Melrose High School

John A. Reece “Johnnie Bomber”

John A. Reece (“Johnnie Bomber”) was one of 205 graduates in the class of 1939 at Melrose High School, Melrose, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Roosevelt School; a motto. Portrait and entry from the 1939 yearbook, page 80.

Class of 1939

205 in the class of 1939 · 7 more named Reece

Full name: John A. Reece
Known as: Johnnie Bomber
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1939
Came from: Roosevelt School

Also searched as: Jack Reece; John Reece; Johnny Reece; Reece, John.

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Same surname 3
Classmates 204
Same schools 97

In context

Of the 205 entries from the Melrose High School class of 1939 read for this site, John's is 165th alphabetically. John's portrait is on scan page 80, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 16 to 201. Across 12 classes of Melrose High School on this site, from 1926 to 1942, 65 people are named John; the class of 1939 has the most, 15. The yearbook lists 22 people from the Melrose High School class of 1939 as coming from Roosevelt School, including John. For Melrose High School, the site holds 205 people from the class of 1939, against 277 for 1938 and 256 for 1942.

On the same scan page	Helen Marie Reno, Arthur J. Rigney, John Ritchie
Same earlier school	Roosevelt School: 21 other classmates
Same first name	John: 14 other people in the class
Dedication, as printed	“DEDICATED TO BLAIR C. WTLSOX HIS FRIENDLINESS AND SINCERE COMPANIONSHIP HAVE MADE HIM OUR ADVISER COMRADE, AND FRIEND”

What John did at school

Basketball 2
Operetta 3, 4

What the yearbook said

John, you manage with your graces To win the ladies one and all, But if perchance you lose your charms. Be consoled with this lady doll.

The class of 1939

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Others named Reece

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

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Also came from Roosevelt School

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Source

Melrose High School yearbook, 1939, page 80. 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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