Lawrence High School

Wellman W. Wright “Willy”

Lawrence High School in Lawrence, Massachusetts, listed Wellman W. Wright (“Willy”) among 512 graduates in the class of 1944. The entry gives: came from Breen Course: General; headed for Stenographer or bookkeeper; born in 1926. Portrait and entry from the Blue and White, page 117.

Class of 1944

512 in the class of 1944 · 123 more named Wright

Full name: Wellman W. Wright
Known as: Willy
Born: January 5, 1926, Ware
School: Lawrence High School
Graduated: Class of 1944
Course: Business
Came from: Breen Course: General
Headed for: Stenographer or bookkeeper

Also searched as: Willy Wright; Wellman Wright; Wright, Wellman.

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Same surname 85
Classmates 511

In context

Wellman W. Wright is number 504 of 512 in the alphabetical list of the Lawrence High School class of 1944 on this site. Wellman's portrait is on scan page 117, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 12 to 119. Of the 496 entries in the class with a course, 117 (24%) say Business, Wellman's among them. “Stenographer or bookkeeper” is Wellman's plan after graduation; 36 of 350 classmates with a printed plan (10%) named going to work. First names that recur in the class of 1944: John (22), Joseph (15) and Mary (14). In the class of 1945: John (17) and Robert (13).

On the same scan page	Gloria Camille Zanni, Josephine Lucy Zappala, Claudia Mary Zukas
Same kind of plan	work: 36 of 350 classmates with a plan (10%)
Same course	Business: 117 of 496 classmates with a course (24%)
The book's own title	The Blue and White

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Lawrence High School yearbook, 1944, page 117. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item lawrencehighscho1944lawr).

Published 1944. Scan courtesy of the contributing library via the Internet Archive.

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