Melrose High School

James Powell “Puncher Jim”

James Powell (“Puncher Jim”) was one of 256 graduates in the class of 1942 at Melrose High School, Melrose, Massachusetts. Printed details: activities listed: Ring Hockey; a write-up. Portrait and entry from the 1942 yearbook, page 85.

Class of 1942

256 in the class of 1942 · 38 more named Powell

Full name: James Powell
Known as: Puncher Jim
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1942
Headed for: Jim plans to attend Harvard

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

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Same surname 23
Classmates 255

In context

This site lists 256 people from the Melrose High School class of 1942; sorted by surname, James comes 179th. On the scan, the entry sits on page 85, around the middle of the stretch from page 18 to page 173 where this site found the book's portraits. Among the 63 people in the class who printed a plan, 22 (35%) named a college or university, as James did (“Jim plans to attend Harvard”). 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. 65% of the graduates in the class of 1942 whose plans we could classify named a college or university, against 45% in 1939.

On the same scan page	Robert P. Porter, John M. Powers, Pauline E. Poynter
Same kind of plan	college or university: 22 of 63 classmates with a plan (35%)
Same first name	James: 6 other people in the class

What James did at school

Football 2, 3, 4
Track 3
Ring Hockey

What the yearbook said

Jim has been with us for only three of his high school years, but he has made many friends in the athletic field and in classrooms. Although he came from Wakefield, he showed his old home team no mercy as he made the winning touchdown against them his last two years. Jim also proved to be the fastest boy on the squad as well as the highest scorer. Jim plans to attend Harvard.

The class of 1942

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Others named Powell

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Melrose High School yearbook, 1942, page 85. 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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