Melrose High School

John W. Hess “Hessie Johnny”

Melrose High School in Melrose, Massachusetts, listed John W. Hess (“Hessie Johnny”) among 247 graduates in the class of 1936. The entry gives: a write-up. Portrait and entry from the 1936 yearbook, page 46.

Class of 1936

247 in the class of 1936 · 9 more named Hess

Full name: John W. Hess
Known as: Hessie Johnny
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1936
Pastime: “Tap dancing”

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

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Same surname 4
Classmates 246

In context

Of the 247 entries from the Melrose High School class of 1936 read for this site, John's is 84th alphabetically. John's portrait is on scan page 46, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 19 to 158. In the 12 classes of Melrose High School between 1926 and 1942 that this site covers, 65 people have the first name John, with the largest group (15) in 1939. Plans for a college or university made up 57% of the classifiable plans in the class of 1936 (39 of 68), against 56% in 1938.

On the same scan page	Karin Henrikson, Dorothy Hewitt, Natalie Hewitt
Same first name	John: 4 other people in the class

What John did at school

Operetta 2, 3, 4
Year Book Staff 4
Chorus 2, 3

What the yearbook said

Johnny entered M. H. S. as green a lad as one could find. But, Oh! My! has he picked up! His winning way and ready smile have made a host of friends and loads of mischief. Although professing no immediate plans for the future, we know he will succeed in any further undertakings. His one hobby is tap dancing — Watch out, Mr. Fred Astaire.

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Melrose High School yearbook, 1936, page 46. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item log1936melr).

Published 1936. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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