Melrose High School
Horace H. Bolton “Ace Herkie”
Melrose High School in Melrose, Massachusetts, listed Horace H. Bolton (“Ace Herkie”) among 205 graduates in the class of 1939. The yearbook entry gives the name and portrait; no other details have been transcribed.
Class of 1939
205 in the class of 1939 · 16 more named Bolton
- Full name
- Horace H. Bolton
- Known as
- Ace Herkie
- School
- Melrose High School
- Graduated
- Class of 1939
Also searched as: Horace Bolton; Bolton, Horace.
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In context
In the alphabetical roll of 205 names from the Melrose High School class of 1939, Horace stands 20th. In the scan, Horace appears on page 24, right at the start of the run of 205 portraits read for this site (pages 16 to 201). Counting only people with pages here, the class of 1939 has 205 entries, while the neighbouring classes have 277 for 1938 and 256 for 1942. 45% of the graduates in the class of 1939 whose plans we could classify named a college or university, against 56% in 1938 and 65% in 1942.
| On the same scan page | A. Alita Boecker, Barbara Bolton, Charles Botto |
|---|---|
| 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 Horace. The scan is the authority.
The class of 1939
Barbara BoltonMelrose 1939
Charles BottoMelrose 1939
A. Alita BoeckerMelrose 1939
Donald BoydMelrose 1939
Eleanor BerthelMelrose 1939
Mildred E. BoyerMelrose 1939
Others named Bolton
Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.
Elsie May BoltonCambridge 1915
John A. BoltonNew Bedford 1942
Milton BoltonNew Bedford 1943
Harold Gleason BoltonMelrose 1926
Blanchard F. BoltonMelrose 1929- Barbara BoltonMelrose 1939
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Source
Melrose High School yearbook, 1939, page 24.
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Internet Archive (item log1939melr).
Published 1939. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.
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