Melrose High School

John Hall “Johnny Pecka”

John Hall (“Johnny Pecka”) was one of 277 graduates in the class of 1938 at Melrose High School, Melrose, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Roosevelt School; a write-up. Portrait and entry from the 1938 yearbook, page 47.

Class of 1938

277 in the class of 1938 · 199 more named Hall

Full name: John Hall
Known as: Johnny Pecka
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1938
Came from: Roosevelt School
Pastime: “Swing music, dancing”

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

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Same surname 151
Classmates 276
Same schools 97

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 277 names from the Melrose High School class of 1938, John stands 96th. In the scan, John appears on page 47, in the first third of the run of 277 portraits read for this site (pages 16 to 207). The first name John runs through 12 classes of Melrose High School (1926 to 1942), 65 people in all, and is most common in 1939 (15). 75 other classmates came from Roosevelt School, the school John is listed as coming from. First names that recur in the class of 1938: Robert (13), John (12) and Richard (10). In the class of 1939: John (15), Ruth (8) and Barbara (6).

On the same scan page	Stuart Haines, Herbert A. Hamilton, Margery Hanson
Same earlier school	Roosevelt School: 75 other classmates
Same first name	John: 11 other people in the class

What the yearbook said

Roosevelt School Johnny came to Melrose from Waban. His scholastic abilities have been somewhat retarded by his dislike for homework. His favorite sport is swimming ; doesn’t go steady with any girl but likes variety ; smokes quite a little. Favorite night spot is the “Red Rooster” in the heart of Boston’s Chinatown. He enjoys swing music and is very fond of dancing. His school activities have been confined to feeding the snakes for Mr. Wilson.

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Melrose High School yearbook, 1938, page 47. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item log1938melr).

Published 1938. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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