Melrose High School

Joseph H. Fay “Joe Doc”

Melrose High School in Melrose, Massachusetts, listed Joseph H. Fay (“Joe Doc”) among 277 graduates in the class of 1938. The entry gives: came from Saint Mary’s School; headed for Northeastern University; a write-up. Portrait and entry from the 1938 yearbook, page 40.

Class of 1938

277 in the class of 1938 · 31 more named Fay

Full name: Joseph H. Fay
Known as: Joe Doc
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1938
Came from: Saint Mary’s School
Headed for: Northeastern University

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

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Same surname 28
Classmates 276
Same schools 25

In context

Joseph H. Fay is number 67 of 277 in the alphabetical list of the Melrose High School class of 1938 on this site. Turning the scan to page 40 shows Joseph; the portraits we read from this book run from page 16 to page 207. 26 people named Joseph turn up in 11 Melrose High School classes on this site, 1925 to 1942. Among the 120 people in the class who printed a plan, 54 (45%) named a college or university, as Joseph did (“Northeastern University”). In the class of 1938, 56% of the plans we could classify (54 of 96) were a college or university; the neighbouring classes show 57% in 1936 and 45% in 1939.

On the same scan page	Elizabethe A. Fallon, Jane M. Fay, Dorothy Fletcher
Same kind of plan	college or university: 54 of 120 classmates with a plan (45%)

What the yearbook said

Although Joe has not participated in the school sports, he enjoys athletics. He spends most of his spare time and week-ends horseback riding or managing his farm in New Hampshire. Being naturally a friendly and good-natured companion, Joe is popular among all of his fellow students. After graduation, he is headed for Northeastern University where he plans to take up civil engineering.

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Source

Melrose High School yearbook, 1938, page 40. 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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