Melrose High School
George L. Farrar “Diz Speed”
George L. Farrar (“Diz Speed”) was a senior at Melrose High School in Melrose, Massachusetts, in 1939, one of 205 graduates. The yearbook entry gives the name and portrait; no other details have been transcribed.
Class of 1939
205 in the class of 1939 · 5 more named Farrar
- Full name
- George L. Farrar
- Known as
- Diz Speed
- School
- Melrose High School
- Graduated
- Class of 1939
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In context
205 people from the Melrose High School class of 1939 appear on this site, and Farrar puts George 70th among them. The entry is on page 43 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 16 to page 201. The first name George runs through 11 classes of Melrose High School (1925 to 1942), 39 people in all, and is most common in 1942 (6). For Melrose High School, the site holds 205 people from the class of 1939, against 277 for 1938 and 256 for 1942.
| On the same scan page | Cecil Farnsworth, Richard Fay |
|---|---|
| Dedication, as printed | “DEDICATED TO BLAIR C. WTLSOX HIS FRIENDLINESS AND SINCERE COMPANIONSHIP HAVE MADE HIM OUR ADVISER COMRADE, AND FRIEND” |
What the page does not say. Grammar school and clubs or activities are missing. The rest of the Melrose High School class of 1939 has them often (grammar school 45% and clubs or activities 41%), so the gap may belong to the reading rather than to George. The scan is the authority.
The class of 1939
Cecil FarnsworthMelrose 1939
Richard FayMelrose 1939
Mary Louise FaheyMelrose 1939
Beatrice T. FlaggMelrose 1939
Frances Ann DoyleMelrose 1939
Gordon FrancesMelrose 1939
Others named Farrar
Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.
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Source
Melrose High School yearbook, 1939, page 43.
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Internet Archive (item log1939melr).
Published 1939. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.
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