Melrose High School

Milton Britton “Great Britton”

Melrose High School in Melrose, Massachusetts, listed Milton Britton (“Great Britton”) among 205 graduates in the class of 1939. The entry gives: came from Calvin Coolidge School. Portrait and entry from the 1939 yearbook, page 26.

Class of 1939

205 in the class of 1939 · 4 more named Britton

Full name: Milton Britton
Known as: Great Britton
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1939
Came from: Calvin Coolidge School

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Same surname 3
Classmates 204
Same schools 95

In context

Going through the Melrose High School class of 1939 from A to Z by surname, Milton is the 27th of 205 names on this site. Turning the scan to page 26 shows Milton; the portraits we read from this book run from page 16 to page 201. The yearbook lists 28 people from the Melrose High School class of 1939 as coming from Calvin Coolidge School, including Milton. Count the first names and the class of 1939 gives John (15), Ruth (8) and Barbara (6), where the class of 1942 gives Robert (15), Barbara (11) and William (8).

On the same scan page	Harry H. Briggs, Sara Brissette, John W. Brower
Same earlier school	Calvin Coolidge School: 27 other classmates
Dedication, as printed	“DEDICATED TO BLAIR C. WTLSOX HIS FRIENDLINESS AND SINCERE COMPANIONSHIP HAVE MADE HIM OUR ADVISER COMRADE, AND FRIEND”

What Milton did at school

Rifle Club 2

The class of 1939

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Others named Britton

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

Also came from Calvin Coolidge School

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Source

Melrose High School yearbook, 1939, page 26. 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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