Melrose High School

Joseph Contreas “Mighty Atom”

Joseph Contreas (“Mighty Atom”) was one of 277 graduates in the class of 1938 at Melrose High School, Melrose, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Coolidge School; a write-up. Portrait and entry from the 1938 yearbook, page 32.

Class of 1938

277 in the class of 1938 · 2 more named Contreas

Full name: Joseph Contreas
Known as: Mighty Atom
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1938
Came from: Coolidge School

Also searched as: Joe Contreas; Joey Contreas; Contreas, Joseph.

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Same surname 1
Classmates 276
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In context

Joseph Contreas is number 41 of 277 in the alphabetical list of the Melrose High School class of 1938 on this site. Find Joseph on page 32 of the scan; the people on this site from the Melrose High School class of 1938 are spread over pages 16 to 207. The first name Joseph appears 26 times in the 11 Melrose High School classes read for this site (1925 to 1942). In the class of 1938 the first names most often shared were Robert (13), John (12) and Richard (10); the class of 1939 had John (15), Ruth (8) and Barbara (6).

On the same scan page	Dorothy Connorton

What the yearbook said

Coolidge School Joe always has a big smile on his small face and a hearty hand-shake for his friends. He is interested in machines and has a few old model “T's” that he tinkers with. Some day you will possibly see the “Mighty Atom” driving along the Highway in a funny contraption with one of his own motors in it. The “Mighty Atom” might end up in the “Graveyard,” but we know he wants to study machines.

The class of 1938

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Others named Contreas

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

Alfred ContreasMelrose 1939

Also came from Coolidge School

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Melrose High School yearbook, 1938, page 32. 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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