Melrose High School

R. Douglas Smith “Doug Smitty”

R. Douglas Smith (“Doug Smitty”), Melrose High School class of 1942 (Melrose, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from Calvin Coolidge School; a write-up.

Class of 1942

256 in the class of 1942 · 715 more named Smith

Full name: R. Douglas Smith
Known as: Doug Smitty
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1942
Came from: Calvin Coolidge School

Also searched as: Douglas Smith; Smith, Douglas.

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Same surname 514
Classmates 255
Same schools 40

In context

Going through the Melrose High School class of 1942 from A to Z by surname, Douglas is the 205th of 256 names on this site. On the scan, the entry sits on page 91, around the middle of the stretch from page 18 to page 173 where this site found the book's portraits. Between 1925 and 1942, 13 classes of Melrose High School on this site include someone named Smith: 42 people altogether. Calvin Coolidge School appears as the earlier school of 46 people in the class, Douglas among them. For Melrose High School, the site holds 256 people from the class of 1942, against 205 for 1939.

On the same scan page	Doris Smith, Jacquelin L. Smith, Lillian Margaret Smith
Same earlier school	Calvin Coolidge School: 45 other classmates

What Douglas did at school

Hockey i
Lens and Shutter 1
Junior Air Raid Warden 4

What the yearbook said

Doug is a quiet, unassuming scholar as far as school is concerned. Outside of school, he has numerous hobbies. His interest in radio has led him to build numerous sets. His other hobbies include photography and stamp collecting. Any night when the skating is good, you will find him at Mount Hood, his homework all done! He plans to enter Tufts next year and take up engineering.

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Others named Smith

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Melrose High School yearbook, 1942, page 91. 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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