Arlington High School

William F. Davis, Jr. “Bill”

William F. Davis, Jr. (“Bill”) appears in the 1927 yearbook of Arlington High School in Arlington, MA, listed at 260 Broadway. This page shows the portrait as printed, with classmates, family and what the book says.

Class of 1927

135 in the class of 1927 · 238 more named Davis

Full name: William F. Davis, Jr.
Known as: Bill
Lived at: 260 Broadway, Arlington, Massachusetts
School: Arlington High School
Graduated: Class of 1927

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

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Clubs & teams 102
Neighbours 14
Same surname 165
Classmates 134

In context

In the alphabetical roll of 135 names from the Arlington High School class of 1927, William stands 30th. William's portrait is on scan page 20, and this book's portraits on the site span pages 12 to 48. Across 4 classes of Arlington High School on this site, from 1927 to 1930, 18 people are named William; the class of 1927 has the most, 6. William is listed under “Student Council”, along with 24 other classmates. Against 157 for 1928, the class of 1927 comes to 135 names on this site.

On the same scan page	Mary Daley, Robert Daley, Robert Stirling Danskin, Jr.
Same club	Student Council: 24 other classmates
Same club	Clarion: 12 other classmates
Same first name	William: 5 other people in the class
The book's own title	Arlington High School Year-Book (editor: Walter T. Atkinson)

At home, 260 Broadway

The 1928 city directory lists William F. Davis, Jr. with the occupation “trav salesman” (page).

The 1928 Arlington Directory lists these people named Davis at this address. It gives occupations and wives' names, but does not say how these people were related.

William F Davis, trav salesman lived herepage

The Davis household is listed here in 1918, 1920, 1923, 1925, 1930 and 1933 too.

What William did at school

Fellow members from William's own class:

What the yearbook said

"Bill" is the sterling class note editor and he has a good department in every issue. He was chairman of the Social Welfare Committee of the Student Council.

Also grew up on Broadway

The class of 1927

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Others named Davis

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

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Source

Arlington High School yearbook, 1927, page 20. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item arlingtonhighsch1927arli).

Published 1927, 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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