (Salem, Massachusetts). The entry prints: lived at 122 Boston Street; a motto.

Class of 1944

227 in the class of 1944 · 101 more named Donovan

Full name: Ruth Virginia Donovan
Lived at: 122 Boston Street, Salem, Massachusetts
School: Salem Classical and High School
Graduated: Class of 1944

Also searched as: Ruth Donovan; Ruth V. Donovan; Donovan, Ruth.

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Household 1
Neighbours 28
Same surname 94
Classmates 226

In context

Of the 227 names from the Salem Classical and High School class of 1944 that have pages here, Ruth is 53rd in surname order. In the scan, Ruth appears on page 21, in the first third of the run of 227 portraits read for this site (pages 15 to 43). From 1938 to 1945, 44 Salem Classical and High School graduates on this site share the first name Ruth, spread over 8 classes and peaking at 11 in 1938. 29 Salem Classical and High School graduates, spread over 6 classes between 1939 and 1945, name Boston Street. The class of 1944 has 227 names here, where the neighbouring classes have 275 for 1943 and 237 for 1945.

On the same scan page	Robert J. Desmond, Priscilla Mary Dickinson, Merilyn June Dimmick, Isabel W. Dobrosielski and 3 more
Same street	Boston Street: 6 other classmates
The book's own title	Salem High School

At home, 122 Boston Street

Same surname, same address — very likely a brother or sister.

Richard D. DonovanSalem Classical and 1942

What Ruth did at school

Movie Club 1
Art Club 1
Dramatic Club 4
Vocational Guidance 4

What the yearbook said

“Artistic to her fingertips.”

Also grew up on Boston Street

The class of 1944

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Others named Donovan

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Source

Salem Classical and High School yearbook, 1944, page 21. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item salemhighschooly1944clas).

Published 1944. Scan courtesy of the contributing library via the Internet Archive.

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