Melrose High School

Laurence C. Pond “Ducky”

Laurence C. Pond (“Ducky”), Melrose High School class of 1942 (Melrose, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from Roosevelt School; a write-up.

Class of 1942

256 in the class of 1942 · 10 more named Pond

Full name: Laurence C. Pond
Known as: Ducky
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1942
Came from: Roosevelt School
Headed for: expects to attend Wentworth Institute to study Architectural Engineering

Also searched as: Ducky Pond; Laurence Pond; Pond, Laurence.

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Same surname 5
Classmates 255
Same schools 38

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 256 names from the Melrose High School class of 1942, Laurence stands 176th. Laurence is printed on page 84 of the scan, around the middle of the 18-to-173 run of portrait pages. Laurence is one of 39 in the Melrose High School class of 1942 whose entry names Roosevelt School as the school they came from. The class of 1942 has 256 names here, where the neighbouring class has 205 for 1939.

On the same scan page	Miriam Frances Pierce, Dorothy Porter
Same earlier school	Roosevelt School: 38 other classmates

What Laurence did at school

Model Railroad 3, 4

What the yearbook said

Ducky has been a permanent resident of Melrose, and he is a member of the Massachusetts State Guard. His main interests are railroad and gun collecting. When school is completed, our mutual friend expects to attend Wentworth Institute to study Architectural Engineering. Ducky is well known and we are sure that he will work hard, both for Uncle Sam and himself.

The class of 1942

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Melrose High School yearbook, 1942, page 84. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item log1942melr).

Published 1942. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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