Melrose High School

Robert R. Widdowson “Bob Baron Dodo Whiddie”

Class of 1938, Melrose High School, Melrose, Massachusetts: Robert R. Widdowson (“Bob Baron Dodo Whiddie”). The yearbook entry prints: came from Calvin- Coolidge School; headed for Tilton; a write-up. Portrait and entry from the 1938 yearbook, page 97.

Class of 1938

277 in the class of 1938 · 1 more named Widdowson

Full name: Robert R. Widdowson
Known as: Bob Baron Dodo Whiddie
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1938
Came from: Calvin- Coolidge School
Headed for: Tilton

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

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Classmates 276
Same schools 95

In context

Of the 277 entries from the Melrose High School class of 1938 read for this site, Robert's is 271st alphabetically. Find Robert on page 97 of the scan; the people on this site from the Melrose High School class of 1938 are spread over pages 16 to 207. In the 13 classes of Melrose High School between 1925 and 1942 that this site covers, 71 people have the first name Robert, with the largest group (15) in 1942. A college or university was the plan of 54 of 96 classmates with a classifiable plan in the class of 1938 (56%), compared with 57% in 1936 and 45% in 1939.

On the same scan page	Gardner Whitney, William D. Whitney
Same first name	Robert: 12 other people in the class

What Robert did at school

Football (1)
Hi-Y (3, 4)

What the yearbook said

Since entering, “Whiddie” has accumulated many friends through his humor and his superior personality. “Baron” has made his athletic debut in swimming and golf. Next year “Dodo” plans to attend Tilton before entering Tufts to study for Dentistry. We know that “Widdie” will be in there grinding and we wish "Dodo” the best of success.

The class of 1938

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Also came from Calvin- Coolidge School

Also headed for Tilton

Bradford Raymond FrostMelrose 1929

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Melrose High School yearbook, 1938, page 97. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item log1938melr).

Published 1938. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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