Brookline High School

William Colby

William Colby, Brookline High School class of 1931 (Brookline, Massachusetts). The entry prints: headed for Curtiss- Wright Flying School; activities listed: French Club and Swimming; lived at 253 Mason Terrace.

Class of 1931

273 in the class of 1931 · 24 more named Colby

Full name: William Colby
Lived at: 253 Mason Terrace, Brookline, Massachusetts
School: Brookline High School
Graduated: Class of 1931
Course: General.
Headed for: Curtiss- Wright Flying School

Also searched as: Bill Colby; Billy Colby; Colby, William.

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Clubs & teams 106
Neighbours 18
Same surname 21
Classmates 272

In context

Of the 273 entries from the Brookline High School class of 1931 read for this site, William's is 43rd alphabetically. William is printed on page 44 of the scan, in the first third of the 34-to-110 run of portrait pages. In the 9 classes of Brookline High School between 1923 and 1931 that this site covers, 37 people have the first name William, with the largest group (12) in 1931. General was the course of 71 out of 252 classmates who printed one (28%), including William. Counting only people with pages here, the class of 1931 has 273 entries, while the neighbouring class has 251 for 1930.

On the same scan page	Adrienne R. Cohen, Bernice R. Cohen, Doris Cohen
Same club	French Club: 25 other classmates
Same course	General: 71 of 252 classmates with a course (28%)
Same first name	William: 11 other people in the class

What William did at school

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What the yearbook said

Fly high with the birds, but always make a feet landing.

Also grew up on Mason Terrace

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Brookline High School yearbook, 1931, page 44. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item murivian1931broo).

Published 1931. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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