Melrose High School

Virginia Powers “Sis Ginger”

Virginia Powers (“Sis Ginger”) is one of 247 graduates in the class of 1936 at Melrose High School, Melrose, Massachusetts. The 1936 yearbook entry gives: came from Roosevelt School; a write-up.

Class of 1936

247 in the class of 1936 · 93 more named Powers

Full name: Virginia Powers
Known as: Sis Ginger
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1936
Came from: Roosevelt School

Also searched as: Ginny Powers; Powers, Virginia.

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Same surname 72
Classmates 246
Same schools 41

In context

Of the 247 names from the Melrose High School class of 1936 that have pages here, Virginia is 177th in surname order. The entry is on page 69 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 19 to page 158. 42 other classmates came from Roosevelt School, the school Virginia is listed as coming from. In the 11 classes of Melrose High School between 1925 and 1942 that this site covers, 26 people have the first name Virginia, with the largest group (5) in 1942. In the class of 1936, 57% of the plans we could classify (39 of 68) were a college or university; the neighbouring class shows 56% in 1938.

On the same scan page	Earl Perry, Alma E. Pierce, Paul Horton Pierce
Same earlier school	Roosevelt School: 42 other classmates

What Virginia did at school

Girls’ Club 3, 4

What the yearbook said

Ginger, class of ’36, was dropped on our doorstep from the Roosevelt School. She was a very shy freshman, who knew little about the ways of high school. We do not know what she intends to do upon leaving, but we hear that she is a gifted artist. She is a real pal, and we are sure that whatever she undertakes will turn out successfully.

The class of 1936

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Others named Powers

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Also came from Roosevelt School

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Source

Melrose High School yearbook, 1936, page 69. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item log1936melr).

Published 1936. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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