Melrose High School

Leo Lessard “Whitewash Lee”

Melrose High School in Melrose, Massachusetts, listed Leo Lessard (“Whitewash Lee”) among 277 graduates in the class of 1938. The entry gives: came from Lincoln School; a write-up. Portrait and entry from the 1938 yearbook, page 60.

Class of 1938

277 in the class of 1938 · 6 more named Lessard

Full name: Leo Lessard
Known as: Whitewash Lee
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1938
Came from: Lincoln School

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Same surname 5
Classmates 276
Same schools 58

In context

277 people from the Melrose High School class of 1938 appear on this site, and Lessard puts Leo 147th among them. The entry is on page 60 of the scan; the portraits read for this site run from page 16 to page 207. The yearbook lists 46 people from the Melrose High School class of 1938 as coming from Lincoln School, including Leo. The class of 1938 has 277 names here, where the neighbouring classes have 247 for 1936 and 205 for 1939.

On the same scan page	Ralph M. Laserson, John Rand Lavendar, Richard Lee
Same earlier school	Lincoln School: 45 other classmates

What Leo did at school

Cross Country (1)
Swimming (3)
Operetta (4)

What the yearbook said

Leo’s favorite pastime is fishing, preferably fresh water. He also likes music considerably, and plans to follow this up by a trip to South America where he will study native music. First, however, he is going to visit the World’s Fair at New York.

The class of 1938

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Others named Lessard

Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.

Also came from Lincoln School

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Source

Melrose High School yearbook, 1938, page 60. 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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