Melrose High School
David B. Adams “Pads Dave”
Class of 1942, Melrose High School, Melrose, Massachusetts: David B. Adams (“Pads Dave”). The yearbook entry gives the name and portrait; no other details have been transcribed. Portrait and entry from the 1942 yearbook, page 21.
Class of 1942
256 in the class of 1942 · 139 more named Adams
- Full name
- David B. Adams
- Known as
- Pads Dave
- School
- Melrose High School
- Graduated
- Class of 1942
Also searched as: Dave Adams; David Adams; Adams, David.
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In context
Of the 256 names from the Melrose High School class of 1942 that have pages here, David comes first in surname order. The entry is on page 21 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 18 to page 173. From 1927 to 1942, 12 Melrose High School graduates on this site share the first name David, spread over 6 classes. 65% of the graduates in the class of 1942 whose plans we could classify named a college or university, against 45% in 1939.
| On the same scan page | Samuel Adams, William Alcott, William Alkins |
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What the page does not say. The reading found no grammar school, no clubs or activities, no write-up or quotation for David. Across the Melrose High School class of 1942 the shares are grammar school 56%, clubs or activities 52% and write-up or quotation 35%; worth checking the scan before assuming the book left them out.
The class of 1942
Samuel AdamsMelrose 1942
William AlcottMelrose 1942
William AlkinsMelrose 1942
Priscilla Eloise AllanMelrose 1942
Sylvia L. AndersonMelrose 1942
Dominic AntonucciMelrose 1942
Others named Adams
Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.
John W. AdamsSoldiers of the Great War, 1920: Massachusetts 1920
James Wyman AdamsNeedham 1925
Clarissa Ruth AdamsNeedham 1926
Doris Thorndike AdamsNeedham 1928
Everett D. AdamsNeedham 1930
Herbert Engles AdamsWorcester Polytechnic Institute 1913
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Source
Melrose High School yearbook, 1942, page 21.
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Internet Archive (item log1942melr).
Published 1942. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.
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