Arlington High School

Willard Patch “Patchie”

Arlington High School in Arlington, Massachusetts, listed Willard Patch (“Patchie”) among 136 graduates in the class of 1930. The entry gives: activities listed: Student Council and Football; lived at 35 Draper Avenue; a motto. Portrait and entry from the 1930 yearbook, page 43.

Class of 1930

136 in the class of 1930 · 12 more named Patch

Full name: Willard Patch
Known as: Patchie
Lived at: 35 Draper Avenue, Arlington, Massachusetts
School: Arlington High School
Graduated: Class of 1930

Also searched as: Patchie Patch; Patch, Willard.

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Group photos 1
Clubs & teams 59
Neighbours 3
Same surname 9
Classmates 135

In context

Going through the Arlington High School class of 1930 from A to Z by surname, Willard is the 100th of 136 names on this site. Willard's portrait is on scan page 43, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 9 to 54. In the Arlington High School class of 1930, 5 entries mention “Football”; Willard's is one of them. Count the first names and the class of 1930 gives Joseph (6), Dorothy (5) and Helen (5), where the class of 1929 gives Elizabeth (6), Helen (6) and Mary (6).

On the same scan page	Katherine O'Leary, Charles O'Neil, George Oulton
Same club	Student Council: 28 other classmates
Same club	Football: 4 other classmates

At home, 35 Draper Avenue

The 1930 Arlington Directory lists these people named Patch at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

Jennie O Patch, Mrs lived herepage

The Patch household is listed here in 1925, 1928, 1933 and 1935 too.

Also pictured in group photographs

Faces matched to caption names, and confirmed against Willard's senior portrait.

Football1930

In the same photographs:

Harold DavidsonArlington 1930

What Willard did at school

Fellow members from Willard's own class:

What the yearbook said

By his husky grip and his hearty smile, We know "Patchie" feels that life's worthwhile.

Also grew up on Draper Avenue

The class of 1930

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Others named Patch

Same surname in Massachusetts. They may be relatives; the books do not say.

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Source

Arlington High School yearbook, 1930, page 43. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item arlingtonhighsch1930arli).

Published 1930, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of Robbins Memorial Library / Boston Public Library via the Internet Archive.

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