Malden High School

Shirley Velensky “Sherry”

Shirley Velensky (“Sherry”) was one of 168 graduates in the class of 1927-B at Malden High School, Malden, Massachusetts. Printed details: Commercial course; headed for Bryant and Stratton School; a motto. Portrait and entry from the 1927 yearbook, page 45.

Class of 1927-B

168 in the class of 1927 · 1 more named Velensky

Full name: Shirley Velensky
Known as: Sherry
School: Malden High School
Graduated: Class of 1927
Course: Commercial
Headed for: Bryant and Stratton School

Also searched as: Sherry Velensky; Velensky, Shirley.

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Classmates 167
Same schools 1

In context

Of the 168 names from the Malden High School class of 1927-B that have pages here, Shirley is 156th in surname order. In the scan, Shirley appears on page 45, near the end of the run of 168 portraits read for this site (pages 12 to 48). Shirley's plan is printed as “Bryant and Stratton School”, which counts here as a business or secretarial school; 18 of the 108 classmates who named a plan (17%) named the same kind. In the Malden High School class of 1927-B, 30% of the 168 printed courses are Commercial (51 people), Shirley included. Names on this site: 168 for the class of 1927-B, compared with 104 for 1926 and 118 for 1928-B.

On the same scan page	Ruth Varnick, Patrick Volpe, Gordon Thayer Waring
Same kind of plan	business or secretarial school: 18 of 108 classmates with a plan (17%)
Same course	Commercial: 51 of 168 classmates with a course (30%)

What the yearbook said

Whatever skeptic could inquire for; For every why she had a wherefore.

The class of 1927

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Also headed for Bryant and Stratton School

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Malden High School yearbook, 1927, page 45. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item maldonianyearbo1927mald_0).

Published 1927, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Malden Public Library / Boston Public Library via the Internet Archive.

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