Melrose High School

William Francis Abbott “Bill John”

William Francis Abbott (“Bill John”), class of 1939, Melrose High School (Melrose, Massachusetts). The yearbook entry gives the name and portrait; no other details have been transcribed. Portrait and entry from the 1939 yearbook, page 19.

Class of 1939

205 in the class of 1939 · 47 more named Abbott

Full name: William Francis Abbott
Known as: Bill John
School: Melrose High School
Graduated: Class of 1939

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Classmates 204

In context

Of the 205 names from the Melrose High School class of 1939 that have pages here, William is 2nd in surname order. Find William on page 19 of the scan; the people on this site from the Melrose High School class of 1939 are spread over pages 16 to 201. From 1925 to 1942, 55 Melrose High School graduates on this site share the first name William, spread over 12 classes. In the class of 1939 the first names most often shared were John (15), Ruth (8) and Barbara (6); the class of 1942 had Robert (15), Barbara (11) and William (8).

On the same scan page	John F. Abbott, Marguerite Agar, Norma Marie Ahearn
Dedication, as printed	“DEDICATED TO BLAIR C. WTLSOX HIS FRIENDLINESS AND SINCERE COMPANIONSHIP HAVE MADE HIM OUR ADVISER COMRADE, AND FRIEND”

What the page does not say. Grammar school and clubs or activities are missing. The rest of the Melrose High School class of 1939 has them often (grammar school 45% and clubs or activities 41%), so the gap may belong to the reading rather than to William. The scan is the authority.

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Melrose High School yearbook, 1939, page 19. View the original scan at the Internet Archive (item log1939melr).

Published 1939. Scan courtesy of Digital Commonwealth libraries via the Internet Archive.

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