Melrose High School

James Bezanson “Jimmie Red Buzz”

James Bezanson (“Jimmie Red Buzz”) appears in the 1942 yearbook of Melrose High School in Melrose, MA. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.

Class of 1942

256 in the class of 1942 · 3 more named Bezanson

Full name: James Bezanson
Known as: Jimmie Red Buzz
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1942
Came from: St. Mary's School

Also searched as: Jim Bezanson; Jimmy Bezanson; Bezanson, James.

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Same surname 2
Classmates 255
Same schools 5

In context

Of the 256 entries from the Melrose High School class of 1942 read for this site, James's is 25th alphabetically. James's portrait is on scan page 27, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 18 to 173. The name James appears 7 times among the 256 names on this site from the class. The most common first names in the class of 1942 were Robert (15), Barbara (11) and William (8); in the class of 1939 they were John (15), Ruth (8) and Barbara (6).

On the same scan page	Charles Bishop, Pauline Blake, Beverly Blanchard
Same first name	James: 6 other people in the class

What James did at school

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What the yearbook said

Jimmie is a popular red-headed senior who is full of merriment. He has not participated in many activities although he has been a loyal supporter of them. With Jimmie comes that beaming smile and jovial personality that has followed him through four hard years of Melrose High School. When he finishes school, he hopes to be a chemist. As a sideline to chemistry, Jimmie follows aviation.

The class of 1942

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Others named Bezanson

Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.

Also came from St. Mary's School

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Source

Melrose High School yearbook, 1942, page 27. 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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