Melrose High School

Joseph Reardon “Joe Speeking”

Joseph Reardon (“Joe Speeking”) is one of 205 graduates in the class of 1939 at Melrose High School, Melrose, Massachusetts. The yearbook entry gives the name and portrait; no other details have been transcribed. Portrait and entry from the 1939 yearbook, page 79.

Class of 1939

205 in the class of 1939 · 45 more named Reardon

Full name: Joseph Reardon
Known as: Joe Speeking
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1939

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

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Same surname 44
Classmates 204

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In the alphabetical roll of 205 names from the Melrose High School class of 1939, Joseph stands 164th. The entry is on page 79 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 16 to page 201. From 1925 to 1942, 26 Melrose High School graduates on this site share the first name Joseph, spread over 11 classes. For Melrose High School, the site holds 205 people from the class of 1939, against 277 for 1938 and 256 for 1942.

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Dedication, as printed	“DEDICATED TO BLAIR C. WTLSOX HIS FRIENDLINESS AND SINCERE COMPANIONSHIP HAVE MADE HIM OUR ADVISER COMRADE, AND FRIEND”

What the page does not say. Joseph's entry, as read here, has no grammar school, no clubs or activities. Share of the class's entries that do: grammar school 45% and clubs or activities 41%. The book may have left them out, or the reading may have missed them; check the scan.

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Melrose High School yearbook, 1939, page 79. 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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