Melrose High School
A. Alita Boecker “Lee Lite”
A. Alita Boecker (“Lee Lite”) was a senior at Melrose High School in Melrose, Massachusetts, in 1939, one of 205 graduates. The yearbook entry gives the name and portrait; no other details have been transcribed.
Class of 1939
205 in the class of 1939 · 1 more named Boecker
- Full name
- A. Alita Boecker
- Known as
- Lee Lite
- School
- Melrose High School
- Graduated
- Class of 1939
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In context
In the alphabetical roll of 205 names from the Melrose High School class of 1939, Alita stands 18th. Alita is printed on page 24 of the scan, right at the start of the 16-to-201 run of portrait pages. John (15), Ruth (8) and Barbara (6) were the first names most often repeated in the class of 1939, and Robert (15), Barbara (11) and William (8) in the class of 1942. This site lists 205 names for the class of 1939, against 277 for 1938 and 256 for 1942.
| On the same scan page | Barbara Bolton, Horace H. Bolton, Charles Botto |
|---|---|
| Dedication, as printed | “DEDICATED TO BLAIR C. WTLSOX HIS FRIENDLINESS AND SINCERE COMPANIONSHIP HAVE MADE HIM OUR ADVISER COMRADE, AND FRIEND” |
What the page does not say. The reading found no grammar school, no clubs or activities for Alita. Across the Melrose High School class of 1939 the shares are grammar school 45% and clubs or activities 41%; worth checking the scan before assuming the book left them out.
The class of 1939
Eleanor BerthelMelrose 1939
Barbara BoltonMelrose 1939
Anna BerejikianMelrose 1939
Horace H. BoltonMelrose 1939
Esther BenedictMelrose 1939
Charles BottoMelrose 1939
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Source
Melrose High School yearbook, 1939, page 24.
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Internet Archive (item log1939melr).
Published 1939. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.
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