Melrose High School

Robert Orrin Bower “Bob Red Robie”

Melrose High School in Melrose, Massachusetts, listed Robert Orrin Bower (“Bob Red Robie”) among 247 graduates in the class of 1936. The entry gives: headed for Boston University; a write-up. Portrait and entry from the 1936 yearbook, page 25.

Class of 1936

247 in the class of 1936 · 10 more named Bower

Full name: Robert Orrin Bower
Known as: Bob Red Robie
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1936
Headed for: Boston University

Also searched as: Bob Bower; Robert Bower; Robert O. Bower; Bobby Bower.

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Same surname 5
Classmates 246
Same schools 32

In context

Of the 247 names from the Melrose High School class of 1936 that have pages here, Robert is 8th in surname order. On the scan, the entry sits on page 25, right at the start of the stretch from page 19 to page 158 where this site found the book's portraits. College or university was the plan of 39 of the 104 classmates who printed one (38%), and Robert is listed with “Boston University”. Robert has 6 first-name namesakes in the Melrose High School class of 1936. Plans for a college or university made up 57% of the classifiable plans in the class of 1936 (39 of 68), against 56% in 1938.

On the same scan page	Ruth Boutilier, Warren Brissette, Marie Brock
Same kind of plan	college or university: 39 of 104 classmates with a plan (38%)
Same first name	Robert: 6 other people in the class

What Robert did at school

Traffic Squad 3, 4
Football 1
Stamp Club 4
Band 1

What the yearbook said

Bob has several hobbies. One of them is collecting stamps (guess he likes the taste of glue), and another is playing (?) golf. He is a true friend, always finding time to laugh, and is punctual in whatever he undertakes. He intends to enter Boston University. Good luck to you, Bob!

The class of 1936

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Others named Bower

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Source

Melrose High School yearbook, 1936, page 25. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item log1936melr).

Published 1936. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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