Melrose High School

George D. Pevear “Dusty Jorge”

George D. Pevear (“Dusty Jorge”), Melrose High School class of 1942 (Melrose, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from Suffield Academy; a write-up.

Class of 1942

256 in the class of 1942 · 3 more named Pevear

Full name: George D. Pevear
Known as: Dusty Jorge
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1942
Came from: Suffield Academy
Headed for: George plans to attend Norwich University

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In context

George D. Pevear is number 172 of 256 in the alphabetical list of the Melrose High School class of 1942 on this site. In the scan, George appears on page 83, around the middle of the run of 256 portraits read for this site (pages 18 to 173). George is also the first name of 5 other people in the Melrose High School class of 1942. College or university was the plan of 22 of the 63 classmates who printed one (35%), and George is listed with “George plans to attend Norwich University”. The class of 1942: 65% of classifiable plans point to a college or university, versus 45% in 1939.

On the same scan page	Jean Louise Phillips, Keith Latham Phinney
Same kind of plan	college or university: 22 of 63 classmates with a plan (35%)
Same first name	George: 5 other people in the class

What the yearbook said

Dusty entered Melrose High from Suffield Academy late in his Junior year and immediately won many friends of both sexes by his vivid personality and wit. Dusty's hobbies are dancing, at which he is quite adept, bowling, pool, and golf. George plans to attend Norwich University when, after four years of studying, he will help to keep Those Caissons Rolling Along.

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Melrose High School yearbook, 1942, page 83. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item log1942melr).

Published 1942. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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