Melrose High School

Robert P. Porter “Bob Pot Paul”

Robert P. Porter (“Bob Pot Paul”), Melrose High School class of 1942 (Melrose, Massachusetts). The entry prints: came from Roosevelt School; a write-up.

Class of 1942

256 in the class of 1942 · 88 more named Porter

Full name: Robert P. Porter
Known as: Bob Pot Paul
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1942
Came from: Roosevelt School

Also searched as: Bob Porter; Robert Porter; Bobby Porter; Porter, Robert.

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Same surname 71
Classmates 255
Same schools 38

In context

Robert P. Porter is number 178 of 256 in the alphabetical list of the Melrose High School class of 1942 on this site. Robert's portrait is on scan page 85, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 18 to 173. The first name Robert runs through 13 classes of Melrose High School (1925 to 1942), 71 people in all, and is most common in 1942 (15). Counting Robert, 39 people in the class are listed as coming from Roosevelt School. For Melrose High School, the site holds 256 people from the class of 1942, against 205 for 1939.

On the same scan page	James Powell, John M. Powers, Pauline E. Poynter
Same earlier school	Roosevelt School: 38 other classmates
Same first name	Robert: 14 other people in the class

What the yearbook said

Not everybody knows Bob, for he is a very quiet type of fellow. He may not appear to be alert and able, but he is, and those that know him will agree. Bob's main ambition is to study in the field of electricity, and he is also very much interested in Radio. When he has finished High School, he will enter Wentworth Institute to study electricity construction.

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Melrose High School yearbook, 1942, page 85. 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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