Melrose High School

J. Lester Morgan “Les Skip”

J. Lester Morgan (“Les Skip”) was a senior at Melrose High School in Melrose, Massachusetts, in 1942, one of 256 graduates. The yearbook entry gives the name and portrait; no other details have been transcribed.

Class of 1942

256 in the class of 1942 · 72 more named Morgan

Full name: J. Lester Morgan
Known as: Les Skip
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1942

Also searched as: Les Morgan; Lester Morgan; Morgan, Lester.

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Same surname 45
Classmates 255

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In the alphabetical roll of 256 names from the Melrose High School class of 1942, Lester stands 157th. The entry is on page 76 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 18 to page 173. The class of 1942 has 256 names here, where the neighbouring class has 205 for 1939. Among first names, the class of 1942 favours Robert (15), Barbara (11) and William (8); the class of 1939 had John (15), Ruth (8) and Barbara (6).

On the same scan page	Virginia Morcombe, Kenneth Blanchard Moreton, Albert Edward Mortensen

What the page does not say. Lester's entry, as read here, has no grammar school, no clubs or activities, no write-up or quotation. Share of the class's entries that do: grammar school 56%, clubs or activities 52% and write-up or quotation 35%. The book may have left them out, or the reading may have missed them; check the scan.

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Melrose High School yearbook, 1942, page 76. 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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