Melrose High School

James P. Schaeffer “Jimmie Blusher”

Class of 1939, Melrose High School, Melrose, Massachusetts: James P. Schaeffer (“Jimmie Blusher”). The yearbook entry gives the name and portrait; no other details have been transcribed. Portrait and entry from the 1939 yearbook, page 83.

Class of 1939

205 in the class of 1939 · 10 more named Schaeffer

Full name: James P. Schaeffer
Known as: Jimmie Blusher
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1939

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Same surname 6
Classmates 204

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 205 names from the Melrose High School class of 1939, James stands 174th. The entry is on page 83 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 16 to page 201. From 1928 to 1942, 26 Melrose High School graduates on this site share the first name James, spread over 10 classes and peaking at 7 in 1942. 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.

On the same scan page	Grace Scarpa, Lawrence J. Scoboria, Lois Ruth Scofield
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. No grammar school, no clubs or activities for James. Other entries in the Melrose High School class of 1939 carry them far more often (grammar school 45% and clubs or activities 41%), so either the book did not print them or our reading missed them; the scan has the final word.

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Melrose High School yearbook, 1939, page 83. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item log1939melr).

Published 1939. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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