Melrose High School

Dorothy Fletcher “Dot Dottie”

Dorothy Fletcher (“Dot Dottie”) is one of 277 graduates in the class of 1938 at Melrose High School, Melrose, Massachusetts. The 1938 yearbook entry gives: came from Roosevelt School; headed for Katherine Gibbs; a write-up.

Class of 1938

277 in the class of 1938 · 40 more named Fletcher

Full name: Dorothy Fletcher
Known as: Dot Dottie
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1938
Came from: Roosevelt School
Headed for: Katherine Gibbs

Also searched as: Dot Fletcher; Dottie Fletcher; Fletcher, Dorothy.

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Same surname 31
Classmates 276
Same schools 103

In context

Of the 277 names from the Melrose High School class of 1938 that have pages here, Dorothy is 68th in surname order. Dorothy is printed on page 40 of the scan, in the first third of the 16-to-207 run of portrait pages. Counting Dorothy, 76 people in the class are listed as coming from Roosevelt School. From 1925 to 1942, 71 Melrose High School graduates on this site share the first name Dorothy, spread over 13 classes and peaking at 10 in 1930. For Melrose High School, the site holds 277 people from the class of 1938, against 247 for 1936 and 205 for 1939.

On the same scan page	Elizabethe A. Fallon, Jane M. Fay, Joseph H. Fay
Same earlier school	Roosevelt School: 75 other classmates
Same kind of plan	business or secretarial school: 11 of 120 classmates with a plan (9%)
Same first name	Dorothy: 7 other people in the class

What Dorothy did at school

Stamp Club (2)
Girls’ Club (3, 4)
Lens and Shutter (4)
Bowling (4)

What the yearbook said

“Dot came to us in ’34, Very petite and very shy, But in M. H. S. made a try, And Dot, is shy no more.” Dot, who always seems so friendly and happy, is most contented when indulging in skiing, skating, or swimming. Our Dottie hopes to travel in later life. Being conscientious and dependable, Dot ought to succeed after a stay at Katherine Gibbs.

The class of 1938

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Dorothy FletcherNewton 1910

Others named Fletcher

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Also came from Roosevelt School

Also headed for Katherine Gibbs

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Source

Melrose High School yearbook, 1938, page 40. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item log1938melr).

Published 1938. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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