Melrose High School
Abbott L. Laughton “Bud Porgie”
Abbott L. Laughton (“Bud Porgie”), 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 62.
Class of 1942
256 in the class of 1942 · 1 more named Laughton
- Full name
- Abbott L. Laughton
- Known as
- Bud Porgie
- School
- Melrose High School
- Graduated
- Class of 1942
Also searched as: Abbott Laughton; Laughton, Abbott.
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In context
256 people from the Melrose High School class of 1942 appear on this site, and Laughton puts Abbott 122nd among them. Abbott's portrait is on scan page 62, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 18 to 173. A college or university was the plan of 22 of 34 classmates with a classifiable plan in the class of 1942 (65%), compared with 45% in 1939. First names that recur in the class of 1942: Robert (15), Barbara (11) and William (8). In the class of 1939: John (15), Ruth (8) and Barbara (6).
| On the same scan page | Elizabeth E. Larson, Phyllis L. Lau, Robert W. Lawrence |
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What the page does not say. Abbott'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
Phyllis L. LauMelrose 1942
Robert W. LawrenceMelrose 1942
Elizabeth E. LarsonMelrose 1942
Robert LearnardMelrose 1942
Nancy LangleyMelrose 1942
Doris S. LedermanMelrose 1942
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Source
Melrose High School yearbook, 1942, page 62.
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