Melrose High School

Lawrence Richardson Jr “Fingers Butch Larry”

Melrose High School in Melrose, Massachusetts, listed Lawrence Richardson Jr (“Fingers Butch Larry”) among 277 graduates in the class of 1938. The entry gives: came from Roosevelt School; activities listed: Log Staff; a write-up. Portrait and entry from the 1938 yearbook, page 80.

Class of 1938

277 in the class of 1938 · 115 more named Richardson

Full name: Lawrence Richardson Jr
Known as: Fingers Butch Larry
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1938
Came from: Roosevelt School

Also searched as: Larry Richardson; Richardson, Lawrence.

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Same surname 93
Classmates 276
Same schools 97

In context

Going through the Melrose High School class of 1938 from A to Z by surname, Lawrence is the 208th of 277 names on this site. Turning the scan to page 80 shows Lawrence; the portraits we read from this book run from page 16 to page 207. From 1925 to 1942, 21 Melrose High School graduates on this site share the first name Lawrence, spread over 10 classes and peaking at 5 in 1938. 75 other graduates came from Roosevelt School, the school Lawrence is listed as coming from. Against 247 for 1936 and 205 for 1939, the class of 1938 comes to 277 names on this site.

On the same scan page	Louise E. Richardson, Marguerite Riley, Norman Ring
Same earlier school	Roosevelt School: 75 other classmates
Same first name	Lawrence: 4 other people in the class

What Lawrence did at school

Nuntius (i)
Cloak and Plume (i)
Poetry Club (1, 2)
Speakers’ Bureau (3)
Writers’ Club (3, 4)
Log Staff

What the yearbook said

If Tallulah Bankhead or Libby Holman is around — Saturday afternoon (Wednesday if Jake is being kind) he’s around too, and you can find him in the lobby ! Socially he’s been extinct for years (ever since he turned Trotskyite) ; but there’s nothing to prevent him from turning up on the other side of a bridge table. He’s headed back from the week-ends on the milk train to New Haven!

The class of 1938

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Others named Richardson

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Also came from Roosevelt School

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Source

Melrose High School yearbook, 1938, page 80. 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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