Lawrence High School

George F. Brown “Brownie”

George F. Brown (“Brownie”) is one of 512 graduates in the class of 1944 at Lawrence High School, Lawrence, Massachusetts. The 1944 yearbook entry gives: came from Wetherbee; headed for Commission in Army Air Corps; born in 1926.

Class of 1944

512 in the class of 1944 · 386 more named Brown

Full name: George F. Brown
Known as: Brownie
Born: April 7, 1926
School: Lawrence High School
Graduated: Class of 1944
Course: General
Came from: Wetherbee
Headed for: Commission in Army Air Corps

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Same surname 279
Classmates 511
Same schools 21

In context

Of the 512 entries from the Lawrence High School class of 1944 read for this site, George's is 42nd alphabetically. Turning the scan to page 20 shows George; the portraits we read from this book run from page 12 to page 119. The name George appears 5 times among the 512 names on this site from the class. “Commission in Army Air Corps” is George's plan after graduation; 33 of 350 classmates with a printed plan (9%) named military service. This site lists 512 names for the class of 1944, against 382 for 1945.

On the same scan page	Barbara Arlene Brown, Beverly I. Bruce, Ruth Elizabeth Burckel, Eileen Patricia Burke
Same earlier school	Wetherbee: 16 other classmates
Same kind of plan	military service: 33 of 350 classmates with a plan (9%)
Same course	General: 122 of 496 classmates with a course (25%)
Same first name	George: 4 other people in the class
The book's own title	The Blue and White

What the yearbook said

“A finished gentlemen from top to toe”

The class of 1944

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Others named Brown

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Also came from Wetherbee

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Source

Lawrence High School yearbook, 1944, page 20. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item lawrencehighscho1944lawr).

Published 1944. Scan courtesy of the contributing library via the Internet Archive.

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