Melrose High School
Virginia Elwell “Gin Ginny”
Virginia Elwell (“Gin Ginny”), class of 1942, Melrose High School (Melrose, Massachusetts). The yearbook entry gives the name and portrait; no other details have been transcribed. Portrait and entry from the 1942 yearbook, page 45.
Class of 1942
256 in the class of 1942 · 4 more named Elwell
- Full name
- Virginia Elwell
- Known as
- Gin Ginny
- School
- Melrose High School
- Graduated
- Class of 1942
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In context
Of the 256 entries from the Melrose High School class of 1942 read for this site, Virginia's is 58th alphabetically. Virginia is printed on page 45 of the scan, in the first third of the 18-to-173 run of portrait pages. 26 people named Virginia turn up in 11 Melrose High School classes on this site, 1925 to 1942; 1942 has the most with 5. Of the 34 plans printed for the class of 1942 that name a kind of next step, 22 (65%) are a college or university, where the neighbouring class has 45% in 1939.
| On the same scan page | Laurence W. C. Emig, Mary E. English, Paul Fahy |
|---|---|
| Same first name | Virginia: 4 other people in the class |
What the page does not say. Virginia's entry, as read here, has no grammar school, no clubs or activities, no write-up or quotation. Share of the class's entries that do: grammar school 56%, clubs or activities 52% and write-up or quotation 35%. The book may have left them out, or the reading may have missed them; check the scan.
The class of 1942
Fred Sherman DymentMelrose 1942
Laurence W. C. EmigMelrose 1942
Florence M. DudleyMelrose 1942
Mary E. EnglishMelrose 1942
James Francis DriscollMelrose 1942
Paul FahyMelrose 1942
Others named Elwell
Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.
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Source
Melrose High School yearbook, 1942, page 45.
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