Melrose High School

Vernon James Atwell “JIM, PRIMO, LUCKY”

Melrose High School in Melrose, Massachusetts, listed Vernon James Atwell (“JIM, PRIMO, LUCKY”) among 88 graduates in the class of 1931. The entry gives: came from Pittsfield, Maine; a write-up. Portrait and entry from the 1931 yearbook, page 17.

Class of 1931

88 in the class of 1931 · 2 more named Atwell

Full name: Vernon James Atwell
Known as: JIM, PRIMO, LUCKY
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1931
Came from: Pittsfield, Maine

Also searched as: Vernon Atwell; Vernon J. Atwell; Atwell, Vernon.

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Classmates 87

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 88 names from the Melrose High School class of 1931, Vernon stands 4th. Vernon's portrait is on scan page 17, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 15 to 91. 57% of the graduates in the class of 1931 whose plans we could classify named a college or university, against 79% in 1930 and 52% in 1932.

On the same scan page	Muriel Ayer, Willard N. Bain

What Vernon did at school

Band 2
Basketball 2, 3
Track 3
Traffic Squad 4

What the yearbook said

Jim joined us in our sophomore year, coming from Pittsfield, Maine. In his three years here, lie has made many friends with Lis winning personality and cheerful grin. Jim has distinguished himself as a very good basketball player in his two years of playing for the high school and one year for the Y. M. C. A. Jim has studied hard and has received good marks, but he lias decided to strike out into the world on his own next year.

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Melrose High School yearbook, 1931, page 17. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item log1931melr).

Published 1931. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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