New Bedford High School

Shirley Adams

Shirley Adams, New Bedford High School class of 1936 (New Bedford, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from Betsey B. Winslow School; headed for Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School; born in 1919.

Class of 1936

150 in the class of 1936 · 139 more named Adams

Full name: Shirley Adams
Born: March 4, 1919
School: New Bedford High School
Graduated: Class of 1936
Course: College Classical
Came from: Betsey B. Winslow School
Headed for: Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School

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Same surname 97
Classmates 149
Same schools 25

In context

Going through the New Bedford High School class of 1936 from A to Z, Shirley is where the 150 names on this site begin. The entry is on page 23 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 19 to page 72. Of the 90 entries in the class with a course, 22 (24%) say College Classical, Shirley's among them. Among the 37 people in the class who printed a plan, 11 (30%) named a business or secretarial school, as Shirley did (“Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School”). Of the 90 entries in the class of 1936 that print a course, 35 (39%) are college or college-preparatory, where the neighbouring class has 46% in 1935.

On the same scan page	Gladys W. Allmond, Edna Linnea Anderson
Same kind of plan	business or secretarial school: 11 of 37 classmates with a plan (30%)
Same course	College Classical: 22 of 90 classmates with a course (24%)
The book's own title	Memoirs Under the Red and White

What the yearbook said

“Her eyes are blue and calm, as is the sky in the serenest noon.”

The class of 1936

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Others named Adams

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Also came from Betsey B. Winslow School

Also headed for Katherine Gibbs Secretarial School

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Source

New Bedford High School yearbook, 1936, page 23. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item memoirsunderredw1936newb).

Published 1936. Scan courtesy of the contributing library via the Internet Archive.

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