Melrose High School

Ralph E. McLain “Mac”

Ralph E. McLain (“Mac”), class of 1939, Melrose High School (Melrose, Massachusetts). The yearbook entry gives the name and portrait; no other details have been transcribed. Portrait and entry from the 1939 yearbook, page 69.

Class of 1939

205 in the class of 1939 · 7 more named McLain

Full name: Ralph E. McLain
Known as: Mac
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1939

Also searched as: Mac McLain; Ralph McLain; McLain, Ralph.

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Classmates 204

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Ralph E. McLain is number 138 of 205 in the alphabetical list of the Melrose High School class of 1939 on this site. Ralph's portrait is on scan page 69, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 16 to 201. From 1925 to 1939, 13 Melrose High School graduates on this site share the first name Ralph, spread over 8 classes. 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	Ruth E. McHatton, Barbara Meharg
Dedication, as printed	“DEDICATED TO BLAIR C. WTLSOX HIS FRIENDLINESS AND SINCERE COMPANIONSHIP HAVE MADE HIM OUR ADVISER COMRADE, AND FRIEND”

What the page does not say. Ralph's entry, as read here, has no grammar school, no clubs or activities. Share of the class's entries that do: grammar school 45% and clubs or activities 41%. The book may have left them out, or the reading may have missed them; check the scan.

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Melrose High School yearbook, 1939, page 69. 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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