Melrose High School

Elmer Williams “Hank Al Boss”

Class of 1938, Melrose High School, Melrose, Massachusetts: Elmer Williams (“Hank Al Boss”). The yearbook entry prints: came from Lincoln School; a write-up. Portrait and entry from the 1938 yearbook, page 98.

Class of 1938

277 in the class of 1938 · 233 more named Williams

Full name: Elmer Williams
Known as: Hank Al Boss
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1938
Came from: Lincoln School
Ambition: “To own a string of race horses”

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Same surname 158
Classmates 276
Same schools 58

In context

Elmer Williams is number 273 of 277 in the alphabetical list of the Melrose High School class of 1938 on this site. Elmer's portrait is on scan page 98, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 16 to 207. People named Williams appear in 8 classes of Melrose High School on this site between 1925 and 1939, 10 in all. 45 other classmates came from Lincoln School, the school Elmer is listed as coming from. The class of 1938: 56% of classifiable plans point to a college or university, versus 57% in 1936 and 45% in 1939.

On the same scan page	Dorothy Wilkins, Evelyn Wills
Same earlier school	Lincoln School: 45 other classmates

What Elmer did at school

Chorus (1)
Football (1)

What the yearbook said

Having a pleasing personality, “Al” has been easy to get along with. In his freshman year he started running buses to different football and hockey games. He was not able to participate in many activities because of the job he was holding. “Al’s” ambition is to own a string of race horses and travel with them to the different race tracks.

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Melrose High School yearbook, 1938, page 98. 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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