Melrose High School

Leo C. Turner “Gassy Chris”

Melrose High School in Melrose, Massachusetts, listed Leo C. Turner (“Gassy Chris”) among 277 graduates in the class of 1938. The entry gives: came from St. Mary’s School; headed for Colby. Portrait and entry from the 1938 yearbook, page 91.

Class of 1938

277 in the class of 1938 · 89 more named Turner

Full name: Leo C. Turner
Known as: Gassy Chris
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1938
Came from: St. Mary’s School
Headed for: Colby

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Same surname 57
Classmates 276
Same schools 17

In context

Of the 277 entries from the Melrose High School class of 1938 read for this site, Leo's is 248th alphabetically. The entry is on page 91 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 16 to page 207. Among the 120 people in the class who printed a plan, 54 (45%) named a college or university, as Leo did (“Colby”). In the class of 1938 the first names most often shared were Robert (13), John (12) and Richard (10); the class of 1936 had Charles (7), Richard (7) and Robert (7).

On the same scan page	Phyllis Towner, Margaret Traquair, Arthur Turner
Same kind of plan	college or university: 54 of 120 classmates with a plan (45%)

What Leo did at school

Football (1, 2, 3, 4)
Hockey (1, 2, 3)
Baseball (1, 2, 3, 4)
Operetta (3, 4)

The class of 1938

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Others named Turner

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Also headed for Colby

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Source

Melrose High School yearbook, 1938, page 91. 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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