Melrose High School

William Burton Coffin “Burt Coffee Willie”

William Burton Coffin (“Burt Coffee Willie”) appears in the 1938 yearbook of Melrose High School in Melrose, MA. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.

Class of 1938

277 in the class of 1938 · 17 more named Coffin

Full name: William Burton Coffin
Known as: Burt Coffee Willie
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1938
Came from: Calvin Coolidge School
Headed for: Lowell Textile

Also searched as: Bill Coffin; William Coffin; William B. Coffin; Billy Coffin.

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Same surname 10
Classmates 276
Same schools 96

In context

Going through the Melrose High School class of 1938 from A to Z by surname, William is the 35th of 277 names on this site. On the scan, the entry sits on page 30, right at the start of the stretch from page 16 to page 207 where this site found the book's portraits. From 1925 to 1942, 55 Melrose High School graduates on this site share the first name William, spread over 12 classes. Calvin Coolidge School appears as the earlier school of 69 people in the class, William among them. The class of 1938: 56% of classifiable plans point to a college or university, versus 57% in 1936 and 45% in 1939.

On the same scan page	Dorothy Cilley, Phyllis Clark, Doris Clinkard
Same earlier school	Calvin Coolidge School: 68 other classmates
Same first name	William: 6 other people in the class

What William did at school

Glee Club (2)
Chorus (1)
Band (4)
Lens and Shutter (3)
Euclidean (3)
Operetta
Basketball (3, 4)
Track (4)

The class of 1938

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Others named Coffin

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

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Also came from Calvin Coolidge School

Also headed for Lowell Textile

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Source

Melrose High School yearbook, 1938, page 30. 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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