Watertown High School

William Arthur Towne “B ill B illy”

William Arthur Towne (“B ill B illy”) is one of 31 graduates in the class of 1930 at Watertown High School, Watertown, Massachusetts. The yearbook entry gives the name and portrait; no other details have been transcribed. Portrait and entry from the 1930 yearbook, page 23.

Class of 1930

31 in the class of 1930 · 8 more named Towne

Full name: William Arthur Towne
Known as: B ill B illy
School: Watertown High School
Graduated: Class of 1930

Also searched as: Bill Towne; William Towne; William A. Towne; Billy Towne.

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William Arthur Towne is number 27 of 31 in the alphabetical list of the Watertown High School class of 1930 on this site. Turning the scan to PDF page 24 shows William; the portraits we read from this book run from PDF page 9 to PDF page 26. Against 29 for 1929, the class of 1930 comes to 31 names on this site.

On the same scan PDF page	Helen Frances Touponse

What the page does not say. William's entry, as read here, has no write-up or quotation. Share of the class's entries that do: write-up or quotation 39%. The book may have left it out, or the reading may have missed it; check the scan.

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Watertown High School class book, 1930, PDF page 24. See the full yearbook in the archive of the Watertown Historical Society.

Published 1930, and therefore in the public domain in the United States. Scan courtesy of the Watertown Historical Society (watertownhistoricalsociety.org).

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