Melrose High School

Walter M. Kneeland “Walt Salty Joe”

Walter M. Kneeland (“Walt Salty Joe”) was one of 277 graduates in the class of 1938 at Melrose High School, Melrose, Massachusetts. Printed details: came from Roosevelt School; a write-up. Portrait and entry from the 1938 yearbook, page 58.

Class of 1938

277 in the class of 1938 · 15 more named Kneeland

Full name: Walter M. Kneeland
Known as: Walt Salty Joe
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1938
Came from: Roosevelt School
Headed for: M. I. T

Also searched as: Walt Kneeland; Walter Kneeland; Kneeland, Walter.

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Same surname 14
Classmates 276
Same schools 100

In context

Of the 277 names from the Melrose High School class of 1938 that have pages here, Walter is 137th in surname order. Find Walter on page 58 of the scan; the people on this site from the Melrose High School class of 1938 are spread over pages 16 to 207. From 1927 to 1939, 11 Melrose High School graduates on this site share the first name Walter, spread over 6 classes. Walter did not arrive alone from Roosevelt School: 75 other graduates name it too. This site lists 277 names for the class of 1938, against 247 for 1936 and 205 for 1939.

On the same scan page	Ronald Kinville, Frederick Kirmes, Elizabeth Knight
Same earlier school	Roosevelt School: 75 other classmates

What Walter did at school

Rifle Club (2, 3, 4)
Drivers’ Club (3)

What the yearbook said

Walter is a “swell” lad, endowed with great sense of humor and a Ford. His traits of character, affability, steadfastness, etc., have won him many friends of both sexes. His main interests outside of school are philately and, more particularly, his Ford. Next year, he intends to attend M. I. T. After his study there, he will enter the chemical engineering field.

The class of 1938

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Others named Kneeland

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Also came from Roosevelt School

Also headed for M. I. T

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Source

Melrose High School yearbook, 1938, page 58. 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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